North Carolina State University Athletics
Pack Softball Completes Fall Schedule with Successful Home Weekend
10/27/2014 12:00:00 AM | Softball
RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State softball team completed its fall schedule over the weekend, by collecting three wins in four home games played at Dail Stadium. The Wolfpack split a doubleheader with Elon on Friday and won both games of its twin bill with Pitt CC on Saturday.
State won game one against Elon, 11-2, but had one tough inning in the second game as the Phoenix scored eight runs in the third inning to win it, 8-5. Saturday against Pitt CC, the Pack earned a 3-1 win in the first game of the day and won the second game, 8-1.
NC State concludes its 2014 fall schedule with seven wins and only one loss.
Rychcik’s Review
“We weren’t as sharp this weekend as we were last weekend,” said head coach Shawn Rychcik. “Overall, I thought we had a few too many walks from our pitching staff. You take away one bad inning against Elon and we would have been 8-0.
“It was a decent fall and I like where our progress is. I like what our lineup is going to look like, so there are some real good things and some things we need to get better at and we have a few more weeks here in the fall to do that and then again in the spring.”
Worth Noting from Game One against Elon
- Sophomore Tyler Ross had an exceptional game at the plate, hitting two grand slams – one in the first and another in the fifth inning. She drove in eight of the 11 runs that the Wolfpack scored in the contest with her home runs to left center and right field.
- Junior Lana Van Dyken led off the bottom of the first inning for the Wolfpack with a single up the middle and scored later in the frame on a sacrifice fly to center field by classmate Hanna Sommer, giving the Pack a 1-0 lead.
- After a walk to load the bases, Ross smashed a 2-2 delivery over the left field fence for a grand slam to give the Wolfpack a 5-0 lead.
- In the fifth inning, freshman Meredith Burroughs walked with the bases loaded to make it 6-0 in favor of the Wolfpack and Ross followed with her second grand slam of the day to give NC State a 10-2 lead.
- Junior Maggie Hawkins drove in the final run of the game with a single up the middle, as senior Renada Davis scored from second base.
- Senior Emily Weiman started the in the circle for State and pitched a complete game, striking out 12 Elon batters and struck out the side to end the game in the seventh inning.
Worth Noting from Game Two against Elon
- The Wolfpack led early in the second game, 3-0, but one rough inning was enough to give Elon the win as the Phoenix scored eight runs in the third inning.
- Hawkins doubled to right center in the top of the first and sophomore Molly Hutchison followed with an RBI-single to right field to give the Wolfpack a 1-0 advantage.
- State scored two more runs in the bottom of the second inning after a two-RBI single from freshman Macauley Prickett. Ross singled and freshman Alyssa Compton doubled down the left field line to put runners at second and third base for Prickett.
- Senior Sara Lippard and Hawkins each hit solo home runs in the bottom of the seventh to trim the deficit to 8-5.
- Freshman Harli Hubbard started in the circle for the Pack and collected one strikeout, before giving way to Weiman.
Worth Noting from Game One against Pitt CC
- Van Dyken led off the bottom of the first with a double to left center and scored on a single to right field by junior Hanna Sommer.
- Ross hit an RBI-single to right field, scoring Hawkins from third base as State took a 2-1 lead in the first inning.
- A throwing error by Pitt CC allowed the final run of the contest to score, as Prickett scored from third base.
- Hubbard and Weiman combined to throw a no-hitter in the game. Hubbard started the contest and pitched the first five innings with five strikeouts and was relieved by Weiman, who struck out four of the six batters she faced.
Worth Noting from Game Two against Pitt CC
- The Wolfpack collected nine hits in the second game of the doubleheader, en route to an 8-1 win.
- Hawkins ignited the Pack’s offense with a single up the middle, plating Van Dyken from second base.
- State scored six runs in the bottom of the third inning, thanks to a three-run homer from Ross and a two-run double by Sommer. Hawkins drove in the other run of the frame on a single to right center.
- Davis doubled to center field in the fifth to score Van Dyken from first base to extend the lead to 8-0, before Pitt CC scored a run in the top of the seventh.
- Weiman went the distance in the circle, collecting nine strikeouts and only allowed three hits.
Up Next
NC State’s 2015 spring schedule has not been announced, but will be posted to GoPack.com when it is released.
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