North Carolina State University Athletics
Baseball Takes First Road Trip
2/28/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
RALEIGH, N.C. With the schedule compacted by a later starting date, there will be few non-conference weekend road trips in college baseball this season. NC State takes its only non-conference weekend away from home this weekend at the Charleston Firefighter Memorial Challenge at Riley Park in Charleston, S.C.
The Wolfpack will kick off the weekend on Friday with a noon contest against Louisville, a 2007 College World Series participant. The Pack will play North Carolina A&T at 11 a.m. on Saturday, and conclude the weekend with a 2 p.m. game vs. The Citadel, the host school, on Sunday.
NC State is 2-1 after opening the season by taking two of three games from Appalachian State this past weekend at Doak Field at Dail Park. Louisville, ranked No. 22 by Rivals.com, is 2-1 following a three-game series last weekend vs. Cleveland State. North Carolina A&T is 2-2 following a sweep last weekend of Buffalo and losses this week to Appalachian State and Gardner-Webb. The Citadel also is 2-2. The Bulldogs dropped two of three games from Delaware over the weekend, then defeated UNC Wilmington on Wednesday.
NC State will send junior lefthander Eric Surkamp (1-0, 0.00) to the mound to face Louisville, which will counter with Big East preseason pitcher of the year Zach Pitts (1-0, 0.00).
Junior lefty Alex Sogard (0-1, 7.71) will pitch on Saturday vs. North Carolina A&T. The Aggies will counter with Tim Johnson (1-0, 1.00). Senior righthander Eryk McConnell will pitch Sunday for the Wolfpack against Wes Wrenn (0-0, 0.00).
All three games will be broadcast live on WKNC (88.1 FM). In addition, live video and live stats will be available at citadelsports.com and linked to gopack.com.
The Wolfpack will kick off the weekend on Friday with a noon contest against Louisville, a 2007 College World Series participant. The Pack will play North Carolina A&T at 11 a.m. on Saturday, and conclude the weekend with a 2 p.m. game vs. The Citadel, the host school, on Sunday.
NC State is 2-1 after opening the season by taking two of three games from Appalachian State this past weekend at Doak Field at Dail Park. Louisville, ranked No. 22 by Rivals.com, is 2-1 following a three-game series last weekend vs. Cleveland State. North Carolina A&T is 2-2 following a sweep last weekend of Buffalo and losses this week to Appalachian State and Gardner-Webb. The Citadel also is 2-2. The Bulldogs dropped two of three games from Delaware over the weekend, then defeated UNC Wilmington on Wednesday.
NC State will send junior lefthander Eric Surkamp (1-0, 0.00) to the mound to face Louisville, which will counter with Big East preseason pitcher of the year Zach Pitts (1-0, 0.00).
Junior lefty Alex Sogard (0-1, 7.71) will pitch on Saturday vs. North Carolina A&T. The Aggies will counter with Tim Johnson (1-0, 1.00). Senior righthander Eryk McConnell will pitch Sunday for the Wolfpack against Wes Wrenn (0-0, 0.00).
All three games will be broadcast live on WKNC (88.1 FM). In addition, live video and live stats will be available at citadelsports.com and linked to gopack.com.
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