Wolfpack To Host Notre Dame for ACC Home Opener

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The NC State softball team will host Notre Dame for its second conference series of the season, March 14-16.

The ACC home opener will be played Friday, March 14 at 6pm and will be nationally televised on ACC Network. The last two games of the series will be played on Saturday, March 15 with game two at 4pm and game three at 6:30pm with both streamed on ACCNX.

The Pack enters the series 16-10 on the season and 0-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.

The Basics of the Match Up

The Pack will meet with the Irish for the 29th time in program history on Friday, March 14.
Notre Dame holds a 17-11 advantage in the series and has won eight of the last 10 meetings, including the last five straight.
The last time the two met in Raleigh, NC State won the series opener before dropping the final two games.
The two programs have met every year since 2014, except in 2022 when the two did not meet due to the rotational conference opponent schedule.

A Win (on Friday) Would ...

be the 17th win of the season
be the 47th win in the Leftwich Era
be the 7th ACC win in the Leftwich Era
be the first win over Notre Dame in the Leftwich Era
be the 614th win in program history
be the 177th ACC win in program history
be the 277th win at Dail Softball Stadium

A Series Win...

would be the first of the season for NC State
would be the second series won under the leadership of Leftwich

The Rise of CarMax

Sophomore right handed pitcher Carly Maxton topped her own career high in strikeouts that she set just seven days prior in the Pack's shutout win over Dartmouth on Feb. 14. She tallied 10 strikeouts in her second complete game and second shutout of the season. She caught six batters swinging and got four looking in the outing.
Her 10 K's make her just the second person on the staff to record a game with double-digit strikeouts in their career (Rylee Wyman vs. UConn on 2/17/24).
The Townsend, DE native was the only pitcher on the roster with a 0.00 ERA through the first two weeks of the season, a mark that tied for first in the NCAA and ranked first in the ACC.
In the March 11 win over ECU, she pitched all seven innings and 21 outs BUT left the circle for two batters, therefore she could not earn the complete game. She struck out the Pirates Morgan Johnson all four times she stepped up to the plate - each time catching her swinging. In the 16 pitches Maxton threw Johnson throughout the game, only four of them were balls.

Twice The Fun

Graduate catcher Payden Bordeau smashed two homers in the 5-4 loss at Georgia Tech on March 8.
She became the first person on the 2025 roster to record two homers in a single game this season. But less than three days later, junior Hannah Church joined in on the fun and smashed two bombs in the 11-5 win over East Carolina on March 11.
The duo is one of 18 ACC athletes to record two homers in a single game (stats through March 10).

Players Mentioned

Payden Bordeau

Hannah Church

Carly Maxton

Rylee Wyman

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