NC State Baseball Opens NCAA Regional Play Friday

Opponents: Campbell, No. 9 East Carolina, Quinnipiac
Dates: Friday, May 31st – Monday, June 3rd
Location: Greenville, N.C.
Site: Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium
Time: 12 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m./4 p.m. Saturday, 12/6 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. Monday
TV: ESPN3
Radio: WKNC 88.1 FM
Live Stats: www.ECUPirates.com

FRIDAY'S STARTING PITCHERS
RHP Reid Johnston (NCSU) vs. RHP Michael Horrell (CAM)

RALEIGH – For No. 15 NC State baseball, the road to Omaha begins Friday in Greenville, N.C., when it faces in-state foe Campbell in the NCAA Greenville Regional, hosted by No. 9 East Carolina at Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

The second-seeded Wolfpack and No. 3 seed Camels will open up regional play at 12 p.m., while top-seeded East Carolina and No. 4 seed Quinnipiac will battle at 6 p.m. in the second game of the day. The winners will meet at 4 p.m. on Saturday while the losers will square off at 11 a.m.

All games will be broadcast on ESPN3, and there will be a live audio stream for NC State's games all weekend on WKNC 88.1 FM.

NC State enters the weekend with a 42-17 record, while Campbell is 35-19, East Carolina is 43-15 and Quinnipiac is 29-27. The Camels and Bobcats both won their respective conference championships to earn an automatic berth to the tournament, and the Pirates won the American Athletic Conference regular season title.

NCAA Greenville Regional Schedule (all times eastern)
Friday, May 31st
Game 1 – No. 2 NC State vs. No. 3 Campbell @ 12 PM
Game 2 – No. 1 East Carolina vs. No. 4 Quinnipiac @ 6 PM

Saturday, June 1
Game 3 - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 - 11 AM
Game 4 - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 - 4 PM

Sunday, June 2
Game 5 - Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 - 12 PM
Game 6 - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 - 6 PM

Monday, June 3rd (If Necessary)
Game 7 – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 – 1 PM

NC State In The NCAA Tournament
NC State will be making its 31st postseason appearance in program history, including its 18th under head coach Elliott Avent. The program owns a 53-60 mark in NCAA Tournament play, highlighted by 36-34 ledger under Avent's tutelage.

The Pack has earned its 15th NCAA bid in the last 17 years, including its ninth in the last 10 seasons.

In total, NC State has advanced to a Super Regional four times and the College World Series twice, with the last time coming in 2013.

Noting The Pack
-NC State reached the ACC Championship semifinals for the first time since 2015 last week after a 6-5 comeback win over Wake Forest in its first game of pool play on May 23.
-The Pack has compiled a 12-5 record this season against North Carolina opponents.
-NC State has reached the 40-win plateau for the 10th time under head coach Elliott Avent.
-Its 41 wins in regular season play marked the most since 2013 when the program reached the College World Series.
-The Pack won seven ACC series this year. Including nonconference opponents, NC State won 10.
-Avent is one win away from reaching 1,100 career wins. He will be one of four active coaches in the ACC to reach the milestone and is among the top 18 winningest active head coaches.
-NC State remains the only school with two players on its roster to have played in every game this year and maintain a perfect fielding percentage. Evan Edwards has started all 59 games, while Tyler McDonough has earned 58 starts in his 59 appearances.

Against The Opponents
Campbell
-NC State and Campbell have met 69 times in program history, with the Wolfpack leading the all-time series, 51-17-1.
-The teams met twice his year, splitting a home-and-home series. The Pack defeated the Camels, 10-1, on Feb. 27 in Buies Creek, N.C., then Campbell held off NC State, 5-3, on May 7 in Raleigh.
-The Pack has won six of its last 10 meetings with the Camels.

East Carolina
-The teams have met 108 times in program history, as NC State owns a 68-40 advantage in the all-time series.
-NC State and ECU have not met since April 26, 2017, in Greenville, N.C., when the Pack shut out the Pirates, 6-0.
-The Pack has won seven of the last 10 meetings between the squads.

Quinnipiac
-NC State and Quinnipiac have met just six times in program history, with the Pack winning every contest.
-The teams last met on March 12, 2013, in Raleigh as the Pack topped the Bobcats, 1-0.

NC State Baseball Opens NCAA Regional Play Friday

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Players Mentioned

Evan Edwards

Reid Johnston

Tyler McDonough