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The NC State softball team scored seven unanswered runs in a 7-5 comeback win over the Louisville Cardinals in the series opener at Dail Softball Stadium.
The Wolfpack (24-12, 4-9 ACC) fell behind 4-0 in the fourth inning, but quickly responded with four runs of its own in the same inning and added three more on top of that, which was enough to beat the Cardinals (18-14, 2-5 ACC).
“I called them in after that inning, and I was like, ‘Guys, that’s like one or two swings for us,’” said head coach Jennifer Patrick-Swift. “They know that. They believe that. We’ve been through this. They really believe there’s no deficit we can’t chip away at.”
After a scoreless first three innings, the party got started in the fourth.
Sophomore starting pitcher Aisha Weixlman didn’t give up a hit through the first three innings for the Pack, but the floodgates opened on her in the fourth as the Cardinals hit a solo home run and followed that up with an RBI single and a two-run homer with two outs to go up 4-0.
That was the end of the day for Weixlman as graduate pitcher Maddie McPherson came in to replace her.
But that was just the beginning of the fun as the Pack scored four runs of its own in the bottom of the inning. With two outs, graduate right fielder Taylor Johnson scored on a wild pitch to give the Pack its first run.
Then shortly after, fifth-year center fielder Brittany Jackson hit an equalizing three-run homer that scored redshirt sophomore designated player Libby Whittaker and freshman first baseman Michele Tarpey, putting the Pack right back in the game and tying the score 4-4.
“We trust our ability,” Jackson said. “We trust our bats. We trust what we’ve been prepping for all season. We did not panic. We kept the vibe the same. We kept believing in each other.”
After a scoreless fifth inning, the Pack loaded the bases in the bottom of the sixth and Jackson stepped back up to the plate. Everyone in the ballpark would have gone berserk if she had hit a grand slam, but that was not the case, as she flew out, allowing Johnson to tag up from third to give the Pack its first lead, 5-4.
“Obviously, you want the grand slam, but whenever you can put your team in the lead, it’s always a happy feeling,” Jackson said.
The Pack then added some insurance runs as sophomore infielder Kaylee Lambrecht drilled a single that drove in both freshman infielder Maddy Schmeiser and Tarpey to make it a 7-4 ballgame.
Those runs proved to be critical as the Cardinals hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh, but that was it as the Pack won 7-5.
After coming in with her team down 4-0, McPherson pitched a solid game to get the win, giving up four hits and one earned run while her teammates did the rest. Jackson was the offensive player of the game as she had four RBIs in two at bats.
The win was also Patrick-Swift’s 100th in her fourth season as head coach of the Wolfpack.
“I’m one small piece of an amazing group of young women,” Patrick-Swift said. “To me, it’s a tribute to them and how hard they’ve worked, how bought-in they’ve been and receptive since I’ve been here. Hopefully it’s 100 with many more to come, but for me, it’s just about us getting a win tonight against Louisville, and let’s take the series tomorrow.”
The Pack is in action again tomorrow in game two of the series at 1 p.m. as it hopes to take home its second ACC series of the year.
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The No. 2 NC State women’s tennis team suffered just its second loss of the season as the team hosted No. 14 Duke in an intense match. After the Pack gained a 3-1 lead, the Blue Devils completed a determined comeback that took down NC State 4-3.
The Wolfpack, now 19-2, took its first ACC loss of the season, interrupting NC State’s seven-match unbeaten start to conference play. The Wolfpack was able to gain the clinch position due to its usual doubles domination, as well as solid singles wins, but the Pack could not finish off the Devils during crucial points late in the remaining matches.
“Yeah, I mean it's obviously very disappointing,” said head coach Simon Earnshaw. “First of all I thought we started out pretty well in doubles, but it's nothing different. Built ourselves a decent lead. I think the problem was we didn't really give ourselves enough of a lead.”
The Wolfpack earned an early lead in the doubles round. Freshman Priska Nugroho and sophomore Sophie Abrams took the first match 6-2, while graduate student Jaeda Daniel and senior Nell Miller took court one 6-3 to take a 1-0 lead.
In the singles round, the Pack quickly added to its lead as sophomore Amelia Rajecki won in straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-2 on court six. However, the Blue Devils responded by taking court one from Daniel, as the Pack still led 2-1.
NC State was able to increase its lead with Nugroho’s 6-2, 6-4 win on court three. While the freshman was able to put the Pack in clinch position, the Blue Devils won all three remaining courts in third set grudge matches, two of which included third-set tiebreakers to end the Pack’s nine-match win streak.
The three remaining courts went into intense, hard-fought play that came from both sides, but the Devils managed to win each in quick succession after a large break in any scoring changes. Sophomore Abigail Rencheli was first to fall on court two after splitting her first two sets and battling through a back-and-forth third set that led to a tiebreak. Abrams also fell in a similar match that went to a third set tiebreak, shortly after Miller fell in a tight third set to end the day for the Pack.
“I mean, we just didn't quite have the composure or the ability to control our emotions and you know, credit to Duke,” said Earnshaw. “I mean, I knew coming off last weekend, where they really struggled, that this was going to be what had to be a response from them.”
As the Wolfpack takes only its second loss of the season, this defeat will hardly be damaging to the Wolfpack’s overall standing as one of the best teams in college tennis. However, NC State will have possibly an even harder challenge in its next match against the No. 1 UNC Tar Heels. While UNC will give the Pack another fight, NC State will have the ultimate chance to rebound if the squad was to take down the best team in the nation.
“They're the best team,” said Earnshaw. “They've been just clocking everybody as it's been going through. You know, we've got to be better and I've been saying that for a few weeks now.”
The Tar Heels come to Raleigh on Sunday, April 3, as the Pack have a rematch with its cross-town rivals. First serve is set for 2 p.m.
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The No. 23 NC State men’s tennis team fell 4-1 at Louisville on Friday, April 1.
The Wolfpack took a spot in the top-25 this week at No. 23, but after facing the Cardinals, NC State is just 2-5 in ACC play.
NC State only managed to take one singles court before play was stopped. Freshman Fons Van Sambeek delivered the win for the Wolfpack, taking court six with a stron 6-2, 6-3 performance. While other members of the Pack battled, none could add another point to NC State’s total.
The Wolfpack put up a fight in the doubles round, but was narrowly beaten out by the Cardinals for possession of the early point. Sophomore Braden Shick and graduate student Collin Shick won on court three 6-1, but Louisville took court one. However, the Wolfpack duo of junior Martins Rocens and Van Sambeek lost in a close 7-6 doubles match as the Cardinals took the early lead.
The remaining singles courts were all taken by the Cardinals. Braden Shick, senior Rafa Izquierdo Luque, and Rocens all lost their respective courts, while two members of the Pack left their courts unfinished. Sophomore Luca Staeheli was in his third set after splitting the first two and No. 108 junior Robin Catry was in his second set.
NC State is set to travel to South Bend, Indiana to take on Notre Dame on Sunday, April 3, the match is set to start at 12 p.m.
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The NC State baseball team lost 14-3 to the Clemson Tigers in its series opener on April 1 in Clemson, South Carolina.
The Wolfpack (16-9, 4-5 ACC) threatened early with two on in the first, but once the Tigers (18-7, 2-4 ACC) grabbed the lead in the bottom of that inning, they took over all the momentum and never looked back, scoring fourteen runs on sixteen hits.
Sophomore righty Matt Willadsen started on the mound for the Pack, but the Clemson bats tore him apart as they grabbed seven earned runs on nine hits in just three innings.
Those who came in out of the bullpen didn't have much better luck. Sophomore lefty John Miralia lasted just .2 innings and gave up four earned runs and freshman righty Jacob Halford allowed two more in his 1.1 innings. Freshman lefty Win Scott had two innings of work and was able to hold the Tigers to just one run and another freshman lefty, Jacob Dienes, struck out the side in the eighth to be the lone NC State pitcher without recording an earned run.
Clemson kicked off the scoring with four straight hits to start the bottom of the first inning and it added two more runs on two straight fielder's choices and an error for the 3-0 lead.
An RBI single in the third brought home the Tigers' fourth run of the evening, but it was the fourth inning in which the game was truly broken open.
