Friday, February 28
Raleigh, NC
3:30pm
NC State
vs
UNC Wilmington
Softball Set to Host The Raleigh Times Tournament
2/27/2025 3:30:00 PM | Softball
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The NC State softball team is set to host The Raleigh Times Presented by Empire Eats Friday, Feb, 28 to Sunday, March 2. The Pack will host Michigan, UNC-Wilmington, and Queens for the three day tournament at Dail Softball Stadium.
NC State will open play on Friday at 3:30pm with a meeting with the Seahwaks before a 6pm meeting with the Wolverines. Prior to the game against Michigan, former men's basketball player and ACC Champion Casey Morsell will be throwing out the first pitch on behalf of Empire Eats.Â
Fans attending games before 5pm on Friday will need to utilize the virtual parking permit linked above. Admission to all games is free.Â
The Basics of the Games
NC State will open play on Friday at 3:30pm with a meeting with the Seahwaks before a 6pm meeting with the Wolverines. Prior to the game against Michigan, former men's basketball player and ACC Champion Casey Morsell will be throwing out the first pitch on behalf of Empire Eats.Â
Fans attending games before 5pm on Friday will need to utilize the virtual parking permit linked above. Admission to all games is free.Â
The Basics of the Games
- The Pack will host the Seahawks for the first time since 2022 for the 13th and 14th all-time meetings. NC State holds a 8-4 advantage over UNCW in the series history.
- NC State looks to earn its first win over the Wolverines as the Pack hosts Michigan at Dail for the third time in program history. Michigan has won all seven meetings.
- The Royals will visit Dail for the second time in a year. NC State won the initial two meetings last season.
- would be the 13th win of the season
- would be the 43rd win in the Leftwich Era
- would be the 609th win in program history
- would be the 273rd win at Dail Softball Stadium
- The Pack has had someone go 100% from the batter's box 14 different times this season - whether it be 1-for-1, 2-for-2, or 3-for-3 if you're Teagan Thrunk.
- Graduate infielder Michele Tarpey leads the way with three games going 100% from the box.
- Junior infielder Teagan Thrunk is the most recent member of the Pack to go 100% from the box as she finished the second game of the Campbell double-header going 3-for-3 from the box to lead the team offensively.
- Freshman Kendall Simmers is the only freshman to start all 15 games thus far this season.
- At the Marucci Classic, the freshie hit .778 on the weekend, going 7-for-9 from the box with a double and a homer and scored six runs and five RBI's. She had a stellar 1.222 slugging percentage AND went 100% from the field. To add on to the greatness, she struck out only once.
- The Bridgewater, Va. native recorded her first collegiate homer against Central Florida on Feb. 7.
- Defensively, she shifted between second base and shortstop throughout opening weekend but has solidified her starting spot at short.
- Since assistant coach Paige Cassady joined the Wolfpack as the pitching coach, the staff's ERA's have drastically improved -- individually and as a team.
- Through the first 15 games of 2024, the NC State pitching staff held a team ERA of 2.48 ... an improvement of 3.64 from the year prior (2023).
- The team ERA of 1.62Â (as of Feb. 25) is the second lowest in program history since 2005 when the staff had a 1.40 ERA.
- As of Feb. 25, sophomore Carly Maxton ranks staff on the team with her 0.50 ERA, the first sub-1 ERA by a Wolfpack pitcher since 2011 when Jade Hennig had a 0.91.
- Maxton's 0.50 is the second lowest by an NC State pitcher through 15 games of the season since Dalthrop had a perfect 0.00 in 2007.
- Sophomore right handed pitcher Carly Maxton topped her own career high in strikeouts that she set just seven days prior in the Pack's shutout win over Dartmouth on Feb. 14.
- She tallied 10 strikeouts in her second complete game and second shutout of the season. She caught six batters swinging and got four looking in the outing.
- Her 10 K's make her just the second person on the staff to record a game with double-digit strikeouts in their career (Rylee Wyman vs. UConn on 2/17/24).
- The Townsend, DE native is the only pitcher on the roster with a 0.00 ERA through two weeks as well.
- The Wolfpack has a current home win streak of six games. Under the leadership of Leftwich, the Pack won 10 straight at Dail stadium last season and a sweep during the Raleigh Times would do the same.
- The 10-game win-streak at Dail is the longest in the last five seasons for the Pack, with 2023 coming in a close second with nine-straight-wins.
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