Cold temperatures, which hovered at about 40 degrees throughout much of the afternoon on Tuesday, did little to cool off the baseball team, which picked up a solid 8-2 win over High Point University.The win, which pushed the Pack’s record to 2-2 on the young season, allowed coach Elliott Avent to continue to test his team’s lineup. Avent said he and his coaches are still working to figure out the best combination of players that can lead to the most success.”We’ve got new faces and you have to learn that everything in this game matters,” Avent said. “You have to be focused all the time. We like our ball club, but we are trying to find some combinations that work and trying to find guys that show us they want to play.”The Wolfpack entered action Tuesday coming off a weekend in which it lost two of its first three games as the host of the Summit Hospitality Invitational tournament. A win in the final game of the tournament on Sunday over Santa Clara set the team up for its matchup with the Panthers. After the first three innings saw both teams fail to do much of anything offensively, the Panthers got on the board in the fourth, scoring two runs in the frame and forcing N.C. State starting pitcher Zak Sinclair to the bench. State wasted little time in answering the High Point offense when freshman designated hitter Harold Riggins drove in junior right fielder Drew Poulk on a sharply hit base hit to left. Three batters later, senior third baseman Drew Martin drove in two more runs on another base hit to left field. Junior shortstop Kyle Wilson capped off the five-run inning for the Pack when he drove in two runs on a single up the middle. The Pack added more runs in the fifth and sixth innings en route to its second win in as many games. Freshman catcher Pratt Maynard said the team settled down in the middle innings. “I think we just settled down and let the game come to us,” he said. “I think we might have been pressing a little bit early. When we settled down, we put some runs on the board.”Redshirt junior pitcher Jake Kensmoe picked up the victory for State – the first of his career with the Wolfpack – pitching two thirds of an inning while giving up no hits or runs. State also got solid offensive performances from Wilson, Riggins and Maynard during the game. The trio combined for four hits and five RBIs. Maynard pushed his batting average for the season to .533.Redshirt senior first baseman Pat Ferguson said the young players on the team are learning what it takes to win ball games. “Not everyone can play you know. When you get in there, you have to make the most of it,” he said. “As long as we get nine guys ready to go and ready to produce everyday we’re going to be successful. People are starting to figure that out.”State will travel west on Interstate 40 today to take on Elon and look to make its win streak three games before it returns to Raleigh this weekend to host a series with Hofstra.Avent said today’s game against Elon will be a good early season test for the young ball club. “Elon will be ready to play tomorrow,” he said. “We’ll see how good we are the first time on the road. We’ll see if we are tough enough to play on the road.”