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North Carolina State Sweeps Pair of Pitchers' Duals from Softball; Sims Throws Perfect Game in Opener

BUIES CREEK, N.C.—Abbie Sims' perfect game highlighted four stellar pitching performances Wednesday night as North Carolina State swept a doubleheader from Campbell 1-0 & 2-0 at the Eakes Athletic Complex.

Sims (22-5) second-career perfect game for North Carolina State (36-16) came in the opener where she struck out 14. Sims' other perfect outing came against Central Connecticut State in 2005 in a six inning game. She struck out 11-straight Campbell batters at one point in the game from the first to the fourth inning.

Campbell's (24-36-1) duo in the circle of Lauren Caviness and Brittany Stanley struck out a combined 11 batters, allowed nine hits, two walks and three runs.

Caviness (12-20) suffered her eighth loss of the season where she allowed two or fewer runs. The junior southpaw struck out seven Wolfpack batters, walked just one and scattered only five hits in the opener.

Stanley (9-10) allowed just four hits in the complete game outing striking out four NC State batters and walking just one in the nightcap.

Shaina Ervin (12-10) picked up the win for the Wolfpack in the circle scattering a pair of hits over the complete game striking out nine in game two.

The Wolfpack scored the lone run of the opening game in the top of the fourth inning with an RBI single by Shanna Smith to left field. After Caviness recorded the first two outs of the inning, Allison Presnell singled back up the middle and stole second putting herself in scoring position for Smith. Presnell's single was just the second of the game for NC State and first since the opening inning.

NC State jumped out quickly in the nightcap with a two-run homer by Jennifer Patterson to left field. Presnell led off the inning with a double down the line in left setting up Patterson's fourth blast of the season.

The Camels put of a defensive exhibition in the top of the third inning with Shayla Cullum diving to her left and throwing from her knees to record the first out of the inning and Stephenie Pappas scooped a line drive one-hopper and threw out the speedster Blair Harkey for the third out.

Campbell got its first base runner of the doubleheader in the bottom of the fourth when Jessica Huffman reached on an error by the NC State second baseman. The senior then proceeded to steal her 42nd base of the season; she entered the week ranked 10th in the nation averaging 0.72 stolen bases per game.

The Camels threatened in the bottom of the fifth inning with a pair of hits and a runner thrown out at the plate. Courtney Quinn led off the inning with CU's first hit of the day and then Stanley drew a two-out walk putting runners on first and second. Megan Paul battled at the plate fouling off several pitches before singled through the right side of the infield. Quinn tried to score all the way from second on the play but was thrown out at the plate by the right fielder Ashleigh Davis.

The Camels step back into Atlantic Sun play this weekend with a key series against Lipscomb (23-22-1, 8-7-1) on Saturday beginning at 2:00 p.m. It will be Senior Day at the Eakes Athletic Complex as the Camels enter the weekend one game ahead of Belmont for the final spot in the A-Sun Tournament.

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Players Mentioned

Lauren Caviness

#18 Lauren Caviness

P
5' 9"
Junior
Jessica Huffman

#14 Jessica Huffman

OF
5' 8"
Senior
Stephenie Pappas

#15 Stephenie Pappas

INF
5' 4"
Senior
Megan Paul

#11 Megan Paul

INF
5' 2"
Senior
Courtney Quinn

#23 Courtney Quinn

C/INF
5' 4"
Junior
Brittany Stanley

#16 Brittany Stanley

P/DP
5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lauren Caviness

#18 Lauren Caviness

5' 9"
Junior
P
Jessica Huffman

#14 Jessica Huffman

5' 8"
Senior
OF
Stephenie Pappas

#15 Stephenie Pappas

5' 4"
Senior
INF
Megan Paul

#11 Megan Paul

5' 2"
Senior
INF
Courtney Quinn

#23 Courtney Quinn

5' 4"
Junior
C/INF
Brittany Stanley

#16 Brittany Stanley

5' 10"
Freshman
P/DP