Softball Travels To Raleigh For Three-Game Series At NC State

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - For the first time in more than three weeks, the Carolina softball team (20-25, 8-9 ACC) hits the road for an ACC series, traveling to NC State for a three-game matchup on April 21-23.

The Tar Heels will play the Wolfpack in Dail Softball Stadium at 6 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 12 p.m. Sunday. All three games of the series will be streamed on ACCNX.

SCOUTING THE WOLFPACK
Overall: NC State leads the series 55-41
In Raleigh: NC State leads 25-16
In Chapel Hill: NC State leads 23-18
Neutral Site: The series is tied 7-7

NC State is 16-28 on the season with a 6-12 record in the ACC. Hannah Goodwin leads the Wolfpack at the plate with a .336 batting average and a .555 slugging percentage. Amanda Hassler has driven in a team-high 25 runs and Katlyn Pavlick has hit a team-best nine home runs.

In the circle, Madison Inscoe has pitched a team-high 105.1 innings with eight complete games and a 4.25 ERA. Aisha Weixlmann leads the Wolfpack with 82 strikeouts. NC State ranks No. 13 in the ACC in fielding (9.53 fielding percentage), pitching (5.41 ERA) and batting (.231 batting average).

NOTABLES:

The Tar Heels have won seven of their last eight games
Alex Brown enters the game on a nine-game hitting streak. She has tallied a hit in 15 of the last 16 games and is hitting a team-best .402 on the season.
Abby Settlemyre ranks second in the conference in ACC play in batting average (.500) and on-base percentage (.583), third in hits (24), fourth in OPS (1.458), seventh in slugging percentage (.875) and eighth in RBIs (17) and walks (10)
In the last three games, Carsyn Snead is hitting .714, going 5-of-7 at the plate

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Players Mentioned

Alex Brown

Abby Settlemyre

Carsyn Snead

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