DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman managed a split of its Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) baseball doubleheader with North Carolina A&T on Saturday afternoon at Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark, taking the nightcap 5-2 after dropping the opener 4-2.
 
Jameel Edney homered and drove in two runs and Anthony Maldonado threw a complete game with the Wildcats (8-15 overall, 3-5 MEAC) manufacturing three runs off one hit in the fifth inning to blow open a 1-1 tie.
 
Nate Sterijevski and Adonis Lao led off with walks, and would score on Edney's sacrifice fly and Zach Spivey's fielder's choice, respectively. Spivey then scored from first on a perfectly executed hit-and-run single from Joseph Fernando.
 
Bethune-Cookman added an insurance run in the sixth when Sterijevski's sacrifice fly brought home Kyle Corbin.
 
Edney's second home run of the season – a two-out shot in the third, broke open a scoreless tie.
 
Maldonado scattered eight hits, walked none and struck out five for his second win of the campaign.
 
In the opener, Bethune-Cookman took a 2-1 first inning lead on two-out RBI hits from Jordan Stacy and Spivey, but managed just one base runner after that until the seventh, when the Maroon and Gold left the bases loaded. North Carolina A&T (9-13, 2-3 MEAC) used back-to-back homers in the fourth to take control.
 
Spivey had two hits for the Wildcats in the opener.
 
The series concludes Sunday at 1 p.m. with the rubber game of the series.
 
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