NC State Travels to Face No. 13 Duke

RALEIGH - NC State softball will travel to Durham to face No. 13 Duke for a three-game ACC series beginning on Friday.

Due to the threat of bad weather, the teams will play a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 3 p.m. with the second game starting approximately at 5:30 p.m. Both games will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra.

There will be no game on Saturday but the series finale set for Sunday remains at 4 p.m. on ACC Network.

QUICK HITS
» NC State started the season 13-1, marking the best start to a season in program history
» The Wolfpack is undefeated on the road, winning all three road contests this season
» The Pack is 4-0 this season against teams from North Carolina
» Logan Morris was named ACC Co-Player of the Week on Wednesday, March 9
» On the season, Morris leads the team with a .492 batting average, a .918 slugging percentage, .573 on-base percentage, 26 RBI and 30 hits while being second on the team in runs scored (17) and homers (7)
» Morris has reached base in all 22 games played
» Through games played on March 8, NC State ranks second in the country with 38 home runs, trailing Oklahoma (40) and Duke (39)

ACC OUTLOOK
» Logan Morris leads the ACC in hits (30) and RBI (26) while being second in on-base percentage (.573) and third in the league in home runs (7) and batting average (.492)
» Carson Shaner leads the ACC in home runs with nine and is fourth in RBI with 20
» Maddie McPherson ranks third in the ACC in opposing batting average (.149) while Aisha Weixlmann sits sixth (.169)
» In strikeouts, Weixlmann ranks third (67) and McPherson is 10th (49)

SCOUTING DUKE
» Duke enters the weekend riding a seven-game winning streak
» In their last game, the Blue Devils took down No. 25 Charlotte, 9-1 in five innings at home
» Duke sits atop the ACC with a 3-0 record after sweeping Georgia Tech last weekend
» The Blue Devils hold a 7-2 lead in the all-time series against the Wolfpack
» Duke won the last meeting, 12-7 on May 9, 2021 to extend its win streak over NC State to five games

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Players Mentioned

Maddie McPherson

Logan Morris

Carson Shaner

Aisha Weixlmann