Both Baseball and Softball took the relative short trip down to Columbia, South Carolina for the Post-Season and returned to Raleigh with a combined 2-4 record. Both teams lost their first game, won their first elimination game and lost the next to the same team they lost to in the first game.

Softball
The Pack sent the Ace Abby Sims to the circle in the first game looking to take advantage of their #15 National Seed. The Gamecocks however were the ones to take advantage of being a host and upset the Pack 5-2. The Pack then moved to the losers bracket where they were able to get a solid performance from Sims and end Penn State’s season 1-0. The Pack then fell again to the Gamecocks 4-3 to complete the post-season disappointment. Between the ACC Tournament and the NCAA Tournament the Pack went 1-4, quite the disappointment for a team that finished .5 game behind Virginia Tech for the ACC Regular Season and had such high expectations heading into the season.
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You’ve heard of ESPN the weekend….well, now I present NC State…the Weekend! In what was one of the best collective regular season weekends that the Pack has had in quite some time NC State piled up big victories and dominating performances all around.

First, and most obvious, the men’s basketball victory over the Hokies. I defer to Jeff for his excellent analysis, but quite simply it was 40 minutes of domination. Just when I start to wonder if a winning season is possible, the Pack does something great to renew the faith. But that was just the icing on the cake for the Wolfpack this weekend.

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