Spartan Echo

  NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State University won its ninth straight Talmadge Layman Hill Award, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men’s all-sports trophy, the league announced on Friday, May 24. The Spartans tallied 82.8 points to win their 10th Talmadge Layman Hill Award overall. Bethune-Cookman was second with 68 points. The Spartans first won the award [...]

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Norfolk State says men’s basketball coach Anthony Evans has resigned, and a person familiar with the situation says he has accepted the same position at Florida International. Florida International says it has hired Anthony Evans as its men’s basketball coach, and will introduce him to the university community at a news conference Tuesday. Evans [...]

    NORFOLK, Va. – Junior outfielder Cameron Day went a career-best 4-for-4 and just lacked a home run for the cycle as Norfolk State rallied for a 6-2 win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Sunday afternoon, April 14,  at Marty L. MillerField. Day singled twice, doubled, tripled and knocked in a pair of runs en [...]

    NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State bowling team moved up to 11th place in the latest National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) top-20 coaches poll released on Monday, March 18, 2013. NSU garnered 244 points in moving up from 14th place in the previous poll released in February. St. Francis (Pa.), with 293 points, [...]

  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Adrien Coleman closed regulation with five consecutive points to force overtime and Bethune-Cookman handed top-seeded Norfolk State its first conference loss this season, 70-68, in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinal action Wednesday night, March 13. The eighth-seeded Wildcats (14-19) trailed 63-58 before Coleman converted a three-point play with 1:43 remaining. [...]

  NORFOLK, Va. – Junior guard Pendarvis Williams was named the MEAC Player of the Year, while Norfolk State men’s basketball head coach Anthony Evans was tabbed the Coach of the Year as the all-conference teams and postseason awards were announced by the MEAC office on Sunday afternoon, March, 10. In addition to Williams earning [...]

    NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State women’s basketball team claimed a 72-55 victory over Florida A&M in the opening round of the 2013 MEAC Tournament at the Norfolk Scope Arena on Tuesday afternoon, March 12. The Spartans improved to 7-21 on the season while FAMU fell to 11-19 overall. NSU improved to 3-0 against [...]

  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Norfolk State women’s tennis fell to North Carolina Central, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 23, at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. NSU dropped to 1-2 in the conference and 3-3 overall while N.C. Central improved to 1-0 in the MEAC and 2-2 on the season. In the No. 1 doubles match, [...]

  DURHAM, N.C. –The Norfolk State men’s tennis team claimed a 4-0 win over fellow MEAC opponent North Carolina Central on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 23,  at the NCCU Tennis Courts. NSU improved to 2-0 in the MEAC and 4-5 overall while N.C. Central fell to 0-1 in the league and 0-2 on the season. In [...]

  DOVER, Del. – As has been the case for most of conference play, the Norfolk State men’s basketball team saw a double-digit second-half lead dwindle down to low single digits, or as was the case of Saturday afternoon , Feb. 23, down to zero. Against Delaware State at Memorial Hall in the last road [...]

  The city of Norfolk signed a three-year partnership with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) tournament. This year’s tournament, scheduled for March 11-16, will be played at the Norfolk Scope Arena. “We anticipate the move to Norfolk will be yet another opportunity for our fans to enjoy competitive MEAC Division I basketball,” said MEAC Commissioner [...]