Softball to Face N.C. A&T

RALEIGH -- The NC State softball team is set to host North Carolina A&T for a midweek meeting. First pitch for the two teams is set for 5pm on Wednesday and the game will be broadcast on ACCNX.

Scouting N.C. A&T

Since meeting for the first time in 2010, the Wolfpack have won all seven games in the series history over the Lady Aggies
The last five meetings have been run rule games
A&T has had a rough start to the season as they went 1-10 through the first few weeks
Sophomore Dezianna Patmon leads the Aggies with a .351 batting average and freshman Megan Ellis leads the pitchers with a 3.48 ERA in addition to three wins in the circle

Setting Her Own Pace

Junior Brooklyn Lucero made an appearance in the circle this season -- something she hadn't been able to do since March 2022
In April 2022 she had to have a pace maker inserted and has been working to come back since
She made her debut against NC Central (G1) after surgery and faced four batters against Louisville (G2) over the weekend
Lucero has entered 10 games for the Pack as a pinch hitter this season and recorded her first hit against Radford (single up the middle)

Close Call

The last two games for the Pack have come down to the bottom of the seventh
March 19th'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 (7), and putouts (113)
She ranks first in program history for hit by pitch in a freshman campaign (10)

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Goodwin

Amanda Hasler

Madison Inscoe

Brooklyn Lucero