RALEIGH – The NC State softball team dropped a thrilling first two games to Clemson. After a rain delay in game one, the seventh inning was played Saturday prior to game two.
The first two games of the series were sellouts for the Wolfpack, with game two registering an attendance of 758.
NC State 1, Clemson 4 (8 inn.)
Freshman pitcher Rylee Wyman submitted another impressive performance in the circle, holding the Clemson offense scoreless through four innings. She finished the day with two punch outs and one walk, her second straight game allowing only one free trip to first. Wyman provided the Wolfpack with 11 straight shutout innings dating back to her complete game Tuesday against USC Upstate.
After loading the bases in the top of the opening frame, Wyman settled in and escaped the inning while holding the Clemson offense at bay. After recording her first strikeout in the second, Wyman sat down the Tiger’s utility star Valerie Cagle in the third inning. This was just the 15th time the CU’s leading batter has struck out all season.
The NC State offense broke up Cagle’s no-hit bid in the fourth inning thanks to a one-out double by Rebecca Murray. Amanda Hasler followed up with a single to put runners on the corners. After Gabi Wilson entered as a pinch runner on first, Katlyn Pavlick supplied an RBI single to send Murray in to score the first run of the game and take a 1-0 lead on the Tigers.
Clemson responded in the fifth inning with an RBI double that tied…
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