Dover, Del. (Mar. 24) ---Khaliyah Flournory was 5-for-7 with five runs batted in to help lead Delaware State to a sweep of Norfolk State in a doubleheader today. The Hornets won the opener 8-0 and completed the sweep with a 3-1 victory in the nightcap. 

In game two, Flournory drove in all of DSU's runs with a bases-clearing double in the bottom of the second inning to give the Hornets a 3-0 lead.

DSU starter Alexis Goldsby earned the win in the nightcap, allowing five hits and one hit in the complete game outing. 

In the opener, Flournory and Alyssa Diaz drove in two runs each and Hannah Shields tossed a three-hit shutout to lead Delaware State to victory. 

Shields scattered three hits and struck out three, while waking just one to earn the win.

Delaware State opened the scoring with two runs in the third inning. Diaz reached on an error to lead off the inning. Two batters later, Desiree Moreno (3-for-4) singled singled up the middle, sending Diaz to third. Moreno and Diaz scored when Norfolk State committed its second error of the inning on a ball off the bat of Sabrina Quarles.

The Hornets put the game away with six runs in the sixth inning.

Flournory doubled in two runs and Diaz had a two-run single to highlight the inning. Vanessa Washington also singled in a run for the Hornets in the sixth.

With her performance in the doubleheader, Flournory has upped her average to a team-best .413 this season.  

DSU has won five straight games to remain perfect in the MEAC (5-0) and improve to 7-17 overall.

The Hornets and Spartans will wrap up the series with a single game on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the DSU Softball Complex.