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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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ChemE94
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6:14p, 6/3/23
Good first - a lot of pitches thrown with two big k's. SC has a bunch of big ol boys. They definitely pass the eyeball test.
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In reply to ChemE94 • 6:16p, 6/3/23
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Good first - a lot of pitches though. SC has a bunch of big ol boys. They definitely pass the eyeball test.


These SC guys are really letting the ump have it. I hope he's the spiteful type.
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6:16p, 6/3/23
I already hate this whiny ass team. What kind of umpiring are they used to that they are so comfortable yelling at the home plate ump like this?
Just a guy on the sunshine squad.
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6:22p, 6/3/23
Great hold by CP - he was dead if he went
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6:23p, 6/3/23
Would have been great to get on the board but we showed we can hit this guy
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6:23p, 6/3/23
Left a couple in scoring position but good to at least make them sweat early.
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6:27p, 6/3/23
Lol "SMASHED TO RIGHT!!!!", then like 40 feet short of the fence. Good job TV guys
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6:28p, 6/3/23
I'm following along with the IPS twitter account because I can't watch. sucks but it is what it is. Lets go boys
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6:28p, 6/3/23
Williadson has some nasty stuff tonight!
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In reply to ClePack • 6:29p, 6/3/23
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I'm following along with the IPS twitter account because I can't watch. sucks but it is what it is. Lets go boys
Try Hulu if you have it. That's how I'm watching
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6:33p, 6/3/23
This is a much better team than Campbell
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6:34p, 6/3/23
We are going to need more from our infield today at the plate. Take out Groover's hits yesterday and all the rest of the infield combined went 0-15 against Campbell.
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In reply to Tomas93 • 6:35p, 6/3/23
Bottom of the lineup really struggling to put together good at bats so far this weekend.
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In reply to SportManagementEngineer • 6:41p, 6/3/23
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Bottom of the lineup really struggling to put together good at bats so far this weekend.


Yep- need these guys to extend some at bats and find a way to get on base.
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6:42p, 6/3/23
Really bad pitch. Looked like he hung a change up and paid for it big time. 2-0 cocks
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6:44p, 6/3/23
Gotta stop giving up walks.
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6:45p, 6/3/23
If we walk a batter with 2 outs, it feels like a 90% chance the next batter homers.
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6:47p, 6/3/23
Willadsen seems very shaky now.
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6:48p, 6/3/23
What a play by Harrison there!!!

Now let's work this pitcher and get some dang runs. Feels really important we answer them here.
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6:49p, 6/3/23
Need to get something going this inning to try and slow the momentum.
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6:49p, 6/3/23
Was hoping that Willadson would be able to make it deep i to the game but his pitch count is over 60 through 3 innings. We need the bats to wake up!
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6:53p, 6/3/23
Score? I can't get it on my ESPN + app.
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6:54p, 6/3/23
Well that sucked
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6:54p, 6/3/23
It's a long game, knew we weren't going to shut them out. These balls will start to find grass eventually, we're putting the bat on the ball.
Just a guy on the sunshine squad.
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6:54p, 6/3/23
SC pitchers has only thrown 29 pitches through 3? Is that right?
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In reply to Borowolf10 • 6:55p, 6/3/23
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SC pitchers has only thrown 29 pitches through 3? Is that right?
Yes
Payton Wilson on what he thought of Carter Finley: Drunk Crazy Crowded

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In reply to BigLefty24 • 6:56p, 6/3/23
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Score? I can't get it on my ESPN + app.
2-0 bad guys top 4th
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In reply to BigLefty24 • 6:56p, 6/3/23
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Score? I can't get it on my ESPN + app.

2-0 cocks
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6:57p, 6/3/23
We are averaging less than 3 pitches an at bat.
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In reply to Borowolf10 • 6:58p, 6/3/23
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SC pitchers has only thrown 29 pitches through 3? Is that right?
yikes wow
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7:00p, 6/3/23
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I think Matt's going to get us into the 7th. He will throw until his arm falls off. Stuff is good, one mistake and a great swing caught up to him. Need to push some runs and find some better luck.
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In reply to GoPack44 • 7:01p, 6/3/23
GoPack44 said:
Was hoping that Willadson would be able to make it deep i to the game but his pitch count is over 60 through 3 innings. We need the bats to wake up!


If he can keep them from squaring them up he can still make it deep. He's shown many times in his career he can go well over 100. He's so heavy on off speed pitches and that helps a bunch. Whether we'll stick with him in that scenario, I don't know.
Just a guy on the sunshine squad.
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In reply to Alex Gee • 7:02p, 6/3/23
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I think Matt's going to get us into the 7th. He will throw until his arm falls off. Stuff is good, one mistake and a great swing caught up to him. Need to push some runs and find some better luck.
He certainly looked solid last inning.
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7:03p, 6/3/23
Need to find a way to extend some at bats and make this guy throw some pitches. This guy has been pretty on point so far
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