Willadsen was replaced after allowing the first three batters on base on a hit-by-pitch, walk and single. Miralia was able to secure a quick first out but two singles, a double, a sac fly and a wild pitch allowed the Tigers to earn the first six runs of what would eventually be a seven-run inning.
A final single solidified an 11-0 lead for Clemson which wouldn't last long as it added three more runs in the sixth on two walks and another sac fly.
Solo shots from sophomore outfielder Noah Soles and senior outfielder Devonte Brown in the seventh and ninth gave the Pack its first two runs of the evening and it added one more on a freshman infielder Tommy White single but ultimately it was too little too late for the Wolfpack.
Sole Train solo shot puts us on the board 🚂 pic.twitter.com/R65502nUdT
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 2, 2022
Game two of the series will be Saturday, April 2 with first pitch set for 6 p.m.
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North Carolina FC opened its 2022 USL League One campaign with a 1-0 road win over South Georgia Tormenta FC on Saturday, April 2.
Tormenta (0-1-0, 0 pts) held the majority of the possession, 72.2%, and outshot North Carolina (1-0-0, 3 pts) 14-4, but a 22nd-minute debut goal from Garrett McLaughlin gave the visitors all three points.
Capitalizing on a deflected cross from Oalex Anderson, McLaughlin was in the right place at the right time to head home the only goal of the game. Anderson did well to create the goal, forcing a turnover at midfield and driving the ball down the wing before going for the cross.
First game, first goal ⭐@GMclaughlin_ with the perfectly placed header for the @NorthCarolinaFC lead!#TRMvNC // #WeAreOne pic.twitter.com/AXvZVvJFbL
— USL League One (@USLLeagueOne) April 3, 2022
Tormenta picked up some momentum late in the first half and carried that into the second half, but could not capitalize on any of its 14 shots.
NCFC had to see out the final stage of the game with 10 men after Nelson Martinez was shown back-to-back yellow cards in the 78th minute. Martinez was shown the first yellow for a foul on Tormenta’s Josue Soto and the second for shoving Soto as the two got in each other's faces after the foul. Soto was also shown a yellow for the post-foul altercation.
McLaughlin and Anderson were two of eight players to make their NCFC debut in the game, with the majority of the starting lineup consisting of offseason acquisitions.
Goalkeeper Will Pulisic was another of the debutants, earning his first clean sheet for the club with four saves.
While it was far from a pretty win, taking all three points while being outshot by 10 and holding just 27.8% of the possession will give NCFC confidence going forward.
Next up for NCFC will be a midweek U.S. Open Cup game against USL Championship side Rio Grande Valley Toros FC on Wednesday, April 6. After that, NCFC continues its USL League One schedule, hosting Chattanooga Red Wolves SC for its regular season home opener on Saturday, April 9.
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The Carolina Hurricanes suffered a 3-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Saturday, April 2 in PNC Arena.
Even though the Canes (45-16-8) doubled the Wild (42-20-5) in shots, 38-19, goaltender Frederik Andersen simply got outperformed by Minnesota netminder Marc-Andre Fleury on the other end of the ice. Carolina avoided the shutout with a third-period goal by left wing Teuvo Teräväinen, the Wild simply had the upper hand all night.
“When he’s starting to feel it like he was tonight, he’s pretty tough to beat,” said center Jordan Staal. “We could have done a little better job of getting in his eyes. They did a pretty good job of keeping us out of the front of the net and keeping shots to softer ones from the outside.”
Special teams were an issue for the Hurricanes all evening. Carolina’s league-best penalty kill started on the wrong foot by allowing a power play goal to Mats Zuccarello in the first period to open the scoring, while Canes’ two power play opportunities mustered just one and two shots on goal, respectively.
The Wild extended its lead to 3-0 with one goal in each period, as Dmitry Kulikov and Kirill Kaprizov scored in the second and third, respectively. Teräväinen’s goal gave the Hurricanes a sliver of hope with under seven minutes to go, but a win just wasn’t in the cards for Carolina. The Canes nearly pulled within one in the final minute, but the goal was negated due to a goalie interference call on right wing Nino Niederreiter for standing in the blue paint.
Teräväinen’s night turned out to be a microcosm of Carolina’s as a whole. In addition to his lone goal, Teräväinen took a puck to the face in the second period that sent him to the locker room with an apparent facial injury. The incident didn’t seem to affect Teräväinen too much as he returned to the bench to start the third and eventually scored.
“That's the standard that our team plays to,” said defenseman Ian Cole. “He got his lip cut in half there, so coming back out and obviously, scoring was huge for us. It gave us little life there at the end, gave us a chance to come back.”
Although the loss was against Minnesota, a Western conference team, the Hurricanes lost a bit of ground in the topheavy Eastern Conference playoff race with the result. Carolina still sits atop the Metropolitan division, but only six points separate them from the third-place Pittsburgh Penguins.
With 13 games left on the schedule and just seven points separating Carolina and the Boston Bruins, who are currently slated as the seventh seed, there is hardly any margin for error when it comes to playoff seeding.
The Hurricanes will get their next opportunity to get back in the win column on Tuesday, April 5 when they hit the road to take on the Buffalo Sabres. Puck drops at 7 p.m.
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Looking for a big bounce-back performance after its loss on Friday night, the NC State baseball team grabbed a 5-2 win over Clemson in an exciting matchup in Clemson, South Carolina.
It was back and forth the first two innings, but sophomore outfielder Noah Soles took control of the offense for the Wolfpack (17-9, 5-5 ACC) and helped secure all five runs for the win.
The Tigers (18-8, 2-5 ACC) struck first, scoring on an RBI double in the first inning, but unlike game one of the series, NC State responded quickly, taking the lead in the top of the second.
Sophomore outfielder Dominic Pilolli got things started with a one-out double and senior infielder J.T. Jarrett also got on base by a walk, giving Soles the perfect opportunity to knock some runs in. Soles beat out a single and allowed Pilolli to score, and a throwing error following the play also gave Jarrett the chance to cross home plate and take the 2-1 lead.
A Clemson home run in the bottom of the second tied the game back up again, which concluded the scoring till Soles' next at bat in the fourth inning. With two outs, back-to-back doubles from freshman infielder Payton Green and Soles gave the Pack the lead once again.
ALL ABOARD 🚂Sole Train drives in Payton from second for his second RBI of the day (third of the series) and we take our lead back. pic.twitter.com/XcN8gUr5YW
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 2, 2022
Clemson threatened with the bases loaded and no outs in the fifth, but with senior lefty reliever Canaan Silver on the mound, two straight strikeouts and a line out sent them back on defense.
Soles continued his impressive night in the sixth, adding two more RBIs on the stat sheet with a single to center field, scoring freshman infielder Tommy White and Jarrett and raising the Wolfpack lead to 5-2.
.@NoahSoles2 is responsible for all five runs scored today 😅 pic.twitter.com/ZRhrNb4wmQ
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 2, 2022
Both the Tigers and NC State put runners on base in the final few innings, but neither team was able to produce any more runs after the sixth.
Pitching-wise, redshirt sophomore right-hander Logan Whitaker got the start for the Pack, with his night ending after just three innings. Silver got the win and pitched through a couple of jams in his 3.2 innings, while sophomore southpaw Chris Villaman came out for the final two, recording a save and grabbing five of those six outs by strikeout.
The rubber match of the series is scheduled for Sunday, April 3 at 1 p.m.
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The NC State softball team came out on the losing end of a back-and-forth game with the Louisville Cardinals, falling 9-7 at Dail Softball Stadium on Saturday, April 2.
The Pack (24-13, 4-10 ACC) broke the game open in the bottom of the second with a five-run inning, but the Cardinals (19-14, 3-5 ACC) retaliated with seven runs in the top of the fourth to surge ahead. NC State knotted it up at 7-7 in the fifth, but Louisville knocked a go-ahead, two-run double with two outs in the seventh to pull ahead for good.
Redshirt sophomore designated player Libby Whittaker led the charge for the Wolfpack in the batter’s box. Whittaker hit the team’s only home run of the day, a two-run moonshot to left to give the Pack a 3-0 lead in the second. Whittaker’s homer made her the only NC State batter to go yard and the only one to finish with multiple RBIs on the day.
