RALEIGH, N.C.- No. 18 NC State scored seven runs on ten hits in the first two innings, all of which were singles, to lift the Wolfpack to an 8-2 non-conference victory over Campbell, Friday night at Doak Field. Campbell (17-29, 10-17) falls to 1-2 against ranked opponents this season.

NC State ace Clayton Shunick (6-4) gave the Wolfpack another solid outing as he picked up his sixth victory of the season after tossing seven innings of two-hit baseball. The junior from Alpharetta, Ga. allowed just one run while striking out five Campbell batters.

Justin Lilly (4-3) ran into trouble early and was strapped with the loss after giving up seven earned runs in an inning of work. The senior from Raleigh, N.C. struck out one batter without surrendering a walk.

Leading the way for the Camels offensively was Mike Causey, who connected with his second homer of the season in the top of the second inning. Causey was the only Campbell hitter to have a multi-hit performance as he went 2-for-4 with scored a run. Ellis Lowe and Carlton Floyd were the only other Camels to have hits in the contest.

NC State (31-13, 15-8 ACC) had four different players grab two or more hits in the game, highlighted by its leadoff and two-hole hitters Dallas Poulk and Pat Ferguson. Poulk finished 2-for-5 with two runs scored, while Ferguson notched three hits and scored two more. In addition, Jeremy Synan smoked his fifth homer of the season on a solo shot in the sixth inning.

NC State jumped out to an early lead in the first posting five runs thanks to four consecutive hits. Back-to-back singles by Poulk and Ferguson set the stage for NC State as five straight Wolfpack hitters collected RBI. Tommy Foschi capped the scoring off with a sacrifice fly to right field.

Campbell bounced back in the second as Causey capitalized on Shunick's 0-1 offering and drove it over the left field wall for his second career home run. Causey, a senior from Wilmington, N.C., launched a long ball off Shunick, who has allowed just four homers this season, to make the score 5-1.

Poulk and Ferguson repeated their first inning performance as they led the second off with two straight singles and both scored to extend the NC State lead to 7-1. Poulk was knocked in by a Matt Payne single up the middle and Ferguson crossed the plate on a Ryan Pond sac fly to right field. Poulk and Ferguson combined to score four runs in the contest.

After Synan moved the Wolfpack's advantage to 8-1 with a solo homer in the sixth, Campbell made a final surge in the ninth, but fell short scoring just one run to finalize the score at 8-2. Stephen Parsons drew a one-out walk and advanced on a pair of wild pitches. John Watlington did the cleanup work as he plated Parsons on a sac fly to left field.

NC State improves its record in the all-time series to 27-7-1. The last time the Camels took a game at Doak Field was in 2004.

Campbell will turn around and head to Elon, N.C. to face the Phoenix tomorrow (May 3) at Latham Park. The first pitch is slated for 7 p.m.