Weekend Preview: Eagles Head to Raleigh

THE FACTS

WHEN: Friday, April 6 at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. | Sunday, April 8 at noon

HOW TO FOLLOW:
Live stats for all games: http://www.sidearmstats.com/ncsu/softball/
Video for game one
Video for game two
Video for game three
Twitter: @bc_softball

OPPONENT: NC State

ALL-TIME RECORD VS. OPPONENT: 12-22

Scouting the Opponent:

The Eagles participate in their fourth ACC series of the 2018 campaign when they travel to Raleigh, N.C. to take on NC State.
BC has a 12-22 all-time record vs. the Wolfpack. The Maroon and Gold have won five of the last six meetings between the two teams. The Eagles outscored NC State 32-15 in those meetings.
Historically, the Eagles have a 6-13 record when they play in Raleigh.
In a three-game series, BC has swept the Wolfpack once, when it won all three games in 2016.
Heading into the weekend, NC State is close behind BC in the ACC Atlantic standings with a 4-7 record.
The Wolfpack faced No. 22/21 Ohio State earlier this season and won the first game, 5-4, in eight innings.
Haylee Kobziak leads the Wolfpack with a .357 batting average. Alyssa Compton and Chandley Garner are also hitting above .300, with .311 and .303 averages, respectively.
Jade Caraway has the team lead in hits with 31. She has also scored a team-leading 26 runs.
Devin Wallace leads the pitching staff with 11 wins. She has posted a 2.56 ERA so far this season and has recorded 95 strikeouts.

What's Going On With the Eagles:

Senior Jessica Dreswick continues her work-horse ways into the 2018 season. As of April 4, she is tied for second in the ACC in games started with 20. She is fifth in innings pitched (121.2), tied for seventh in appearances (25) and tied for fifth in complete games with ten.
The right-hander is also eighth in opponent batting average (.207). Dreswick is sixth in the ACC with 114 strikeouts. She is also seventh in strikeouts looking (27). In BC's game vs. Texas State on Feb. 12, Dreswick threw a career-high 11 strikeouts - a feat she matched when she struck out 11 batters again versus CCSU on Feb. 25. With 10 K's recorded in the win over No. 18 Ole Miss, Dreswick has thrown double digits in strikeouts in three games so far this season.
Entering the seventh week of the season, senior Chloe Sharabba leads the team with 24 runs and 36 hits, including nine doubles and four home runs. She has also picked up 15 RBIs and drawn a team-leading 16 walks, resulting in a .443 on base percentage and a .546 slugging percentage.
Sharabba is 14th in the ACC with a .351 batting average. She is 12th in slugging percentage (.546) and 14th in on base percentage (.443).
As of April 3, the Boston College pitching staff is ranked 34th in the nation with a 2.13 ERA and second in the ACC behind top-ranked Florida State.
Opponents are hitting .218 against Dreswick and Frei. Together, the right-handers have struck out 191 batters, which is tied for fifth in the conference.
BC is tied for third in the league with nine triples and tied for fifth in stolen bases with 30.
The Maroon and Gold are tied for third in the conference in sacrifice bunts with 25.
The Eagles have proven to be a difficult team to run against as they are ranked third in the ACC with nine caught stealings.
For the first time since the 2016 season, the Boston College softball team has won seven straight games. The winning streak began against Virginia on March 23 and has extended until April 4 when the Eagles defeated Providence.
During the streak, BC has run-ruled its opponent three times. The Eagles scored a season-high 16 runs in the victory over the Friars. In game two versus Syracuse, BC hit two home runs in one inning for the first time all season.

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