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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.

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Harrison with the seeing eye single oppo
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Watching on TV listening to the Pack radio call. He's so good at painting a pic exactly what's happening. Really good.
Do you have a special radio that you can delay?


You can pause the Varsity app and time it up.
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8:35p, 6/3/23
Payton is such a better hitter when actually goes backside. Nice job there PG!
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In reply to Alex Gee • 8:35p, 6/3/23
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DrummerboyWolf said:
Nate97 said:
Watching on TV listening to the Pack radio call. He's so good at painting a pic exactly what's happening. Really good.
Do you have a special radio that you can delay?


You can pause the Varsity app and time it up.
Is that just for your phone? I don't have a smart phone so I would have to do it on my computer.
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Pinch hitting Marcy here=trying to tie the game on one swing.
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In reply to ChemE94 • 8:36p, 6/3/23
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Harrison with the seeing eye single oppo


Appreciate these updates
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In reply to Alex Gee • 8:37p, 6/3/23
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Pinch hitting Marcy here=trying to tie the game on one swing.

Andddd double play.
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That hurts.
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Pinch hitting Marcy here=trying to tie the game on one swing.
Took out a lefty with a righty on the mound...
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Why are you pinch hitting for Soles there?
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8:37p, 6/3/23
****ing stupid pinch hit.
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8:38p, 6/3/23
Really don't understand the PH there
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Is Soles not one of the better situational hitters on this team? Why pinch hit there? Makes no sense to me.
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In reply to Alex Gee • 8:38p, 6/3/23
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Nate97 said:
Watching on TV listening to the Pack radio call. He's so good at painting a pic exactly what's happening. Really good.


Andrew is phenomenal. Extremely hopeful he gets Gary's job when that time comes.
Same here. Watching video and listening to Sanders. He's flawless.
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In reply to SportManagementEngineer • 8:38p, 6/3/23
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Alex Gee said:
Pinch hitting Marcy here=trying to tie the game on one swing.
Took out a lefty with a righty on the mound...
Well that seems odd.
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Is Soles not one of the better situational hitters on this team? Why pinch hit there? Makes no sense to me.
Don't need a homer there, hopefully a good line drive and Soles usually hits the ball hard.
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Alex Gee said:
DrummerboyWolf said:
Nate97 said:
Watching on TV listening to the Pack radio call. He's so good at painting a pic exactly what's happening. Really good.
Do you have a special radio that you can delay?


You can pause the Varsity app and time it up.
IIRC SyncMyGame(dot)com can do all of that for you. I've not used it before, but they advertise it a lot during Learfield broadcasts.
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SportManagementEngineer said:
Alex Gee said:
Pinch hitting Marcy here=trying to tie the game on one swing.
Took out a lefty with a righty on the mound...
Well that seems odd.
Your left handed leadoff hitter with a righty on the mound. What are we doing here?
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Another fing walk.
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Noah has been having issues with dehydration apparently, Elliott even said he almost pulled him yesterday. No idea if that was part of the decision.
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In reply to Wbtaylor • 8:41p, 6/3/23
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Why are you pinch hitting for Soles there?


Hasn't been avents best game, decision-wise, tonight. I still don't understand the Carson Kelly thing. No Dom?
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Alex Gee said:
DrummerboyWolf said:
Nate97 said:
Watching on TV listening to the Pack radio call. He's so good at painting a pic exactly what's happening. Really good.
Do you have a special radio that you can delay?


You can pause the Varsity app and time it up.
IIRC SyncMyGame(dot)com can do all of that for you. I've not used it before, but they advertise it a lot during Learfield broadcasts.
Thanks guys.
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DrummerboyWolf said:
SportManagementEngineer said:
Alex Gee said:
Pinch hitting Marcy here=trying to tie the game on one swing.
Took out a lefty with a righty on the mound...
Well that seems odd.
Your left handed leadoff hitter with a righty on the mound. What are we doing here?


Makes absolutely no sense. I've never seen anything like that.
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Another fing walk.
I think that brings us to 8. No defense for a walk.
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Wbtaylor said:
Why are you pinch hitting for Soles there?


Hasn't been avents best game, decision-wise, tonight. I still don't understand the Carson Kelly thing. No Dom?
The season isn't over with a loss tonight. Still need to have some arms to play more games if you keep winning.
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Why are you pinch hitting for Soles there?


Hasn't been avents best game, decision-wise, tonight. I still don't understand the Carson Kelly thing. No Dom?
The season isn't over with a loss tonight. Still need to have some arms to play more games if you keep winning.


Right, but man, keeping it a 2-0 that inning would have been massive. Especially with how we've scored 3, although that's completely in hindsight to say that.
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Punting on the game here?
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Avent hasn't thrown 8 walks
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8:47p, 6/3/23
Ok Jacob. I definitely didn't have that one on my bingo card when he came in...way to battle!
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CLTWolf said:
ClePack said:
Wbtaylor said:
Why are you pinch hitting for Soles there?


Hasn't been avents best game, decision-wise, tonight. I still don't understand the Carson Kelly thing. No Dom?
The season isn't over with a loss tonight. Still need to have some arms to play more games if you keep winning.


Right, but man, keeping it a 2-0 that inning would have been massive. Especially with how we've scored 3, although that's completely in hindsight to say that.


Yeah you can't guarantee that they stay at 3. Realistically need to score more than 6 to beat these guys anyway. If we can pull one out of nowhere with this effort from the end of the bullpen, you're feeling great.

Not feeling great if both Dom and Baker were used and out of juice for the rest of the weekend.
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Ok Jacob. I definitely didn't have that one on my bingo card when he came in...way to battle!
That was a fkng strike.

Got him that time! Nice fkn work Jacob!!!
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In reply to Borowolf10 • 8:51p, 6/3/23
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Punting on the game here?


Nope just trying to pull one out with the back end of the bullpen in a game you were down 6-0 that doesn't end your season.
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8:52p, 6/3/23
Way to be selective Gino!!!!
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Borowolf10 said:
Punting on the game here?


Nope just trying to pull one out with the back end of the bullpen in a game you were down 6-0 that doesn't end your season.


Exactly. You can't win the regional tonight, but you 100% can lose it.
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By my count that is 4 balls that were likely 100 mph+ off the bat that ended up as infield outs.
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