Wolfpack Travels to Louisville – NC State University Athletics

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…