CARY, N.C. – Coppin State’s softball team fell to North Carolina Central, 10-2, on Sunday afternoon in the series finale at Thomas Brooks Park. CSU fell to 1-10 overall and 0-3 in the MEAC while NCCU improved to 4-21 on the year and 3-0 in league play.
Emily Quintero and Brooklyn Lee-Scott both drove in runs with base hits while Cameran Corbett, Giselle Ulloa and Julianna Mejia also had base knocks. Quintero allowed four runs on six hits in 2.1 innings before Debra Hyde gave up four runs over the final 2.0 innings.
NC Central took a commanding 4-0 lead with a pair of runs in the first and third innings before Coppin put two on the board in the fourth. Ulloa reached on an error to start the inning before stealing second and advancing to third on a single by Mejia. She scored the first run for CSU on Quintero’s sacrifice fly to deep right and Mejia came around to score on a single by Lee-Scott…