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Softball Splits Doubleheader in Road Debut
3/20/2021 9:22:00 PM | Softball
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. – The NC State softball team split Saturday's doubleheader against Virginia in the Pack's first road test of 2021. NC State (13-7, 9-7 ACC) dropped the opening game of the series, 4-2, before firing back with a 6-4 win to end the day. The series continues tomorrow, Sunday, March 21 with a 1 p.m. matchup on ACCNX.
Kaylee Lambrecht led NC State (13-7, 9-7 ACC) in the win, collecting her first career multi-hit game as she went 2-for-3 with a hit by pitch and an RBI. She has now recorded a hit in four of the team's last five games.
Sydney Nester collected the win in the circle, pitching her third complete game of the season. Nester (4-4) allowed four runs on eight hits with six strikeouts.
GAME 1 RECAP
Virginia struck early with three runs in the first two innings, thanks to a home run and an RBI double.
NC State pieced a run together in the top of the third, thanks to a little small ball. After Haley Haislip drew a hit by pitch to lead off the inning, pinch runner April Visser stole second and then moved to third on a sac bunt. A bunt single by Russ cut Virginia's lead to 3-1.
The Cavaliers picked up an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single. After a walk loaded the bases for Virginia, Estelle Czech entered in relief, striking out a batter in four pitches to end the scoring threat.
Sam Sack delivered the RBI in the sixth with a ball that nearly left the park but turned into a stand up double, scoring Angie Rizzi easily from third.
Abby Trahan started game one, pitching 4.2 innings where she allowed four runs on seven hits. Trahan (7-3) struck out four before Czech entered in relief. Czech made the most of her 1.1 innings of work, striking out two and allowing just one hit with no walks.
GAME 2 RECAP
It was once again an early lead for Virginia, with them jumping ahead 4-0. The Wolfpack would go on to score six unanswered runs, however, for its first road victory of the season.
NC State got it done in untraditional style for themselves as four of the team's six RBIs came on singles. The scoring started in the top of the third as NC State loaded the bases with a hit by pitch, fielder's choice and infield single. Angie Rizzi brought two runs across on a double to left center, before Logan Morris knocked in the remaining two base runners with a single down the line.
Libby Whittaker and Kaylee Lambrecht brought in the additional runs with RBI singles in the top of the fifth inning.
OF NOTE
Kaylee Lambrecht led NC State (13-7, 9-7 ACC) in the win, collecting her first career multi-hit game as she went 2-for-3 with a hit by pitch and an RBI. She has now recorded a hit in four of the team's last five games.
Sydney Nester collected the win in the circle, pitching her third complete game of the season. Nester (4-4) allowed four runs on eight hits with six strikeouts.
GAME 1 RECAP
Virginia struck early with three runs in the first two innings, thanks to a home run and an RBI double.
NC State pieced a run together in the top of the third, thanks to a little small ball. After Haley Haislip drew a hit by pitch to lead off the inning, pinch runner April Visser stole second and then moved to third on a sac bunt. A bunt single by Russ cut Virginia's lead to 3-1.
The Cavaliers picked up an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single. After a walk loaded the bases for Virginia, Estelle Czech entered in relief, striking out a batter in four pitches to end the scoring threat.
Sam Sack delivered the RBI in the sixth with a ball that nearly left the park but turned into a stand up double, scoring Angie Rizzi easily from third.
Abby Trahan started game one, pitching 4.2 innings where she allowed four runs on seven hits. Trahan (7-3) struck out four before Czech entered in relief. Czech made the most of her 1.1 innings of work, striking out two and allowing just one hit with no walks.
GAME 2 RECAP
It was once again an early lead for Virginia, with them jumping ahead 4-0. The Wolfpack would go on to score six unanswered runs, however, for its first road victory of the season.
NC State got it done in untraditional style for themselves as four of the team's six RBIs came on singles. The scoring started in the top of the third as NC State loaded the bases with a hit by pitch, fielder's choice and infield single. Angie Rizzi brought two runs across on a double to left center, before Logan Morris knocked in the remaining two base runners with a single down the line.
Libby Whittaker and Kaylee Lambrecht brought in the additional runs with RBI singles in the top of the fifth inning.
OF NOTE
- Saturday marked NC State's first ACC road game in 699 days. It is the first true road match for NC State since the 2019 season where the Pack went 9-9 on the road.
- Nester earned her 28th career-win in the circle Saturday. She is now two wins away from moving into the top-five all-time at NC State.
- Angie Rizzi extended her team-best on-base streak to 14 games.
- Lambrecht became the ninth NC State athlete to have a multi-hit game this season.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Aly Rayle (1-1)
L: Trahan, Abby (7-3)
Batting:
2B: Sack, Sam 1
3B: Rizzi, Angie 1
RBI: Russ, Sam 1 ; Sack, Sam 1
SH: Lambrecht, Kaylee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rizzi, Angie 1 ; Visser, April 1
SB: Visser, April 1
CS: Russ, Sam 1
HBP: Nordberg, Brigette 1 ; Haislip, Haley 2
Batting:
2B: Katie Goldberg 1 ; Emma McBride 1
HR: Tori Gilbert 1
RBI: Emma McBride 1 ; Tori Gilbert 2 ; Arizona Ritchie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Katie Goldberg 1 ; Donna Friedman 1 ; Tori Gilbert 1 ; Abby Weaver 1
SB: Abby Weaver 1
HBP: Donna Friedman 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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AB
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R
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H
1
RBI
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