B2 | BYE BYE! 👋@libbyAwhittaker adds to our lead with a two-run 💣🐺 3🔴⚫️ 0#GoPack | #HomeRunMindset pic.twitter.com/ulNBC13kyt
— NC State Softball (@PackSoftball) April 2, 2022
Fifth-year third baseman Logan Morris and fifth-year center field Brittany Jackson also logged multiple hits for the Pack. Although graduate shortstop Randi Farricker, graduate right fielder Taylor Johnson and Whittaker all notched a pair walks as NC State found multiple ways to reach base, it still wasn’t enough to get the job done.
With both teams putting crooked numbers on the scoreboard, the pitchers’ ability to mitigate the damage proved to be the difference between winning and losing. For NC State, redshirt sophomore righty Aisha Weixlmann got the start after tossing 3.2 innings in the series opener. Weixlmann managed to hold off the Cardinals for a while, but eventually got pulled after giving up three runs to start the fourth.
Graduate southpaw Maddie McPherson entered in relief, but failed to stop the bleeding as she continued her recent slump. The Cardinals tacked on four more runs against McPherson to take a 7-5 lead before the lefty exited with only one out to show for her work. Going back to March 18’s series opener against Virginia, McPherson has given up 31 earned runs in her last 19 innings.
Redshirt sophomore righty Sam Gress took over from there, getting NC State out of the inning with no further damage, but the Wolfpack was never able to catch up. One out away from giving her team a chance to walk it off in the bottom of the seventh, Gress faltered by allowing a two-run double to center to finalize the scoreline.
Even with the sweep is now out of reach, NC State will get another shot to clinch the series in the rubber match on Sunday, April 3. First pitch is set for 12 p.m.
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For the first time since 2019, Dreamville Festival returned to Raleigh inside Dorothea Dix Park. The first day of the festival opened its doors at noon on Saturday, April 2, featuring acts like Lil Baby and Kehlani.
With long lines and abundant photo opportunities, Dreamville drew in estimated thousands of attendees from all over. Performances ranged from old-school nostalgia to smooth hip-hop and R&B, held at three different stages throughout the sprawling park. Bars and food stands dotted the festival, with a ginormous lit-up ferris wheel centered in the middle of Dix Park.
The warm weather was the perfect backdrop for festival goers to relax and have a beer or two while listening to quality performances by their favorite artists.
Dreamville began with quick, 20-minute sets from Mikhala Jene, Mereba, Lute and Fivio Foreign, the latter of whom performed his hit feature from Drake’s “Dark Lane Demo Tapes,” “Demons.”
Attendee Anderson Do said while he was initially drawn to the festival by his friends, he was also impressed by the artists performing.
“The fact that we get to see people, not only like popular people but [see] people [on the] rise, you know, that too,” Do said.
Morray was next on the lineup, performing his hit track “Quicksand” and bringing a different flair to the event.
Blxst and Earthgang followed Morray, the first of many Earthgang appearances throughout the night. Fresh off the group’s new album “Ghetto Gods,” the two performed the self-titled track from that album, as well as hits like “Bank.”
One of the more unique inclusions on the first day’s lineup was the duo of Ashanti and Ja Rule, bringing early 2000s R&B to life at the event. Of course, the duo began with their hit song “Mesmerize” and went on to perform “What’s Luv?” both of which sounded fantastic live.
J.I.D. was one of the highlights of the first day, performing hits like “Never” and “Workin Out,” beginning his 40-minute set by playing the samples that composed his work and then performing his tracks.
Outside of the sample work, J.I.D. featured other surprises, such as bringing out Earthgang to perform some Spillage Village tracks and Mereba to perform “Sandstorm.”
For one of his last tracks of the set, J.I.D. brought out fellow Dreamville signee Bas to perform the hit single “Down Bad” and Earthgang’s Johnny Venus supplanted the J. Cole feature on the track with his own exclusive feature.
Nearly every artist performed unreleased or new music, which gave the event an exclusive feel.
Performing early on in the evening after J.I.D., Kehlani played some of her greatest hits during her 45-minute set, including “Honey” and “Distraction,” ending her set with an eclectic performance of “CRZY.”
Attendee Caitlin Bell said she enjoyed Kehlani’s performance the most, especially with her live performances known for being few and far between.
“Oh, her energy was amazing,” Bell said. “She really got the crowd pumped up. She did a good job of getting audience members from the crowd up on stage and caring about her audience and fan base. She was very cool.”
Do said his favorite performance of the day was Kehlani.
“Kehlani’s like a very powerful woman,” Do said. “So like everything she does is completely strong, you know.”
Moneybagg Yo made a brief but energetic appearance, performing his hit single “Time Today” and getting the crowd amped up for the closing acts of the night.
Wizkid performed at the Shine stage just after Moneybagg Yo, playing one of his biggest hits, “Essence.”
Headliner Lil Baby ended day one with the final and most anticipated performance of the night. The rapper featured several classics from his extensive discography, including “Baby,” “On Me” and “Yes Indeed.”
Dreamville’s triumphant return on Saturday promised even better performances on Sunday, continuing a legacy of live music and entertainment in Raleigh.
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The Academic Success Center (ASC) offers a variety of free resources to NC State students to promote academic success, including peer tutoring, peer mentoring and writing support.
Barbara Windham, the director of the ASC, said the ASC programs aim to guide students in developing skills essential to academic success.
“The goal is to help students become independent learners during their university experience and we offer a variety of programs that allow that to happen,” Windham said.
The ASC offers peer tutoring for a variety of STEM classes, such as math, chemistry, physics and biology. Students can meet one-on-one with a peer tutor, attend group tutoring sessions or visit drop-in tutoring at the center.
According to Windham, the ASC also offers academic peer mentoring, in which students are paired with a peer mentor to improve academic success skills such as study techniques and organization. Students meet with their peer mentor once a week throughout the semester and can set weekly goals to achieve academic success.
The ASC also contains an undergraduate and graduate writing center. Megan Minor, a third-year studying psychology and a writing consultant in the undergraduate writing center, said the writing center connects students with one-on-one consulting services for any piece of writing.
“The writing center program is for students of any major and any discipline to come get help in their writing,” Minor said. “We do everything from poetry to personal statements to lab reports, so anything you could possibly need to get looked over.”
Additionally, Minor said the writing center seeks to provide students with the means to improve their writing skills long-term.
“Within the writing center, we have a bunch of different resources that you can actually take with you to look at,” Minor said. “It’s nice to have something tangible to look at when you’re feeling confused, so that you’re also learning how to help yourself through the writing process and learning where you’re struggling a little bit more, so you can focus on that and adjust and grow in your writing.”
Windham said the ASC is an important supplement to classroom instruction because it provides opportunities for students to develop skills critical to academic success, such as time management and goal setting.
“Everybody who comes to NC State is a successful student,” Windham said. “It’s difficult to get into NC State. That being said, there’s a lot of students who come not really having developed study skills — they didn’t have to study in high school — and college is a new ball game. It’s helping students make that transition between high school and the university environment.”
Minor said some students prefer to seek help from a peer because it can be less intimidating than asking an instructor.
“I feel like it’s a lot less scary sometimes to come talk to someone who’s your peer rather than your professor, because it’s a different dynamic talking to somebody who’s your age versus talking to somebody who’s graduated and already knows a ton about the subject,” Minor said.
Two years ago, the ASC moved into a new space on the second floor of D.H. Hill Library, which Windham said is ideal for student success.
“It’s a central location in the library where students can meet others, so it’s not just getting help on content, but it’s a great place to meet other students, especially drop-in tutoring in the evening,” Windham said. “It’s also a place to study outside of the Academic Success Center hours.”
To learn more about the ASC, visit its website.
Editor’s note: Megan Minor is also a photographer for NC State Student Media.
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The North Carolina Courage extended its unbeaten start to the 2022 NWSL Challenge cup to four, drawing 1-1 with NJ/NY Gotham FC on Sunday, April 3 in Red Bull Arena.
The Courage (2-0-2, 8 pts) took a 1-0 lead into the 84th minute, but a late header from Ifeoma Onumonu gave Gotham (1-1-2, 5 pts) a share of the points. Dominating for most of the game, North Carolina held 58.2% of the possession and outshot NJ/NY 19-9.
