NC State Softball Blanks Virginia in Series Finale, 6-0

Sunday, April 12

Charlottesville, Va.

12:00 PM

NC State

25-16, 9-6

Virginia

13-33, 4-14

NC State

Virginia

Freshman Alyssa Compton & assistant coach Katie Grimes

NC State Softball Blanks Virginia in Series Finale, 6-0

4/12/2015 12:00:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

April 12, 2015

Box Score

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The NC State softball team shut out the Virginia Cavaliers, 6-0, Sunday afternoon at The Park to clinch the series win after the teams split Saturday's doubleheader. It was the second consecutive game that the Wolfpack blanked the Cavaliers.

State moves to 25-16 overall and 9-6 in ACC play, while UVA falls to 13-33 and 4-14 in conference action.

Quick Hits
- NC State broke the scoreless tie in the top of the fourth with five runs to take a 5-0 lead on Virginia. Freshman Meredith Burroughs led off the inning by crushing a solo home run to right center. Junior Lana Van Dyken followed with a bunt single, after noticing the UVA third baseman playing deep.
- After a flyout to center field, freshman Macauley Prickett smacked a single into center field to move Van Dyken over to second base. Classmate Alyssa Compton doubled to left center to score Van Dyken and Prickett on the play to make it 3-0 in favor of the Wolfpack.
- Senior Renada Davis walked on four straight pitches and sophomore Tyler Ross singled to center field to drive in Compton from second base. Davis scored the final run of the frame, when she hustled home from third base on a UVA throw to first base to complete a strikeout.
- The Wolfpack added another run to its total in the fifth to extend its advantage to 6-0, following a sacrifice fly to center field by senior Morgan Tharrington. Burroughs led off the frame with a single to right field and was replaced on the base paths by sophomore Hannah Yeager, who came in to pinch-run.
- Van Dyken doubled down the left field line to put runners at second and third base with nobody out and Yeager scored on Tharrington's fly ball to center field.

Inside the Box Score
- Three different players had at least two hits in the contest to lead the Wolfpack at the plate. Ross and Van Dyken were each 2-for-4, while Burroughs finished 2-for-3 with a solo home run.
- Compton, Prickett and Tharrington recorded one hit apiece in the game, as part of a nine-hit performance for the Pack.

In the Pitcher's Circle
- Senior Emily Weiman started in the circle for NC State and tossed her sixth complete game shutout of the season to run her record to 20-11 on the year. She only allowed four hits and struck out two, while walking one batter.
- For Virginia, Andie Formby pitched the first 3.1 innings before giving way to Aimee Chapdelaine in the fourth inning. Formby allowed seven hits and five earned runs, while Chapdelaine gave up two hits and one earned run.

Game Notes
- Weiman picked up her 20^th win of the season and 97^th of her NC State career.
- Despite being held hitless in the contest, Davis was walked twice to extend her program-best reached base streak to 31 games.

On Deck
NC State will return to action on Wednesday, April 15, when it travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide. First pitch of the contest is slated for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live on the SEC Network.

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