4.24.2014 | Softball
ELON, N.C. – Despite outhitting its opponent, the North Carolina Central University softball team dropped a mid-week nonconference battle as the Lady Eagles fell 7-2 to the Elon Phoenix on Wednesday, April 23 at the Hunt Softball Field in Elon, N.C.
4.23.2014 | Baseball
FARMVILLE, Va. – Wednesday night saw North Carolina Central University jump out in front of Longwood University to the tune of 4-0 after two innings, but the Lancers turned it up a notch on the way to an 11-5 victory over the Eagles at Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium in Farmville, Va.
4.23.2014 | Men's Golf
SAVANNAH, Ga. – While most North Carolina Central University sports teams have been competing for Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships for the past three seasons, the men's golf team has been waiting its turn.
4.22.2014 | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. – Coming off a doubleheader sweep over Easter Weekend, North Carolina Central University looks to return to form as the Eagles hit the road for a single nonconference matchup against the Lancers of Longwood University on Wednesday, April 23 at 6:00 p.m. from Bolding Stadium in ...
4.22.2014 | Football
DURHAM, N.C. – At the end of spring practice, NCCU first-year head football coach Jerry Mack said he was looking for more offensive playmakers. Mack landed one on Tuesday with the signing of Scottsdale Community College wide receiver Anas Hasic.
Did You Know...
“Thousand-Dollar Team” Wins First Title
Under the direction of first-year head coach John B. McLendon, the 1940-41 men’s basketball team won the first championship in NCCU athletic history.
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Hall of Fame Boston Celtic Played at NCCU
Boston Celtic great Sam Jones, one of the greatest NBA players of all-time, is NCCU’s second-leading career scorer.
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NCCU's First Volleyball All-American
Shari Matthews became NCCU’s first volleyball All-American when she was voted as the 2006 NCAA Division II National Player of the Year.
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Let's Play Four
On March 22, 1941, during an end-of-season men’s basketball tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio, NCCU played four games in one day.
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HBCU Gridiron Pioneer
John Brown, who represented NCCU on the gridiron in the 1940s, was one of the first to play professional football out of a historically black college or university.
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From Worst to First
The 1983-84 NCCU women’s basketball team ended the regular-season in last place, but rallied to win the CIAA Tournament.
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The Beginning of Volleyball at NCCU
The sport of women’s volleyball achieved intercollegiate status at North Carolina Central University in 1975.
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The 'Secret Game'
On Sunday morning March 12, 1944, during a time of heated racial segregation, NCCU and Duke played the first racially integrated college-level basketball game in the South.
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Taller than "Too Tall"
The tallest player in NFL history was a NCCU Eagle. Standing 7-feet tall and weighing 300 pounds, Richard Sligh roamed the NCCU gridiron from 1962-64.
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In the Beginning...
The first organized sports team at NCCU was baseball, fielding a squad in the first academic year of the institution in the spring of 1911.
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Eagles in the Super Bowl
Two Eagles have represented NCCU on the National Football League’s grandest stage – the Super Bowl.
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NCAA Cross Country Trailblazers
On Nov. 4, 2006, NCCU became the first HBCU to advance to the NCAA Division II Women’s Cross Country National Championships.
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CIAA's First WNBA Draft Pick
On April 19, 2002, NCCU center Amba Kongolo became the first women's basketball student-athlete in school and CIAA history to be drafted into the WNBA.
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First CIAA Women’s Bowling Championship
When the CIAA instituted the sport of women’s bowling in the fall of 2001, NCCU rose to the occasion to win the first CIAA Women’s Bowling Championship.
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NCCU Eagles in the NFL Draft
Forty NCCU football student-athletes have been selected in the National Football League Draft.
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Men's Tennis Boasts 10 Conference Titles
The NCCU men’s tennis program has won 10 conference championships.
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Historical Comeback
On Sept. 1, 2002, the NCCU football team rallied from a 27-point deficit to defeat rival North Carolina A&T 33-30 in overtime.
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Lady Eagle Runners Dominate CIAA
From 1999-2006, NCCU captured seven of the eight CIAA (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) women’s cross country individual titles.
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Fulmore Collects 41 Points, 32 Rebounds
On Feb. 1, 1986, Von Fulmore amassed 41 points and 32 rebounds against UNC-Asheville to establish NCCU women’s basketball records in both categories.
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Student-Athlete of the Month
Men's Basketball
North Carolina Central University men's basketball senior point guard Emanuel Chapman has been named the NCCU Student-Athlete of the Month for February 2014 in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments on the hardwood. CLICK HERE for Complete Story
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