“I thought we were brilliant,” said head coach Sean Nahas. “Thought it was a really, really good performance by us, especially on the back end of a long trip. I'm just looking at the stats again, I mean, passing accuracy 84%, 466 passes. I was really proud of the group and how they did everything we asked of them in terms of the changes we wanted to make from the last game. … Still a little bit slow in our decision making in the final third, but I think that will come.”
With a long regular season still to come after the Challenge Cup, the Courage are more concerned with how they are playing than the results they are getting.
“As a whole, we're really pleased with the performance,” said goalkeeper Katelyn Rowland. “To be honest, I thought it was pretty dominating. Obviously, coming off a long road trip. Obviously, we're not focused on the points. We're focused on performance and performance wise, we're really, really happy with the progress we've been making. So we go home, we rest up and we go at it again, but we're really pleased.”
Debinha gave the Courage their lone goal, placing a free kick from the edge of the box perfectly into the side netting in the 25th minute.
Simply magic 🪄@Debinha7 | #CourageUnitesUs pic.twitter.com/EPCaPeBhJq
— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) April 3, 2022
Gotham’s equalizer came from a Kristie Mewis corner, with Onumonu beating Abby Erceg to the ball and heading the ball past Rowland.
A set piece ✨spectacular✨ for the equalizer@GothamFC | #yerrrr pic.twitter.com/sMARCVDE3G
— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) April 3, 2022
Onumonu’s goal set up a tense final few minutes, but neither team could break the tie.
One of four changes from the Courage’s midweek lineup, Meredith Speck made her first start of the season and played very well next to Denise O’Sullivan. The duo formed the base of the Courage’s midfield, which ran circles around Gotham for much of the match.
“Looking at the game video from the last game, I just felt that, making the changes, the player that we want to put in, we had to make sure that we really had someone disciplined in there in that role to protect the spaces and work off of[O’Sullivan],” Nahas said. “I thought [Speck] did a great job of clogging that space, the transition areas. She has a good mind. Great energy, closes things down well, reads the game in front of her.”
Nahas went on to praise Speck’s growth and professionalism during her time with the Courage.
“[Speck] has come a long way,” Nahas said. “One thing I love about Meri is, for six years, Meri didn't get a lot of time and never complained, was a great teammate, was the first person cheering the team on, was a great practice player in terms of the role she had. She's a true pro. And I feel like so often you hear stories, but every team needs a Meri Speck, because I think she sets the tempo and I think that type of attitude, where a lot of people [say]. ‘ I want time, I deserve time, I want time.’ She never once said that. Ever.
“She just got it when she got it and now she's earning it. It's not given to her. She's earning it. And I give her a ton of credit for that. And hopefully a lot of the team can see that how she carried herself and handled herself, it pays off. She never wanted anything. She just wanted to earn it and she has.”
NC Courage head coach @NahasSean on Meredith Speck after the team's 1-1 draw with NJ/NY Gotham FC."Every team needs a Meredith Speck. ... She never wanted anything. She just wanted to earn it and she has."#CourageUnitesUs #NWSLChallengeCup #NWSL pic.twitter.com/cqg8cJL4QA
— Nicholas Schnittker (@nick_schnittker) April 3, 2022
Coming off the bench in the 66th minute, Kerolin Nicoli made her debut in the win. The Courage signed Kerolin in January, but the forward’s arrival was delayed until this week due to the Visa process.
Despite the limited minutes, Kerolin showed exactly what she can do and why the Courage brought her in.
Kerolin hits the post in her NWSL debut!#NJNYvNC | 0 - 1 pic.twitter.com/Y3ToAYDKTA
— The Equalizer (@EqualizerSoccer) April 3, 2022
“She's brilliant on the ball,” Nahas said. She's comfortable. She's dynamic, her ability to draw opponents in and create spaces, I think she'll adjust to the speed of the game. But I felt that it was important to get her on the field, just to sort of break the ice a little bit and let her just sort of get a taste of it before she heads over to camp.”
The Courage are off next weekend, with multiple players heading off to join up with their respective national teams, but will return on Saturday, April 16 with a road game against the Orlando Pride.
“[The break] is huge, especially, with numbers gone, it gives a lot of other people more chances for reps, more chances for minutes in training,” Rowland said. “It's another chance for us to reset and go at it and I think it's huge for us. We take advantage of it and we keep working.”
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In an epic clash of the top-two ranked college tennis teams, the No. 2 Wolfpack women’s tennis team narrowly lost to the No. 1 UNC Tar Heels 4-3.
With five courts finishing in third-set grudge matches, the cross-town rivals battled until the very end, but it was the Tar Heels (21-0, 10-0 ACC) came out on top. This is just the third loss on the season for the Wolfpack (19-3, 7-2 ACC), two of which have come in straight matches against Duke on Friday, April 1, and now UNC.
“We could have folded after the match against Duke on Friday; I think it’s clear we didn’t,” said head coach Simon Earnshaw. “I think we started out well. A little bit like the Duke match though, we weren’t able to get enough first sets. We were fighting from a position to come back.”
While the Pack started the match off strong by winning the doubles point, NC State and UNC traded singles wins all match long. When tied at 3-3, the Heels were able to take court two from sophomore Abigail Rencheli, who battled through an incredible match but came up just short.
In doubles, freshman Priska Nugroho and sophomore Sophie Abrams made quick work in their match, winning 6-1. The other two matches were more competitive, but graduate student Jaeda Daniel and senior Nell Miller beat the No. 1 duo in the country 6-3 to clinch the doubles point and put the Pack up 1-0 to start the match.
To start the singles round, the Tar Heels were quickly able to strike back. Miller lost her singles match on court four to her UNC opponent, evening out the score at 1-1. Every other match was extremely competitive, all of which ended in dramatic three set finishes.
After a long break in scoring, the Heels took another singles court to go up 2-1, beating out sophomore Amelia Rajecki in three sets on court five. However, the Wolfpack was quickly able to even the score as Abrams won the final two sets after dropping her first and secured the first Pack singles win 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
At 2-2, another Wolfpack singles win was in order. Nugroho took court three in an amazing match as she put the Pack into clinch position with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 win. The Tar Heels were not far behind, however, as UNC took court one from No. 14 Jaeda Daniel in an intense battle between the nationally ranked No. 14 singles player and the No. 12 that represented UNC.
With the match on the line, the Tar Heels finished it off with one more three-set singles victory against Rencheli in yet another intense match.
Both of the Pack’s losses this weekend were tough and hard-fought. However, Earnshaw believes his team is improving.
“From a tennis standpoint, I think it’s clear we’re improving,” Earnshaw said. “As far as hitting the ball and the nuts and bolts of everything and the skills, we’re right there. We’ve just got to do a better job maturing and growing from this, being a bit more experienced and understanding how to manage our emotions.”
While these losses were tough, there is still a lot of tennis left to be played this season.
“I think we’re gonna be fine,” Earnshaw said. “If these matches occur at the end of the season, you end up thinking about them for a long time. The good thing is, from the Duke match to this match, you just can’t; you’ve got to move on to the next. We’ll move on and we’ll realize we’re close, but we’ve got a gulf still to get there. We can’t rely on luck; we’ve got to roll our sleeves up and keep working.”
Next up, the Pack travels for a road trip against Virginia Tech on Friday, April 8 at 2 p.m. and against Virginia on Sunday, April 10 at 1 p.m.
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The No. 23 NC State men’s tennis team took down the No. 26 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4-3 in South Bend, Indiana on Sunday, April 3.
The Wolfpack (14-7, 3-5 ACC) defeated the Fighting Irish (14-10, 4-6 ACC) in a hotly contested match that came down to the final game.
Despite coming away with the victory, the contest was anything but easy for the Wolfpack, which gave up the doubles point before taking four of the six singles matches into third-set tiebreakers.
Notre Dame managed to take the first doubles win of the match as graduate student Collin Shick and freshman Fons Van Sambeek fell on court two to the Fighting Irish duo of junior Connor Fu and graduate student Peter Conklin.
Sophomore Braden Shick and redshirt senior Joseph Schrader then took down graduate student Aditya Vashistha and junior Matthew Che 6-3 on court three but the Fighting Irish would take the first point of the match.
