Wolfpack Soars to Title Lead in Thrilling Chases!
The Wolfpack will play in front of their first opposing crowd of the year
CHAPEL HILL, NC - JUNE 01: UNC Wilmington P Landen Roupp (14) delivers a pitch during the NCAA Baseball Chapel Hill Regional between the Tennessee Volunteers and the UNC Wilmington Seahawks at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, NC on June 1, 2019. (Photo by William Howard/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images NC State @ UNCW | Tues, Mar 17 @ 6:00pm | Flo College | Stats The Wolfpack are set to play their first true road game of the year on Tuesday when they head to Wilmington to take on UNCW. The Seahawks enter the contest at 14-6 overall and 3-0 in the CAA, while boasting an RPI ranking of 64th.
NC State is 16-4 overall and 2-1 in the ACC with an RPI of 138th thanks to an egregiously poor early season non-conference schedule. UNCW did not schedule poor and is a fairly battle tested group of birds heading into Tuesday’s tilt. Their weekend series have gone: loss vs Maryland (1-2), win vs Fordham (2-1), win vs UConn (2-1), win at Jacksonville (3-0), win vs Elon (3-0).
In midweek games in between they walloped Merrimack, lost to Duke, outlasted Charleston Southern, lost to East Carolina, and blasted Charleston Southern. All told, the Seahawks are on a 7-game winning streak and have won nine of their last ten games. That UNCW… so hot right now.
And, yes, this is a Seahawks team that just swept an Elon squad that blanked NC State last Tuesday. The Phoenix didn’t score a run in the last two games of the series. As you’d guess from that, pitching has been a strength for UNCW with a staff 2.