Wolfpack Heads North for Final ACC Series

PITTSBURGH -- The Wolfpack softball team is set to head north to take on Pitt in the final ACC series of the 2023 season. The two teams will meet Friday at 6pm, Saturday at 4pm, and Sunday at 2pm with all three games being on ACC Network.

The Pack is fighting to make their fifth straight ACC Tournament appearance. The team, who was predicted to finish 10th in the preseason poll, needs to win one game to secure their spot in next week's play in South Bend, Ind.

Scouting Pitt

The Pack leads the all-time series 11-10, having won the last four straight
The Panthers started the season 14-6, but have struggled in conference play only winning one series (vs Notre Dame)
Pitt is on a nine-game conference losing streak entering the series
Graduate Yvonne Whaley leads the team with a .428 batting average, 59 hits, and 17 doubles
Infielder Sarah Seamans leads the team with 11 homers and 32 RBI's -- she is second with a .382 batting average
The meeting will be the first reunion for Pack outfielder Katlyn Pavlick as she spent her first four seasopns at Pitt

What's on the Line

NC State currently sits at 11th in the ACC standings
The Pack needs to win one game in order to make the ACC Tournament as they own the tie-breaker win over Georgia Tech with the win over Clemson

Continuing Their Story

The season has proven to be far from ordinary but Team 19 continues to make their mark in program history
In three days the Pack: recorded three straight sellouts (third time in program history), third largest attendance in program history (785), and beat a Top 25 team for the first time since 2021
The Pack marked the history book by recording five straight sellout games, in addition to selling out three consecutive series for the first time since the program started in 2004
Sophomore Hannah Goodwin recorded the final out in game three with the No. 8 Tigers to finalize the win against her former team
Redshirt-junior Aisha Weixlmann came in as relief in all three games against the Tigers and recorded a stellar performance [11.1 innings, 1.24 ERA, 13 K's, 5 hits, 2 eraned runs, .119 opp. b/a]
Graduate Katlyn Pavlick recorded the three-run bomb that secured the win offensively for the Pack -- this season she averages at least one homer a weekend

Ranked Statistically

The Pack currently ranks 19th in the country for homers per game
Freshman Amanda Hasler is 24th in the country for hit by pitch as she recorded her 14th against Clemson
Hasler's hit by pitch total has her tying the single season record (14 by Ashley Ishibashi in 2009)
Team 19 ranks ninth in program history with 61 homers this season
The 2023 roster also ranks 8th in program history for hit by pitch with a team total of 37

From the Circle

Freshman Wynne Gore recorded her second career start against Norfolk State and recorded the first one-hitter of the season and of her career
The no-hitter was the first in 364 days since Maddie McPherson recorded one against Norfolk during the 2022 season
Freshman Madison Inscoe has been the go-to pitcher for the Pack this season, having started 22 games
Fellow freshman Rylee Wyman recorded her first career shutout in her first complete game against USC Upstate
Wyman's shutout was the first by a freshman since 2019 for the Wolfpack (Sydney Nester)
Redshirt-junior Aisha Weixlmann recorded the teams first shutout of the season against L.A. Tech (game two)
The Charlotte native has become the go to relief pitcher in the last few series, helping secure the win over No. 8 Clemson
Freshman Wynne Gore and junior Brooklyn Lucero have made appearances for the Pack this season, but are currently in relief positions

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Goodwin

Wynne Gore

Amanda Hasler

Madison Inscoe

Brooklyn Lucero

Maddie McPherson

Katlyn Pavlick

Aisha Weixlmann

Rylee Wyman