Sophomore Jean-Marc Malkowski and junior Matthew Halpin took down the Wolfpack duo of No. 19 junior Robin Catry and sophomore Luca Staeheli. Catry and Staeheli fell 6-4, but the doubles play was just the appetizer for what would be a thrilling singles contest.
The Wolfpack evened the score on court six of singles play. Braden Shick got his second win of the day when he took down Braeden Ho 6-2, 6-3. Then, the Wolfpack doubled its tally when Catry took down Conklin 7-6, 6-4 on court four.
Next, the Wolfpack secured another point after a back-and-forth match between junior Martins Rocens and Fu saw Rocens come out on top. The two traded 6-3 set wins, before Rocens closed out the match in the third set, winning 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on court three.
Court five saw the Fighting Irish get a point back. Van Sambeek fell to Malkowski in yet another third-set tiebreaker. Malkowski closed out the match, winning 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. Then, Notre Dame managed to even the score at 3-3 when Aditya Vashistha took down No. 82 senior Rafa Izquierdo Luque 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
This meant the court two match between Staeheli and Che was the decider. Staeheli and the Wolfpack ended up coming out on top, as Staeheli won 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
Pack 4, Fighting Irish 3LUCA CLINCHES IT! He defeats Che 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 to seal the Wolfpack victory.#GoPack | #PackRisin pic.twitter.com/lLAnCweeRF
— NC State Men’s Tennis 🐺🎾 (@PackMensTennis) April 3, 2022
Next up for the Wolfpack is a four-match home stretch, leading up to the ACC Championships on April 20.
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The bats of the NC State baseball team came to life on Sunday, April 3 as the Wolfpack clinched the series against the Clemson Tigers with a 9-7 win.
Neither the Wolfpack (18-9, 6-5 ACC) or the Tigers (18-9, 2-6 ACC) were able to generate much in the first inning as both starting pitchers made easy work of the top of the opposing order.
The Wolfpack struck first, however, in the second inning, as sophomore outfielder Noah Soles crushed a two-run homer to score himself and sophomore outfielder Dominic Pilolli to make it a 2-0 ballgame.
In the top of the third inning, the Pack continued to add to its lead as junior catcher Jacob Godman smacked a double, which served as a prelude to another two-run blast. This time it was from the bat of sophomore infielder LuJames Groover III.
.@groover_gino makes it a one-run game! He's had at least one hit in 14-straight games. pic.twitter.com/Z69W8eV86k
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In the bottom of the third, the Tigers scored their first run of the game as an infield error allowed the runner to get on base. The runner would eventually be driven home to make it a 4-1 NC State lead at the end of the inning.
The Pack did not score again until the top of the sixth inning. By this point the Clemson bats had warmed up and held a 6-4 advantage. The Wolfpack scoring resumed with a walk to freshman infielder Payton Green. Godman used a sacrifice bunt to move Green to second base. With two outs at the plate, Groover III hit a deep single which drove in Green.
After a single by redshirt junior infielder Josh Hood and an intentional walk to freshman infielder Tommy White, the bases were loaded. Next up to the plate was Pilolli, who drew a walk of his own to score Groover III and tie the game at 6-6.
With runners on second and third, senior outfielder Devonte Brown helped the Pack score two more runs in the seventh inning to put the Pack up 8-6.
DEVO DELIVERS! WE TAKE OUR LEAD BACK! pic.twitter.com/43svJVjV9b
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 3, 2022
In the ninth inning, the Pack got on the board again as Groover III picked up his fourth RBI of the game with a single. This gave NC State a comfortable three-run lead heading into the bottom of the inning.
With their last three outs looming over their heads, Clemson did not go away quietly as they put up another run to cut the Pack’s lead to two. They had another two men on base but left them stranded, as NC State would win the game by a score of 9-7.
The game could have gotten ugly for NC State at multiple points had it not been for excellent pitching by some of its relief corps. Sophomore right-hander Sam Highfill pitched the first three innings of the game, but did not return after allowing four hits and one unearned run. The next three pitchers for NC State combined to allow three hits, four walks and four earned runs.
In a deep hole, sophomore right-hander Justin Lawson came in and pitched a brilliant 3.1 innings, only allowing two hits, no runs and forcing five strikeouts. In the eighth, sophomore left-hander Chris Villaman relieved Lawson and finished the game, only allowing one more run to earn his sixth save of the season.
With this win, the Pack have now won its second ACC series of the year and seven of its last eight games.
The NC State baseball team will be back in action on Tuesday, April 5 against Campbell at Doak Field at 6 p.m.
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The NC State softball team took its series finale against the Louisville Cardinals, beating them 10-6. NC State ends the series with a combined 24 runs.
The Wolfpack (25-13, 5-10 ACC) won the first and last games of the weekend to take the series, with Louisville (19-15, 3-6 ACC) winning the Saturday game.
Redshirt sophomore righty Aisha Weixlmann got the nod and pitched the first three innings. She gave up one earned run on three hits, recorded two punchouts. The one run came off of a solo shot in the second inning.
The Wolfpack came out hot in the first inning, scoring three runs on five hits. Graduate outfielder Taylor Johnson and freshman first baseman Michele Tarpey each had RBI singles to get the scoring going. Jonhson scored later in the frame on a wild pitch to make it 3-0.
Louisville immediately responded in the second inning with a solo home run from Vanessa Miller to cut into the Wolfpack lead. However, in the bottom of the frame, sophomore second baseman Kaylee Lambrecht launched a solo home run of her own for NC State to put NC State’s lead back at three runs.
B2 | Look what you just made me do 😆@kaylee_lamb15 hits a leadoff 💣 🐺 4⚫️🔴 1#GoPack | #HomeRunMindset pic.twitter.com/FWVjeOeP8A
— NC State Softball (@PackSoftball) April 3, 2022
It was the third inning that blew the game open for the Wolfpack. NC State scored six runs to extend its lead to 10-1. With the bases loaded, fifth-year third baseman Logan Morris hit a three-RBI double before scoring on a single from graduate shortstop Randi Farricker. Then to put the icing on the cake, fifth-year catcher Sam Sack smacked a two-run home run.
Despite being down nine runs, the Cardinals did not back down. A RBI single from Jenna Servi, then a three-run home run from Taylor Roby put Louisville down just five runs in the fourth inning. Redshirt sophomore right-hander Sam Gress pitched the inning and was relieved by fifth-year lefty Maddie McPherson, who recorded the final out.
The score would stay at 10-5 until the seventh inning, when the Cards saw some light with another solo shot from Miller. McPherson made quick work of the next two batters, however, and stomped out any comeback.
NC State will be back in action Wednesday, April 6 at home against Longwood to complete the six-game homestand. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m.
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Republican strategy for midterms in implicating President Biden for record high gas prices has gained commentary as an insult to voters’ intelligence, but the electorate's complicitness is proving the point.
While the inner-workings of the global oil market are not common knowledge, a simple Google search would overwhelmingly refute the notion that American political leaders have significant impact on gas prices. Otherwise, President Biden would press a button and kick back for seven more years as approval ratings carry him to another term. In actuality, the current global gas crisis is a result of several factors.
The past decade has seen the United States propelled onto the global stage of the oil market with a fracking boom, and in 2018 the U.S. became the top crude-oil producer in the world. This spurred a new partnership between OPEC and Russia to mitigate the effects of America’s emergence in the market they historically dominated.
This coordination continued up until the emergence of COVID-19 in early 2020. As lockdowns across the world immobilized industrial output and general transportation, demand for oil plummeted. Saudi Arabia, the leader of the OPEC cartel, proposed cutting production to raise prices. Russia declined, opting instead to try at a greater slice of the global demand for themselves.
What followed was a price war, with each nation flooding the market with millions of additional barrels a day, slashing prices in an attempt to command what remained of the Asian trade. This supply shock in tandem with a demand shock created unprecedented circumstances and oil prices crashed to record levels below zero.
All of the world’s main oil producers soon responded by dramatically decreasing their output. Reopening saw demand begin to outpace supply, but the market had been fundamentally changed by its perils in the pandemic. Its volatility has spooked all players into extreme caution. Companies and their investors became more interested in the safe and plentiful profits of the increasing price trend as opposed to the costly and lengthy risk of upping production.
