This was a competitive game for all of about two innings. NC State posted a five-run third inning to blow open the game with UNC-Wilmington and never looked back from there. The Wolfpack plated runs in every inning from the 2nd to 6th while running away with the 11-3 victory.
Will Wilson returned to the lineup after a long absence to face the team that took him out of commission for a stretch and Kent Klyman returned to the mound for the first time in ten days - and his first extensive action in over two weeks. While Wilson looked a bit rough in shaking off the cobwebs (0-for-5, 2 K), Klyman looked like his old self (2.