Softball Picks Up 4-2 Win At UNCW

Wednesday, February 28

Wilmington, NC

4:00 PM

NC State

11-5

UNCW

4-6

NC State

UNCW

2/28/2018 7:18:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The NC State softball team earned its third-straight win on Wednesday when it traveled to UNCW and defeated the Seahawks 4-2 at Boseman Field.

The Wolfpack scored two runs apiece in the first and fifth innings to pick up its seventh win in eight games. The squad improves to 11-5 on the season while UNCW falls to 4-6.

Coach Rychcik gives his thoughts on today's 4-2 win at UNCW pic.twitter.com/PaGI5hLFMS
— PackSoftball (@PackSoftball) February 28, 2018

HOW IT HAPPENED
-NC State scored two runs on three hits in the first inning. Sam Russ drew a one-out walk and advanced on a groundout to second base, then scored on Cheyenne Balzer's RBI single up the left field line. Then after Alyssa Compton's outfield single put runners at the corners, pinch runner Haylee Kobziak scored from third on Lily Bishop's single up the middle.
-In the fifth inning the Pack added two more runs. Haylee Kobziak led off with a home run to right field, and Chandley Garner plated the second run on a passed ball after she drew a two-out walk and an outfield single and walk put her in scoring position.
-In the bottom frame UNCW plated its first run of the game. Kelsey Bryan reached on a Wolfpack error and stole second base, and a groundout followed by a double to left field allowed her to score.
-UNCW cut its deficit to two in the sixth. Leadoff batter Dominique Travers was hit-by-pitch and stole second. A strikeout swinging wild pitch put runners on the corners then a hard-hit ball to Shurbutt at third allowed Travers to score.
-The Seahawks tried to rally in the seventh with a pair of hits and fielder's choice that put runners on the corners, but Nimmo struck out the final batter to seal the win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-Balzer's double in the first inning marked her third of the season and 20th for the team.
-Haley Finn hit the first triple of her career in the second inning, giving the team five this season.
-Kobziak's home run was her first of the season and the team's 11th on the year.
-Devin Wallace picked up the win in the circle, improving to 6-3 on the season. She gave up six hits and one earned run, striking out a career-high nine batters.
-Nimmo earned her first save of the season as she pitched the final half inning of the game and stranded a pair of runners.
-Kobziak, Bishop and Finn tallied two hits apiece while Kobziak scored two of the team's four runs.

UP NEXT
NC State will open ACC play this weekend when it hosts Pittsburgh in a three-game series. The teams will play Friday at 5 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 12 p.m. All three games will be streamed on the ACC Network Extra.