The market has been further complicated by the invasion of Ukraine, as is summarized by NC State economy specialist Michael Walden. The removal of the third largest producer of oil from the global supply has affected prices all around the world, a note to ponder before attributing blame on domestic policy and politics. The global market sets the price for crude oil and consequently gasoline, not the President, Congress, the Governor or the mailman.
Accusations from senior Republicans in Congress solely cast blame on President Biden. Conservatives point to the administration's shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline and anti-natural resources rhetoric as the reason for price hikes, despite the fact that gas prices had been increasing before Biden took office. This agenda has been fueled by North Carolinian congressmen Madison Cawthorn, a former governor and the GOP state-party affiliate.
The pipeline project would have had minimal, if any impact on prices. As for energy policy, U.S. crude oil production is expected to break records in the coming years. This is in part due to the Biden administration approving thousands of permits for drilling on public lands, much to the dismay of environmental activists. In conjunction with the largest release of American oil reserves ever, it’s clear curtailing domestic production and “energy independence” is not the underlying motivation of the White House.
So why the outrage from the right? Preying on the knowledgeability of their supporters, while cynical, is wielding results. Republicans widely attribute gas increases to Biden’s policies. Conservatives gleefully wear the Biden-gas punchline on their shoulders, a product of willing ignorance which paints a suitable picture of the current landscape of American politics. Disregarding research, professionals and facts in favor of political points is seemingly a commonplace guideline for the existence of partisan discourse.
A reputable college campus such as ours should have an abundance of intelligent individuals who are either informed or conscious to not weigh in on matters they aren’t versed on. Yet the tagline seems as prevalent here as anywhere else, be it in the Brickyard, classes or on YikYak.
The solution to gas prices will come with time as domestic and foreign production increases to fill the void left by Russia, but the blatantly misleading rhetoric will persist for as long as our current partisan system does. The student population and America as a whole must be vigilant to these powers and do their due diligence before being coerced by ideology indoctrination.
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To conclude its regular spring season, the NC State women’s golf team welcomed seven other teams to Lonnie Poole Golf Club for the Wolfpack Match Play. NC State finished third overall, with an upset win in the first round against No. 16 Florida State.
Senior Lea Klimentova, sophomore Isabel Amezcua and junior Natalie Armbruester all notched wins over their Florida State opponents in the first round. Klimentova put up a 2&1 win, continuing her hot streak from her season-best performance in the Pack’s last match. Amezcua tied up wins for the Pack, with Armbruester coming behind her to secure the win against Florida.
UNC-Chapel Hill bulldozed through most of the Pack golfers in the second round. Klimentova was the only NC State player able to get ahead of the Tar Heels, beating UNC’s Natalia Aseguinolaza with a 6&4 score.
NC State took on Louisville in the final round, besting the Cardinals 3-2. Klimentova put up her third win to start the day with a 3&2 score. Freshman Lauren Olivarez-Leon and Amezcua brought in the other two wins for the Pack.
This home match play event closed out the regular season for the Pack. NC State will now look to the ACC Championship in Pawleys Island, South Carolina on April 14-17.
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After two years of missed celebrations due to COVID-19, the University Activities Board’s (UAB) Pan-Afrikan Week is back in business and better than ever. Organized by the Black Students Board (BSB), Pan-Afrikan Week features daily programming from April 4-10.
Alandya Warren, a second-year studying communication and the social media co-executive for BSB, said Pan-Afrikan Week is a chance to celebrate the global diversity of Black culture by creating space for education, recognition and appreciation for all ranges of the Black experience around the world.
“[Pan-Afrikan Week] is the celebration of Black culture all together and the African diaspora,” Warren said. “Not just African American [culture] here in the States, but all across the globe because Black people are everywhere, so it's an accumulation of cultures.”
Throughout the week, all students will have the opportunity to attend a packed schedule of events, beginning with a daily themed happy hour from noon to 1 p.m. in the lobby of Talley Student Union, including giveaways and music. Happy hour topics range from self-expression to Black Around the World, and each corresponds to a spirit week theme: Monday is Rep Your Roots, Tuesday is BLACKout, Wednesday is Rep Your Org, Thursday is Business Attire and Friday is Pan Af Day.
Happy hour will be followed by a daily affinity hour starting at 3 p.m. hosted in partnership with different campus organizations, including the National Pan-Hellenic Council, NC State WellRec and the African American Cultural Center (AACC). These events include Colors of Blackness: A Conversation on Colorism, a flash mob on Harris Field and Music Fo’ Your Soul in Talley.
“Music is a really big theme during the week,” Warren said. “We're gonna have a Spotify playlist that we’ve made, and we’re going to have the QR code, so you can scan it and have the playlist too.”
Daily evening events include a silent headphone party kick-off, complete with a DJ and a wide range of music, the grand opening of the new Folk Nouveau: Myth, Magic, and Resistance art exhibit at the AACC, a Black Out Loud comedy show and the African American Textile Society’s 24th annual Fashion Expose whose 2022 theme is Black Royalty.
The celebration extends into the weekend with the BlackXperience festival on Stafford Commons on Saturday afternoon, with plenty of games and food vendors. The week will close out on Sunday with the Shades of Melanin Brunch which will host speakers and dance performances, ending with a final party celebration.
While 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Pan-Afrikan Week celebrations at NC State, COVID-19 restrictions pushed the anniversary celebration to this year. Like many events that are in the process of recovering from cancellation or low turnout during the pandemic, Pan-Afrikan Week planning posed a challenge for a board of students who had been unable to participate in the celebration previously.
“We’re starting completely from scratch because of the pandemic,” Warren said. “After not having a panel for almost two years and then coming back, nobody on the board had been part of planning [Pan-Afrikan Week], so creating something new that we're all proud of and that we want the student body to participate in was the goal.”
All students are welcome to attend events throughout the week and should register in advance.
“We just want to create an atmosphere where everyone's excited and hype and glad to be with each other again,” Warren said.
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The 2022 Dreamville Festival continued in Dorothea Dix Park on Sunday, April 3 for its second day, featuring artists like Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne, Ari Lennox, J. Cole and others.
After not having a Dreamville festival in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event returned and closed out in a big way with several of Dreamville’s top artists and guest acts.
Looking around, it was almost unbelievable to think about how many fans filtered through the park’s entrances. However, the venue hardly felt crowded — with hundreds of acres to spread out, Dorothea Dix Park saw plenty of people stretched out on blankets or bobbing in the back of crowds.
To kick things off early Sunday afternoon, Kyle Banks, Omen and Cozz kicked things off across the two main stages. Cozz and Omen are both signed with Dreamville Records, J. Cole’s record label and the namesake of Dreamville Festival.
One of the first major acts to hit the Shine stage was Rico Nasty. The Maryland native wasted no time in bringing some energy to the mid-afternoon crowd, performing hits such as “Smack a B----” and “Poppin.” Kelly threw in “Tia Tamera” mid-set — without Doja Cat, of course — a recognizable, high-energy bop that energized the immense crowd, which was baking underneath the hot afternoon sun.
The heat didn’t deter anyone, though. Within 15 minutes of Rico Nasty’s set, fans swarmed over to the Rise stage to catch BIA, best known for her hit single “WHOLE LOTTA MONEY” which features Nicki Minaj on its remix.
BIA was electric onstage, performing with a posse of dancers and interacting heavily with the crowd at large, especially the women. Narrowly weaving through the throng of fans, BIA urged her fans to sing a couple bars of her most popular hits like “WHOLE LOTTA MONEY” and debuted a few new songs coming out in April.
Attendee Rachel Kane, who made it to Dreamville on Sunday, looked forward to attending the festival after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19.
“It was super fun in 2019, so I was really excited to go in 2020,” Kane said. “I was planning on going, then [COVID-19] happened.”
Bas was one of many highlights of day two, opening with his hit song “Night Job” and pumping up the crowd with his verses on “Boca Raton” and “Lit,” among others. Like J.I.D. yesterday, Bas brought out Earthgang to perform some songs off “Revenge of the Dreamers III,” namely “Down Bad” and “Costa Rica.”
T-Pain brought some mid-2000s hip-hop and rap into the mix. Ahead of his arrival onstage, a parody-style video played, outlining several key events in T-Pain’s career, including his win on “The Masked Singer” in 2019 and the role he played in the popularization of auto-tune.
