Saturday, April 28
Raleigh, NC
4PM
NC State
vs
UNCG
Softball Welcomes UNCG This Weekend For Non-Conference Series
4/27/2018 12:50:00 PM | Softball
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RALEIGH – The NC State softball team returns to Dail Stadium this weekend when it hosts UNCG in a three-game non-conference series. The teams will play a doubleheader at 4 and 6 p.m. Saturday and meet for the finale Sunday at 12 p.m. All three games will be streamed on the ACC Network Extra and Saturday is the program's Alumni Day.
The Wolfpack enters the weekend with a 22-26 record while the Spartans are 39-9 this season.
Last Time Out
NC State traveled to East Carolina for its final midweek game of the season on Wednesday, and was edged 2-1. Starting pitcher Devin Wallace threw a complete game, scattering nine base hits while giving up one earned run in the tough luck loss.
Lily Bishop scored the team's lone run with a pinch-hit home run in the seventh inning to left field.
All-Time Series
Saturday will mark the 17th time the teams have met in program history, as NC State leads the all-time series 13-3. The teams last met on April 20, 2016 in Greensboro, N.C., and the Pack earned a 15-6 run-rule win.
NC State has won of the last five meetings between the squads.
Turning Double Plays
The Pack turned two double plays on Wednesday at ECU to now hold 19 on the season. The mark ranks third in the ACC while the squad is T30th in the NCAA in the category. NC State is additionally T57th in double plays per game with a .40 average.
Familiar Face
UNCG assistant coach Bethaney Wells is a former standout at NC State. She helped lead the Wolfpack to an ACC Championship title as a senior in 2013 and earned NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete honors from 2011-13.
Wells ranks fifth all-time for career home runs (30) at NC State and is also ranked within the top-12 in career RBI (97) and slugging percentage (.484).
Scouting UNCG
The Spartans are on a three-game win streak and have won nine of their last 10 games. Their latest win was on Wednesday when they defeated Campbell 6-5 in nine innings.
Four players on UNCG's roster are batting over .300, as Marisa Sholtes leads the team with a .355 clip, 50 hits, 11 homers and 39 RBI. Jasmine Palmer, who ranks second on the squad with a .329 batting average, leads the team with 39 runs.
The pitching staff owns a combined 1.81 earned-run average, as Stephanie Bryden paces the squad with a 1.27 ERA and 14-1 record. Alicia Bazonski leads the staff in wins with a 16-4 record while compiling a 1.67 average. The two have thrown 252.4 of the team's 329.0 innings this season, while Bryden has struck out a team-best 148 batters this season.
RALEIGH – The NC State softball team returns to Dail Stadium this weekend when it hosts UNCG in a three-game non-conference series. The teams will play a doubleheader at 4 and 6 p.m. Saturday and meet for the finale Sunday at 12 p.m. All three games will be streamed on the ACC Network Extra and Saturday is the program's Alumni Day.
The Wolfpack enters the weekend with a 22-26 record while the Spartans are 39-9 this season.
Last Time Out
NC State traveled to East Carolina for its final midweek game of the season on Wednesday, and was edged 2-1. Starting pitcher Devin Wallace threw a complete game, scattering nine base hits while giving up one earned run in the tough luck loss.
Lily Bishop scored the team's lone run with a pinch-hit home run in the seventh inning to left field.
All-Time Series
Saturday will mark the 17th time the teams have met in program history, as NC State leads the all-time series 13-3. The teams last met on April 20, 2016 in Greensboro, N.C., and the Pack earned a 15-6 run-rule win.
NC State has won of the last five meetings between the squads.
Turning Double Plays
The Pack turned two double plays on Wednesday at ECU to now hold 19 on the season. The mark ranks third in the ACC while the squad is T30th in the NCAA in the category. NC State is additionally T57th in double plays per game with a .40 average.
Familiar Face
UNCG assistant coach Bethaney Wells is a former standout at NC State. She helped lead the Wolfpack to an ACC Championship title as a senior in 2013 and earned NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete honors from 2011-13.
Wells ranks fifth all-time for career home runs (30) at NC State and is also ranked within the top-12 in career RBI (97) and slugging percentage (.484).
Scouting UNCG
The Spartans are on a three-game win streak and have won nine of their last 10 games. Their latest win was on Wednesday when they defeated Campbell 6-5 in nine innings.
Four players on UNCG's roster are batting over .300, as Marisa Sholtes leads the team with a .355 clip, 50 hits, 11 homers and 39 RBI. Jasmine Palmer, who ranks second on the squad with a .329 batting average, leads the team with 39 runs.
The pitching staff owns a combined 1.81 earned-run average, as Stephanie Bryden paces the squad with a 1.27 ERA and 14-1 record. Alicia Bazonski leads the staff in wins with a 16-4 record while compiling a 1.67 average. The two have thrown 252.4 of the team's 329.0 innings this season, while Bryden has struck out a team-best 148 batters this season.
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