Senior Abe Eubank was 5-for-5 with two homers and four runs batted in to lead Delaware State to a 14-2 win over Coppin State in a MEAC Baseball Championship Tournament elimination game at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Fla., Friday evening.

The game was halted after the Eagles batted in the seventh inning due to the 10-run rule. The Hornets will take on Norfolk State in an elimination game on Saturday at 10:00 a.m.

Coppin State led 1-0 before the Hornets scored  five runs in the bottom of the first inning. Tony Gatto singled  in the first run, and Mike Rizzuto followed with a three-run triple to give DSU a 4-1 lead. Rizzuto scored the fifth run on a Coppin State error.

The Hornets added four runs in the second to stretch their lead to 9-1. Joey Babuca had a two-run single and Gatto drove in his second run of the game on a sacrifice fly in the inning.

Delaware State opened up an 11-1 lead on a two-run homer by Eubank in the bottom of the fifth. He blasted his second homer of the game in the sixth, another two-run shot, to give Delaware State a 13-2 lead. He also singled in the first, second and third innings.

The Hornets had 13 hits in the contest.  Eight players had at least one hit.

Shane Foreman pitched a complete game to earn the win. He allowed six hits and two runs, while striking out six.

The baseball action continues tomorrow at 10 a.m. The championship finale is set for Sunday, May 23 at 2 p.m. and will air on ESPNU in a tape-delayed format on May 24 at 5 p.m.  The broadcast will be the MEAC's first televised baseball championship on the network.  

Admission for the 2010 MEAC Baseball Championship is $4 for children (13 and under), students and seniors and $8 for adults.  Discounted ticket packages are available for all three days at a cost of $12 for children, students and seniors and $20 for adults.  Tickets can be purchased at the Jackie Robinson Ballpark, 105 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach, Florida.

For more information on MEAC Baseball, visit www.MEACsports.com.