Thursday, May 22
Durham, NC
7 p.m.
NC State
vs
Clemson
Wolfpack Begins Postseason Play in ACC Tournament Against Clemson
5/21/2025 5:30:00 PM | Baseball
RALEIGH, N.C. – The No. 22 NC State baseball team heads down the road to Durham for the 2025 ACC Tournament as the fourth-seeded Wolfpack opens the tournament on Thursday, May 22nd, at 7 p.m. against fifth-seeded Clemson. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network and heard on WKNC 88.1 FM with Andrew Sanders on the call, and a free audio stream will be available on the Varsity Network App.
The ACC tournament moves to a single-elimination format this season. The winner of Thursday's contest will move on to the semifinals on Saturday, May 24, at 1 p.m.
This will be the first meeting between Clemson and NC State in the ACC Tournament since 2013, when the Wolfpack defeated the Tigers 6-3. Earlier this season, NC State swept the Tigers at the Doak. It was the first home sweep of the Tigers since 1997.
NC State will look to win their first ACC Tournament title since 1992. In 2021, and 2022 the Wolfpack made it to the championship game before falling to Duke 1-0 and 9-5 to UNC.
Earlier in the week, five members of the Pack received All-ACC honors as Chris McHugh was named to the All-ACC second team, and Pack starting pitchers Dominic Fritton and Ryan Marohn were named to the All-ACC third team. Freshman Anderson Nance and Ty Head were named to the All-ACC Freshman team.
McHugh has been an offensive leader for the Wolfpack all season long; in his first year with the program after transferring from VCU, He is the first NC State first baseman to receive All-ACC honors since Gino Groover in 2021. He is third in batting average (.377) and eighth in OBP (.474). McHugh leads NC State with 22 multi-hit games and has 12 games with multiple RBIs, including a five-RBI game. He reached base in 19 straight games, including a 10-game hitting streak, which is the longest by an NC State player this season.
Fritton and Marohn finished the regular season among the top 10 in the ACC in innings pitched. NC State is the only school in the conference with two pitchers in the top 10 in both innings pitched and batters struck out.
This is the first time since 2004 that NC State has had two starting pitchers named to an All-ACC Team, as Vern Sterry and Michael Rodgers received All-ACC First Team honors that season.
In 78.1 innings pitched, Fritton has 96 strikeouts and is four strikeouts away from reaching 100 in a season, which would be the most strikeouts since Carlos Rodon had 117 in 2014.
NC State pitching as a whole has been strong this season. The Wolfpack ranks 15th in the nation and leads the ACC in strikeout-to-walk ratio at 2.76 per game, averaging 9.8 strikeouts per game.
This season, the Wolfpack have won 17 games when trailing first, one more game than they have won when leading first. NC State trailed first in all three games against Clemson. NC State has three comebacks this season when trailing by five or more runs.
When the NC State bats are going, the Wolfpack is hard to beat. NC State is 28-2 when outhitting their opponents but only 3-16 when getting outhit.
The Wolfpack is 28-7 in games when they hit at least one home run in a game compared to 5-11when they hit zero. NC State has 63 home runs on the season, with Brayden Fraasman and Josh Hogue leading the way with 10.
The ACC tournament moves to a single-elimination format this season. The winner of Thursday's contest will move on to the semifinals on Saturday, May 24, at 1 p.m.
This will be the first meeting between Clemson and NC State in the ACC Tournament since 2013, when the Wolfpack defeated the Tigers 6-3. Earlier this season, NC State swept the Tigers at the Doak. It was the first home sweep of the Tigers since 1997.
NC State will look to win their first ACC Tournament title since 1992. In 2021, and 2022 the Wolfpack made it to the championship game before falling to Duke 1-0 and 9-5 to UNC.
Earlier in the week, five members of the Pack received All-ACC honors as Chris McHugh was named to the All-ACC second team, and Pack starting pitchers Dominic Fritton and Ryan Marohn were named to the All-ACC third team. Freshman Anderson Nance and Ty Head were named to the All-ACC Freshman team.
McHugh has been an offensive leader for the Wolfpack all season long; in his first year with the program after transferring from VCU, He is the first NC State first baseman to receive All-ACC honors since Gino Groover in 2021. He is third in batting average (.377) and eighth in OBP (.474). McHugh leads NC State with 22 multi-hit games and has 12 games with multiple RBIs, including a five-RBI game. He reached base in 19 straight games, including a 10-game hitting streak, which is the longest by an NC State player this season.
Fritton and Marohn finished the regular season among the top 10 in the ACC in innings pitched. NC State is the only school in the conference with two pitchers in the top 10 in both innings pitched and batters struck out.
This is the first time since 2004 that NC State has had two starting pitchers named to an All-ACC Team, as Vern Sterry and Michael Rodgers received All-ACC First Team honors that season.
In 78.1 innings pitched, Fritton has 96 strikeouts and is four strikeouts away from reaching 100 in a season, which would be the most strikeouts since Carlos Rodon had 117 in 2014.
NC State pitching as a whole has been strong this season. The Wolfpack ranks 15th in the nation and leads the ACC in strikeout-to-walk ratio at 2.76 per game, averaging 9.8 strikeouts per game.
This season, the Wolfpack have won 17 games when trailing first, one more game than they have won when leading first. NC State trailed first in all three games against Clemson. NC State has three comebacks this season when trailing by five or more runs.
When the NC State bats are going, the Wolfpack is hard to beat. NC State is 28-2 when outhitting their opponents but only 3-16 when getting outhit.
The Wolfpack is 28-7 in games when they hit at least one home run in a game compared to 5-11when they hit zero. NC State has 63 home runs on the season, with Brayden Fraasman and Josh Hogue leading the way with 10.
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