RALEIGH, N.C. – A combined six North Carolina State (31-16, 12-12 ACC) pitchers held Campbell (10-38, 4-17 A-Sun) hitless through six and two-thirds innings, as the Wolfpack held off a late Campbell surge to drop the Camels 7-3 Saturday afternoon at Doak Field.

Nate Karns (3-2) took the victory in a predetermined staffed game, going four innings and striking out two Camel batters without allowing a hit. Quinn LeSage (1-8) battled through six innings, giving up six Wolfpack runs on 10 hits in taking his eighth loss of the season.

Marcus Jones had a perfect day at the plate for State, as he was 4-4 with a home run, a double and two RBI. Ramon Carona also added three hits and two RBI for the Pack, who defeated Campbell in the squads' fourth straight contest and 11^th time in their last 13 meetings.

The N.C. State pitching staff was nearly un-hittable as the Pack held the Camels hitless through six and two-thirds innings. Rob Lyerly broke up the no-hit bid off State reliever Kyle Rutter in the seventh, and in the eighth the Camels broke through for three unearned runs. CU tallied two on a misplayed Daniel Smith groundball, and Ryan Hamme followed that up with an RBI double off the right field wall to cut the Pack lead in half at 6-3

State's fast start and runs late in the game proved to be too much as the Pack began by scoring two runs in the first and second innings. After hits by Dallas Poulk and Carona in the first, Ryan Pond drove both of them in with a double down the left field line for his 34^th and 35^th RBI of the year to stake the Pack to a 2-0 lead. State pushed across two more in the second on a two-RBI single by Carona to double their lead at 4-0.

State added single runs in the fourth, sixth, and eighth to pull away from the Camels. Poulk lined an RBI triple down the right field line in the fourth, Jones roped his fourth home run of the year in the sixth and doubled in his second RBI in the eighth to pull away from the Camels.

Carlton Floyd added the other Camel hit on the day, as the Camels matched a season-low for hits with three on the afternoon. Brandon Scott also added a stolen base, bringing his team leading total up to 16 on the year. Scott now sits in fourth on Campbell's all-time stolen base list with 42.

The Camels managed just nine hits in the two games versus State. John Watlington and Floyd were the lone Camels with multiple hits, stroking two apiece on the weekend.

N.C. State continues non-conference play with a 7:00 road date at UNC Wilmington on Wednesday. Campbell is back at it on Monday at Taylor Field for a make-up game with Charleston Southern. First pitch will be at 7:00.