“I think T-Pain has been one of the best acts today,” Kane said. “I love Ari [Lennox], too, and Lil Wayne will be really cool.”
Wiz Khalifa drew one of the largest crowds of the night, gradually building up toward his hit songs such as “We Dem Boyz” and “Young, Wild & Free,” taking Dreamville back in time to the early 2010s.
A Wiz Khalifa performance wouldn’t be complete without performing “See You Again,” a song that many consider his magnum opus and one that spent 12 consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. Khalifa ended his set with the song, a perfect final track.
As the sun set, it felt therapeutic to listen to Ari Lennox’s heavenly voice for just under 45 minutes. The DC-based singer, who became the first female artist to sign with Dreamville Records, adored the attention she received from fans and thanked a member of the crowd for bringing her a late birthday cake — Lennox turned 31 on March 26.
Before J. Cole closed out the night, DJ Drama had an hour-long set that was downright fantastic, playing tracks from his Gangsta Grillz mixtape series, and bringing out Jeezy, T.I. and Lil Wayne to perform individually.
DJ Drama has appeared in collaboration with artists such as Lil Uzi Vert and Tyler, the Creator, recently appearing on Tyler’s Grammy-winning “CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST,” but his collaborations with the three featured artists of the night defined a generation.
Among the songs played were Jeezy’s “Put On,” T.I.’s “Bring Em Out” and Lil Wayne’s “Good Kush & Alcohol.”
J. Cole was the final performance of the weekend, capping off the night by performing tracks off his newest record “The Off-Season,” starting off with “9 5 . s o u t h” and making his way through his discography.
“1 0 0 . m i l,” performed with Bas, was easily one of the highlights of J. Cole’s set, as were his “2014 Forest Hills Drive” tracks, like “Wet Dreamz,” “A Tale of 2 Citiez” and “G.O.M.D.”
Despite being the top-billed artist of the two-day event, J. Cole had a humble stage performance, pointing out when he would mess up a lyric, as well as signing things for fans he would notice among the crowd.
J. Cole brought a sense of finality to the event when he brought out all of his available Dreamville signees to perform hits like “Under The Sun” and “Down Bad,” before closing the night out with his performance of “MIDDLE CHILD.”
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Sunday marked the end of a busy week for NC State Athletics. Between a few NCAA Tournament runs, ranked rivalry matchups and conference wins, Wolfpack fans had a lot to cheer about as we enter the spring season.
Women’s basketball ends NCAA Tournament run with incredible final game
In one of the best college basketball games one will ever see, top-seeded NC State women’s basketball fell to two seed Connecticut 91-87 in double overtime. In a raucous Bridgeport, Connecticut atmosphere full of Husky fans, the Pack nearly withstood an onslaught from star Paige Bueckers, who made all but one shot she took from the second half onwards, including 13 points in the overtime periods.
The play of the game came from junior wing Jakia Brown-Turner, who put in a miraculous game-extending 3 as the first overtime ended. Though NC State’s season ended in the Elite Eight, it’s clear just how far the program has come under head coach Wes Moore, as legendary Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma lavished him with praise after the game. Now to see how NC State replaces its graduates in center Elissa Cunane, guard Raina Perez, forward Kayla Jones and guard Kai Crutchfield and makes another run next year.
“This journey has been incredible, and this team has done so much and accomplished so much,” said Cunane after the game. “Although this is hurtful right now, I am proud of all that we've done this season, and even to be playing in this game. I couldn't be more proud of the team.”
Read more in Technician’s recap.
Women’s tennis has tough weekend vs UNC, Duke
Last weekend brought two ranked rivals to Raleigh, No. 14 Duke and No. 1 UNC-Chapel Hill. As the No. 2 team in the country, NC State’s women’s tennis team had an opportunity to come out of the weekend as the new top team in the country, but it lost both matches narrowly, 4-3. Despite the losses, it’s clear the team can compete with the best of the best, day in and day out.
“From a tennis standpoint, I think it’s clear we’re improving,” said head coach Simon Earnshaw after the UNC match. “As far as hitting the ball and the nuts and bolts of everything and the skills, we’re right there. We’ve just got to do a better job maturing and growing from this, being a bit more experienced and understanding how to manage our emotions.”
Read more in Technician’s recap of the UNC match.
Departures mount for men’s basketball
In downright bad news for NC State men’s basketball, reports from last week indicated that standout center Manny Bates is entering the transfer portal. In addition to that, head coach Kevin Keatts’ one-two punch at guard, Dereon Seabron and Terquavion Smith, both declared for the NBA draft. Should neither of those three return, NC State will have just seven scholarship players next season.
Read more in a column from Assistant Sports Editor Wade Bowman.
Gymnastics bows out in NCAA Tournament Second Round
After finishing fourth at the EAGL Championships, the NC State gymnastics team ended its season in the second round of the Big Dance, with Missouri and Iowa advancing. NC State hosted the regional, with the Tigers, Hawkeyes and LSU rounding out the competition.
Read more in Technician’s recap.
Baseball goes 3-1 in road trip
In a three-game stay at Clemson and a nonconference matchup with East Carolina, the NC State baseball team dropped just one game. It beat the Pirates 2-0 before the Tigers punched the Pack in the mouth 14-3 to open that series. Still, the Wolfpack responded with two straight wins to improve to 18-9 on the season and to get above .500 in conference play. NC State’s won seven of its last eight games.
Read more in our recap of the series-clinching win.
Softball heats up with four wins
NC State softball returned home and began to right the ship last week, playing five games in a week’s time and winning four of them. The team defeated UNC-Wilmington and UNC-Charlotte before taking two of three against the Louisville Cardinals. Those victories gave it just its second ACC series win of the season, as the team is 5-10 in conference play but 25-13 overall.
Read more about NC State’s offensive showcase against the Cardinals.
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Following a big series win down in Clemson, South Carolina, the Wolfpack is back in the D1 Baseball rankings, currently sitting at No. 21. Let’s take a look at some takeaways from Friday night’s loss and two big victories on Saturday and Sunday.
All aboard the Sole Train
The biggest story coming out of this weekend surely has to be the success of sophomore outfielder Noah Soles.
Soles had eight hits and seven RBIs over the series against the Tigers helped power the Pack in all three games, winning him ACC Player of the Week honors.
Soles was one of three NC State players to cross home plate in game one, with a solo shot in the seventh inning.
He only continued to get better throughout the weekend, as he was responsible for all five runs scored by the Wolfpack in game two, and he had another two RBIs on Sunday in the eventual 9-7 win.
Noah Soles racked up four RBIs in @NCStateBaseball’s 5-2 win over Clemson, evening the series at 1-1.The rubber match is scheduled for Sunday, April 3 at 1 p.m.📝 @rachelmichele15 https://t.co/ocKiMpCo3C
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With home runs on both Friday and Sunday, Soles also more than doubled his total on the year, having only previously hit one in 2022 in the series against Georgia Tech.
One of the few players to show consistency at the plate all weekend, Soles proved how valuable he is to this lineup and how he can continue to make an impact moving forward.
Transferring the impact
Another player with an outstanding performance over the weekend is sophomore infielder LuJames Groover III, one of two transfers from UNC-Charlotte.
Particularly on Sunday, his four RBIs on three hits including a two run shot to left field were a huge part of the Pack’s success over Clemson.
Three-hits 🤝 four RBIs pic.twitter.com/bid2U2pzke
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 3, 2022
His .373 batting average still leads the team through 27 games this season and he also leads the team in hits, with 44, two above freshman infielder Tommy White.
Speaking of White, while he wasn’t hitting the same homers we all know and love this past weekend, he currently sits just one home run away from tying the NC State freshman record which is something to look out for this next series at Virginia Tech.
Senior outfielder Devonte Brown also got in on the fun on Sunday with a clutch two RBI single in the seventh inning to give the Wolfpack the runs it would eventually need to win the game, continuing to prove to be reliable at his new leadoff spot.
DEVO DELIVERS! WE TAKE OUR LEAD BACK! pic.twitter.com/43svJVjV9b
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 3, 2022
These players have continued to step up and are making the difference for the Pack with its newfound success in ACC play.
