Weather delays, Volunteers do in Wolfpack softball team in NCAAs

statesoftballACC-champion NC State’s impressive debut season under first-year head coach Shawn Rychcik came to an end on Sunday as the Wolfpack fell 7-0 to No. 5 host Tennessee in the title game of the NCAA Knoxville Regional.

On a rainy weekend that saw multiple weather delays, the Wolfpack (35-20-1) got an outstanding performance over three days from sophomore pitcher Emily Weiman, who threw the Pack’s first 24 innings in the four-team regional without relief, including a 10 2/3-inning outing in a 1-0 loss to the Volunteers on Saturday that matched the longest of her career.

Weiman (33-18) took both losses against the Volunteers, but also both wins against James Madison, a 2-0 win in the opener on Friday, and a 6-4 win in a elimination game that was started on Saturday evening and was completed on Sunday morning, advancing the Pack to the title game against Tennessee.

In all, Weiman threw 423 pitches, going a total of 28.1 innings, while giving up 27 hits, 10 earned runs and three walks. She struck out 12 batters in the four games.

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