With No. 1 Louisville next on N.C. State’s baseball schedule, Wolfpack coach Elliott Avent is on the lookout for copperheads and confidence.
He’d love to avoid the former but is desperately hoping for the latter for his N.C. State team after a difficult start to the 2017 season.
Injuries, pitching deficiencies and hitting woes have the Wolfpack off to a 12-10 start (3-3 ACC) headed into the weekend ACC series with the Cardinals (19-1, 6-0). The first game is Friday at 6 p.m. at Doak Field.
Avent figures his luck against Louisville can’t be any worse than it was last year.