After trailing 2-1 through three innings, the Wolfpack exploded with three runs in the fourth inning and two in the fifth, managing a 6-4 victory. The win was State’s first in three games and pushes the Pack to a 11-9 record. The victory came at a great time ñ just days before its first ACC series against Virginia. “It’s a big win for us. It gives us a little momentum,” junior Claudia Cooper said. “Going in with a win is really going to help us and give us a little bit of confidence going into ACC play, which is huge.”Fordham notched one run in both the second and third innings to start on top, leading 2-0. The Pack was able to get one back in the bottom of the third off two Fordham errors. Then the Pack took the lead in the bottom of the fourth with three more runs off of four hits. A single, a stolen base, back to back RBI doubles followed by an RBI single put the Pack up 4-2. Then in the fifth the Pack notched two more runs to increase thier lead.NC State led 6-2 going into the last two innings and looked like they would cruise to an easy victory. However, after a solo home run in the sixth inning and a run on an error in the seventh, Fordham came within two in the top of the seventh. With the bases loaded and a full count, Senior pitcher Mendy McKenzie was able to force a pop out to disarm Fordham and secure the victory for the Pack.”Every win is key for us right now,” coach Lisa Navas said. “It’s just a little disappointing how we played in the seventh inning but hopefully we’ll keep cleaning up our little mistakes and continue to get better.”Cooper led the Pack offensively going 2-3 with two doubles, an RBI and one run while sophomore Alyssa Allbritten contributed with an RBI and a run of her own. McKenzie threw a complete game allowing four runs, three earned off six hits, striking out and walking three. ‘It was a team effort,’ McKenzie said.”Our team came out and scored six runs, so it was all about or team playing good defense and hitting the ball.”Despite the seventh inning adversity, State was able to take away many positives from the game. “We hit the ball well. We had a few little defensive mishaps in the end but overall I thought we played pretty well,” Cooper said. “As we put all the good things together that we’ve been doing we’ll end up winning a lot more games.”