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NCAA TOURNAMENT: Wolfpack Headed to Columbia

May 29, 2023
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NC State (35-19, 13-16 ACC) has been selected to the 2023 NCAA College World Series Tournament and will play in the Columbia Regional as the No. 3 seed.

The Wolfpack will be paired against No. 2-seed Campbell (44-13, 22-5 Big South) as tournament play begins Friday at 1 p.m. from Founders Park. Regional host South Carolina (39-19, 16-13 SEC) will open against four-seed Central Connecticut State (36-12, 25-5 NEC). The Columbia Regional is matched against the Gainesville Regional which contains Florida, Connecticut, Texas Tech, and Florida A&M.

One of the more explosive teams in the Southeastern Conference, South Carolina currently sits within the top 10 teams in the country in home runs hit with 110, but the Gamecocks dropped nine of its last 11 regular-season games after starting the season 30-4 overall. South Carolina defeated Georgia in the SEC Tournament before suffering back-to-back losses to LSU and Texas A&M. NC State holds a 35-22 all-time record over South Carolina, but the Gamecocks have the latest victory in Charlotte on April 2, 2019, dowing the Wolfpack, 10-8.

Entering postseason play with many outlets projected they would host, the Camels secured their second straight Big South Championship with back-to-back wins over USC Upstate who took two out of three from Campbell in the final weekend of the regular season. The Wolfpack last faced the Camels on March 2, 2022 when Campbell took the win in Buies Creek, 7-4.

Central Connecticut State heads into the tournament as the automatic qualifier from the Northeastern Conference after winning five games in four days with the final two victories coming against Wagner by a combined margin of 20 runs. Should the teams meet, NC State will face the Blue Devils for the first time in school history.

Stay tuned to Inside Pack Sports for more information as the Wolfpack’s postseason continues.

NCAA TOURNAMENT: Wolfpack Headed to Columbia (GAME THREAD)

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12:48p, 6/4/23
Damn I was hoping to have some all day baseball. I know we have 8 ABs left but Campbell wants it. We look terrible all around. Cmon Pack!!!!!
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12:48p, 6/4/23
Heard Fritton injured. Doubt we see him today
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12:49p, 6/4/23
That was a lot closer than it looked in real time.
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In reply to matracey • 12:50p, 6/4/23
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Heard Fritton injured. Doubt we see him today


How? He get hurt on the bus ride down?
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12:51p, 6/4/23
Highfill is gonna set a season high pitch count in 1 2/3 innings
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In reply to metcalfmafia • 12:51p, 6/4/23
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matracey said:
Heard Fritton injured. Doubt we see him today


How? He get hurt on the bus ride down?


Apparently against Duke last week
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In reply to matracey • 12:52p, 6/4/23
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metcalfmafia said:
matracey said:
Heard Fritton injured. Doubt we see him today


How? He get hurt on the bus ride down?


Apparently against Duke last week


If Fritton is unavailable then we really have no chance at winning this regional anyway.
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In reply to kmb717 • 12:56p, 6/4/23
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matracey said:
metcalfmafia said:
matracey said:
Heard Fritton injured. Doubt we see him today


How? He get hurt on the bus ride down?


Apparently against Duke last week


If Fritton is unavailable then we really have no chance at winning this regional anyway.
Would certainly help to explain why Avent was discussing roster size for the regionals after last night.
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12:57p, 6/4/23
I mean we r down 5. Nixon didn't see a strike. Swung 3 balls. Why? Need base runners man
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12:58p, 6/4/23
Chase swung at ball 4 twice. Now THAT is where all you "be selective" folks needs to cry about it. This P isn't throwing strikes so far today. Of course as I type this he throws 2 strikes in a row to Trev. haha
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12:58p, 6/4/23
Eli with a hit on one pitch haha

we can get more than five runs on this pitching staff. Stay on it.
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1:00p, 6/4/23
This guy wants to walk us. Let him.
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1:00p, 6/4/23
Here we go boys. Get your rally caps on.
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1:01p, 6/4/23
Bottom of the lineup getting it done? Come on PG!! Lets get something going!!!
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1:01p, 6/4/23
Gotta capitalize here to get back in it
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1:01p, 6/4/23
Just like that the ember is snuffed
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1:01p, 6/4/23
Looks like it is getting late in the game early for us.

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1:02p, 6/4/23
****kkkkkkkkkkkkkk

PG has been brutal.
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1:02p, 6/4/23
Staff
This roster is due some turnover and fresh blood.
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1:03p, 6/4/23
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2-0 weak grounder the other way. Dude can't throw strikes. Didn't throw a single one to Nixon and was bailed out.

Let's be aggressive though down 5 runs.
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1:03p, 6/4/23
Pitcher trying to give it to us and we give him a double play as thanks.
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How many rally killing double plays have we hit into…unbelievable
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1:04p, 6/4/23
Situational hitting and awareness. We have none up and down the line up. Bases loaded with a 2-0 count, you make him throw a strike or you can be stupidly aggressive and hit into an room service double play. This is as much on the coaches as it is the players.
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In reply to Tom OBriens Smile • 1:05p, 6/4/23
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kmb717 said:
matracey said:
metcalfmafia said:
matracey said:
Heard Fritton injured. Doubt we see him today


How? He get hurt on the bus ride down?


Apparently against Duke last week


If Fritton is unavailable then we really have no chance at winning this regional anyway.
Would certainly help to explain why Avent was discussing roster size for the regionals after last night.


And maybe pipe down all the idiots that said Avent was punting the game yesterday.
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In reply to DrummerboyWolf • 1:06p, 6/4/23
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Situational hitting and awareness. We have none up and down the line up. Bases loaded with a 2-0 count, you make him throw a strike or you can be stupidly aggressive and hit into an room service double play. This is as much on the coaches as it is the players.
What's crazy is it wasn't even an aggressive 2-0 swing. Weak grounder the other way. Mind boggling.
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1:07p, 6/4/23
Campbell quickly stomping on the throat.
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Let's let them get to 10 before we put someone else in.
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Game over pretty much right there. Team just didn't show up today, and Campbell has...
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1:09p, 6/4/23
This is hard to watch. I can't imagine how frustrated our guys are.
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In reply to metcalfmafia • 1:09p, 6/4/23
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Let's let them get to 10 before we put someone else in.
Sam was done 2 innings ago. Not sure how I can see it but the staff cannot.
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In reply to James Henderson • 1:10p, 6/4/23
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This roster is due some turnover and fresh blood.

Including the pitching coach. Sam had career altering injuries but guys like Nelson, Miralia, Kelly, etc are still the same guys they were when they came to State. It could be argued the same for Matt as well except a couple ticks on the fastball. The off-season evaluation of the portal was less than desirable from a pitching standpoint as well.
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In reply to Glasswolf • 1:10p, 6/4/23
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metcalfmafia said:
Let's let them get to 10 before we put someone else in.
Sam was done 2 innings ago. Not sure how I can see it but the staff cannot.


Wild. Let's let the kid get completely embarrassed before we take him out. Everyone could tell he was getting boatraced.
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1:10p, 6/4/23
65 pitches in 2 & 1/3. Ouch.
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In reply to Glasswolf • 1:11p, 6/4/23
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Glasswolf said:
metcalfmafia said:
Let's let them get to 10 before we put someone else in.
Sam was done 2 innings ago. Not sure how I can see it but the staff cannot.
I'm sure they could, but you need to win 3 games to win the regional and pulling Highfill too early won't do it.

Had to hope he'd figure it out.

I don't care about doing everything I can to win this game, we need to win the next 3 games.
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