Without its head coach and ace pitcher, sixth-ranked North Carolina State parlayed two surges into a 4-0 baseball victory over Hawaii in the season opener at Murakami Stadium.

The Wolfpack sabotaged an otherwise strong performance from UH starter Brendan Hornung, who matched a career-high nine strikeouts in seven innings. Hornung threw 96 pitches, 65 of which were strikes, including 22 on the first pitch to 28 batters.

But Hornung relinquished a run-scoring double to Will Wilson and an RBI infield single to Josh McLain in the second inning. Hornung exited after seven innings, after which the Wolfpack cobbled two runs against three relievers in the seventh.