Box Score ELON, N.C. -- The eighth-ranked North Carolina State Wolfpack visited Elon's Latham Park having allowed 26 runs in 11 games and riding a 10-game winning streak.  NC State left having allowed nearly double that run total as the Phoenix handed the Wolfpack a 24-12 loss on Tuesday.

The 24 runs scored by Elon (6-5) were its most-ever against a Wolfpack team and it was the first time the Phoenix scored 20 or more in a game since May 9, 2009 in a 27-6 win over Western Carolina.  The win also marked Elon's 23rd over a top-25 foe since the 1999 campaign.

"I didn't see this coming," said head coach Mike Kennedy.  "We talked to our guys at length after Furman on Sunday.  The got a taste of losing against Furman, and that didn't feel good and they did something about it.  This is a huge win for the program.  We hadn't had one of those (win over a top-25 opponent) in a few years.  It gets you feeling good so a lot of guys should have positive energy going into practice the next two days."

Elon had three players drive in at least five runs - Antonio Alvarez with five, Alex Swim with five and Sebastian Gomez with a career-high six RBI.

NC State (10-2) grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the first inning before Elon answered with three runs in the bottom half.  Ryan Kinsella tied the game with a RBI single before an error let the second run score.  The final tally came in on a Gomez single.  

After the Wolfpack had tied the game with two unearned runs in the second, the Phoenix scored 15 unanswered runs and led 18-3 after four innings.  The maroon and gold plated five runs in the second with RBI from Alvarez, Swim, Kinsella and Gomez.  

In the third, Elon sent 15 men to the plate and scored nine runs.  Gomez delivered three runs in the inning with a bases-loaded triple to right-center and Swim drove in two with a single through the right side.

NC State did not go quietly, however, and scored four in the fifth to make it 18-7, including two on a Trea Turner homer.  After Elon got two back in the bottom half of the fifth, the Wolfpack pushed across five in the sixth - including a three-run homer from Turner.

The Phoenix added its 21st run in the sixth to lead 21-12 before scoring three in the eighth for the final margin.  In that three-run eighth, Alvarez delivered a two-run homer to right-center, his second of the season.

Alvarez, who began his career in Raleigh with the Wolfpack, finished the day 4-for-4 with five runs scored and five RBI to raise his average to .455.  Gomez, Kinsella and Quinn Bower all had three-hit nights for Elon.  Bower also scored five times.

Picking up the win for Elon was John Antonelli (1-0).  Antonelli allowed one hit and struck out one in his lone inning of relief work.  Starter Spencer Medick lasted 4.2 innings and gave up seven runs (one earned) on seven hits.

Anthony Tzamtizis (0-1) took the loss and was charged with seven runs (six earned) on four hits in an inning-plus.

Elon's Top-25 Victories
April 14, 1999 - Elon 4, #21 East Carolina 3 (12 Inn.; Elon, N.C.)
April 30, 1999 - Elon 13, #1 Miami 6 (Coral Gables, Fla.)
March 29, 2000 - Elon 7, #5 South Carolina 5 (Columbia, S.C.)
April 10, 2001 - Elon 8, #19 East Carolina 5 (10 Inn.; Greenville, N.C.)
March 6, 2002 - Elon 4, #10 Wake Forest 1 (Elon, N.C.)
April 9, 2002 - Elon 3, #20 East Carolina 1 (Greenville, N.C.)
May 9, 2002 - Elon 8, #1 Clemson 6 (Clemson, S.C.)
February 12, 2003 - Elon 4, #7 Wake Forest 1 (Elon, N.C.)
April 22, 2003 - Elon 5, #22 North Carolina 4 (12 Inn.; Chapel Hill, N.C.)
May 7, 2003 - Elon 11, #14 Clemson 2 (Clemson, S.C.)
April 6, 2005 - Elon 10, #6 North Carolina 3 (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
April 29, 2005 - Elon 11, #22 Coastal Carolina 7 (Elon, N.C.)
May 1, 2005 - Elon 12, #22 Coastal Carolina 6 (Elon, N.C.)
February 11, 2006 - Elon 2, #14 South Carolina 1 (Columbia, S.C.)
February 23, 2007 - Elon 10, #11 Miami 7 (Coral Gables, Fla.)
April 24, 2007 - Elon 13, #17 Clemson 12 (Clemson, S.C.)
May 5, 2007 - Elon 18, #24 College of Charleston 11 (Elon, N.C.)
April 8, 2008 - Elon 2, #4 North Carolina 0 (Cary, N.C.)
April 28, 2009 - Elon 10, #21 East Carolina 8 (Elon, N.C.)
March 23, 2010 - Elon 15, #5 Clemson 10 (Clemson, S.C.)
March 24, 2010 - Elon 4, #5 Clemson 3 (Clemson, S.C.)
April 6, 2010 - Elon 4, #20 North Carolina 2 (Elon, N.C.)
March 5, 2013 - Elon 24, #8 North Carolina State 12 (Elon, N.C.)