GREENSBORO, N.C. – The North Carolina Central University baseball program made a late surge to work its way back into the ballgame at North Carolina A&T, but the rally was stopped short as the Aggies came away with a 9-4 win to split the weekend series and season series on Sunday, May 2 at War Memorial Stadium.
 
NCAT (17-29, 12-12 MEAC) got going early with a run in the bottom of the second inning, and went on to score seven unanswered runs over five innings to take a 7-0 lead after six frames.  NCCU (18-17, 10-10 MEAC) worked its way into the run column on a run-scoring at bat by Tristan Shea (Charlotte, N.C.) in the top of the seventh, and then scored three more on a three-run home run by Cameron Norgren (Cary, N.C.) in the top of the eighth to bring the Eagles within three at 7-4.
 
The Aggies pulled back two runs in the bottom of the eighth to put their advantage back to five at 9-4, and that was all they would need to bring the game to its conclusion.
 
Norgren, Chet Sikes (Trinity, N.C.), and Jacob Raby (Granite Falls, N.C.) each had two hits for the Eagles in the contest.
 
NCCU will now play its final eight games of the season at home, and will start the homestand with a four-game series with Delaware State on May 7-9.