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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Eli Serrano III, Garrett Pennington and Alec Makarewicz combined for 12 runs, 11 hits and eight RBIs as third-seed North Carolina State overwhelmed 10th-seed Virginia Tech 19-9 in the ACC Tournament. The Wolfpack face No. 6 Duke on Thursday in the round-robin pool while the Hokies are eliminated. N.C. State scored six runs in the third inning and led 10-0 in the fourth. The Hokies scored six in the sixth to close within 12-7 but a six-run eighth made it 19-7 and the game ended when Virginia Tech only scored two in the bottom of the inning. The first three batters in the Wolfpack order dominated and No. 6 hitter Alex Sosa drove in five runs. Gehrig Ebel and Ben Watson both had three hits and drove in three runs for Virginia Tech.
