Wolfpack Travels to Louisville

LOUISVILLE -- The NC State softball program heads to Louisville to take on the Cardinals for the fourth ACC series of the season. Play is set to begin Friday at 5pm at Ulmer Stadium and will be streamed on ACCNX. Game two of the series will begin at 4pm Saturday on ACCN before game three is played Sunday at 12pm on ACCNX.

The team is on a four game win-streak after defeating Radford Wednesday evening in Raleigh.

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Scouting Louisville

The Cardinals lead the all-time series 11-10, but the Pack won the last meeting
Louisville has beaten three opponents that were ranked at the time they played them this season -- Missouri, Duke, UCF
Catcher Sarah Gordon ranks in the top 10 in hits (36), doubles (9), and batting average (.424)
In overall conference rankings, the Cardinals check in at third in the ACC for record and team batting average (.315)

Close Call

The last two games for the Pack have come down to the bottom of the seventh
Wednesday's meeting with Radford ended after a first pitch, walk off homer from Hannah Goodwin
The final game in the BC series was a nail bitter as there were two outs when Madison Inscoe stepped into the box and singled up the middle to bring home the winning run
The last close call game was Feb. 18 against Iowa when the two teams went into an extra inning

Been a While...

The last series sweep was 708 days ago against Pitt (April 10-11, 2021)
The last time the Wolfpack swept Boston College was during the 2013 season
The last time the Pack secured a series win was over BC during the 2022 season
NC State secured the first series win of the season after Saturday's meeting with the Eagles, but secured the sweep after Madison Inscoe singled up the middle in the bottom of the seventh with two out to bring the winning run home

Building the Resume

Freshman catcher Amanda Hasler can add pitch caller to her resume -- Coach Boland and Shaner said the freshman knows the pitchers better than anyone, she's a nerd of the game
The freshman called the pitches for all three games against Notre Dame and is only the second catcher to do so in program history (Alyssa Allbritten, '08-'11)
She leads the team in RBI's (18), home runs (6), and putouts (99)
She ranks first in program history for hit by pitch in a freshman campaign (9)

Inked the Record Book

The Wolfpack's 19 runs scored in game one against NC Central was the third most runs scored in program history
The 19 runs scored was one short of tying the second most scored in program history
After recording five stolen bases, three coming from Ellie Goins, the Pack tied the third most in program history in a single game
Amanda Hasler tallies nine hit by pitch walks this season, the most for an athlete in program history during their freshman campaign

Meant More Than You Know

Freshman outfielder Bailey Edwards recorded her first collegiate home run in game one against NC Central on March 8
As she was rounding third base to tag home, the freshman pointed up at the sky -- those who know her know she was thinking of her mom who she lost in early 2022
Post game, the freshman said her mom was the first person she thought of when she saw the ball go over the fence

Lineup Changes and Season Highs

The Wolfpack saw a different lineup against NC Central --catcher and outfield were the only positions that were occupied by a familiar face
Coaches Boland and Shaner wanted to see how things went with different people in different places
Most notably, senior Libby Whittaker totaled eight on the evening and six in game two alone
The Pack's four home runs in game one was also a season record -- all scored by different people as well
Freshman Ellie Goins totaled a season high four stolen bases on the day (3/8/23) -- her three in game one was the most by someone on the team this season

Past the Fence (and then some)

In five days, the Pack went from totaling seven home runs on the season to 32
Kaltyn Pavlick and Amanda Hasler lead the team with six
Freshman Amanda Hasler and MaKayla Marbury each have a grand slam on their resume through the first 15 games of the season
Fellow freshman Nadia Sykes recorded her first homer, a grand slam, against NCCU on March 8
Marbury hit the teams first pinch hit homer of the season against Radford -- Libby Whittaker did it last season

Pitcher Turned Utility Player?

Freshman pitcher Madison Inscoe currently records six wins in the circle this season -- the most by a Pack pitcher this season
In the circle, she pitched eight consecutive no-hit innings (last four of game two against Iowa and first four in game two versus Purdue) and recorded five strikeouts in 24 hours
During the ACC/B1G Ten Challenge she started two games at first base, where she recorded 12 putouts with one assist
At the plate, Inscoe tallies 13 hits and two homers, while recording nine RBI's
Against Penn, the freshman recorded a career high seven strikeouts

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Players Mentioned

Bailey Edwards

Ellie Goins

Hannah Goodwin

Amanda Hasler

Madison Inscoe

MaKayla Marbury

Nadia Sykes

Libby Whittaker