Strikeout city and other pitching updates
Three NC State pitchers, all from the bullpen, recorded five strikeouts against the Tigers.
Left-hander senior Canaan Silver recorded a career high 5Ks in three innings during Saturday’s win and left-hander sophomore Chris Villaman, who came in to close, also recorded five of his six outs by strikeout.
Career-high five K's in three innings of work 👏 pic.twitter.com/NNoI2mBaUk
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 3, 2022
In Sunday’s matchup right-hander sophomore Justin Lawson got the win with five strikeouts in 3.1 innings while Villaman added two more to his weekend total for the save.
Sophomore right-hander starter Sam Highfill switched from being the Friday night starter to a Sunday outing where he struck out two and gave up no earned runs in three innings.
As for the weekend’s other starters, sophomore right-hander Matt Willadsen struggled in game one, giving up seven earned runs in just three innings, while redshirt sophomore Logan Whitaker only gave up two earned runs in the same amount of time pitched on Saturday.
Worst fielding percentage in the ACC
Defensively, the Pack has continued its struggles in the field with three more errors over the weekend.
NC State currently has the worst fielding percentage in the ACC, and while it’s hard to really compare it to a team that may have been the best ever defensively for the Wolfpack, the current 2022 roster already has five more errors than the 2021 team had all year.
Though only one unearned run was scored throughout the Clemson series as the runner got on base off a dropped fly ball, this is still a necessary improvement moving down the stretch.
Win the weekend
Now with back to back ACC series wins against Georgia Tech and Clemson, this season is looking up for the Wolfpack.
Light the Bell Tower. pic.twitter.com/9Trvwh56bJ
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 3, 2022
While the Pack did have some trouble with a 14-3 loss to kick off the weekend, it showed its resilience with big back and forth victories Saturday and Sunday.
Next up, NC State will continue its ACC stretch on the road as it heads up to Blacksburg, Virginia to play Virginia Tech from April 8-10.
The Hokies most recently took two games out of three in a series in Chapel Hill but still sits at just 5-5 in conference play, making this another good matchup for the Pack.
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NC State softball played five games in Raleigh this past week and only lost once. Successful hitting and plenty of offense allowed the Wolfpack to best three different opponents.
The Wolfpack (25-13, 5-10 ACC) beat UNC-Wilmington (22-7) 3-2 on Tuesday, March 29, following that up with a 9-4 win over UNC-Charlotte (22-14). Finally, the Pack won two of three against Louisville (19-15, 3-6 ACC). The Pack won the first game 7-5, lost the second 7-9 and won the third 10-6.
Hitting
As a team, the batting averages for the last four games were around and even above .300. Against UNC-W, the team batting average was .136, but the Wolfpack pitching helped secure the win. The last game against Louisville, the Pack averaged .387, getting plenty of batters on base and scoring two home runs. The Pack had 10 total homers in the past five games, including four against Louisville.
Fifth-year third baseman Logan Morris continues to dominate on offense and maintains a season batting average of .425. She went six and 13 against Louisville, an impressive .462 batting average in the series. She also batted in three of the ten runs in game three, cashing in when her teammates got on base.
Freshman infielder Michele Tarpey had a fantastic performance at the plate against Louisville herself. She went 5 for 10 against them, a vast improvement from the Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill series.
Finally, graduate center fielder Brittany Jackson has shown some life in this past series. After going 0 for 13 recently this season, Jackson went 4 for 9 in the past four games including a homer and four RBIs in game one against Louisville. When Jackson is consistently hitting, the Wolfpack gets a boost in offense.
The high totals on offense help win games, but pitching is what saves games.
Pitching
Redshirt sophomore righty Aisha Weixlmann pitched consistently the past five games, even pitching a complete game against UNC-W. Against Louisville, she pitched around three innings each game and kept the amount of earned runs down for all three games. She officially recorded 100 strikeouts on the season in game two against Louisville, an impressive total that she continues to build on.
Graduate lefty Maddie McPherson has also seen plenty of action. Her 5.18 season ERA is less than desirable, but she performed well against UNC-C in games one and three against Louisville. Unfortunately, she allowed four earned runs in 0.1 innings in game two, which contributed to the loss for the Wolfpack. Nonetheless, McPherson continues to help win games for the Pack and stands at an 8-5 personal record.
Lastly, redshirt sophomore righty Sam Gress saw little action in the past five games. She pitched just over a full inning against UNC-C and less than one inning in game three for Louisville. She pitched 3.2 in game two. In game two, she only allowed two earned runs off of seven hits, performing well that game. However in game three, she gave up four earned runs in just one frame, a less than stellar performance.
Next up, the Wolfpack will play one more game at home against Longwood. Then, the Wolfpack travels to Columbia, South Carolina to compete in the Garnet and Black Round Robin. The Pack will face Elon and South Carolina in alternating games of two each.
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The Asian Students Association (ASA) is a student-run organization on campus that promotes cultural connection, social networking and personal development for Asian students or those interested in Asian culture. The organization hosts a number of events across campus to celebrate the diversity of Asian culture and connect students.
Ly Le, a fourth-year studying animal science, is this year’s ASA president. Le joined in her first year at NC State as a freshman representative, an internship-based role where ASA members can shadow leaders and learn more about the organization. This year as president, Le is responsible for overseeing events, board meetings and fundraisers.
“We’re an Asian inclusive, not Asian exclusive, organization here on campus,” Le said. “Our main purpose here is to create a community for Asian Americans and people interested in Asian culture, as well as be a safe space for them because it is still a predominantly white institution. And we want to make sure that Asian American and Asian voices are heard here on campus.”
The Asian Students Association hosts three major types of events throughout the year: A general body meeting hosted every other Wednesday where members can meet and connect, a monthly fundraiser and an annual beach trip (postponed this year due to COVID-19).
In addition to these events, ASA also hosts events for students from across campus to participate in, not just ASA members. On March 10, ASA hosted Asia Night which is the largest Asian cultural showcase on campus and includes performances from a wide variety of individuals and groups. The event is one of the Asian Students Association’s most popular — attracting not only people on campus but also people from across North Carolina who come to perform and attend.
Performers at Asia Night this year included the Triangle Chinese Dance Club, Asian interest fraternity Lambda Phi Epsilon performing the Philippine folk dance Tinikling, and NC State’s K-pop dance group KPACK.
Asia Night this year was held as the kickoff event for a series of events ASA is hosting to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month coming up in May. The organization will also celebrate Songkran, a water festival primarily celebrated in Thailand and Southeast Asia that marks the new year, on April 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Harris Field. Students are invited to participate in water games and enjoy food while learning about Songkran.
A major aspect of ASA is teaching its members leadership and networking skills. Board members take turns planning events so they can learn more about the organization and coordination duties.
As president, Le said one of her favorite events to plan this year was a panel of Asian women who spoke about issues they faced being a minority group.
“There’s this really interesting intersectionality of how, as an Asian American woman, we experience a lot of different kinds of prejudice, microaggressions and at some point, macroaggressions as well,” Le said.
Sumeetha Jagadeesan, a second-year studying chemical engineering and ASA secretary, said her favorite part of being in the association is meeting other Asian students from different majors.
“I’d recommend it for really anybody that’s just looking to make friends in general,” Jagadeesan said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re Asian or if you’re not Asian or if you’re looking for culture, or if you’re lonely or if you’re interested in doing something on Wednesday night.”
Those interested in joining the Asian Students Association or in attending one of ASA’s upcoming events should check out the organization’s Instagram as well as its Get Involved page to learn more.
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Student Legal Services provide a wide range of legal assistance for NC State students. Pam Gerace, director of the office, said the office handles many different legal issues.
“We are a general practice law firm, so we kind of do everything that hits the door,” Gerace said.
During the pandemic, Student Legal Services began using Zoom as its primary form of communication. Michael Avery, a staff attorney for Student Legal Services, said many students prefer the virtual option.
“The interesting thing is that we discovered that really students took to the idea of virtual and remote assistance,” Avery said.
Before the pandemic, the attorneys were considering setting up a temporary office on Centennial Campus. Gerace said the new use of Zoom presented another option.
“Before COVID, we were going to try to set up a temporary office on Centennial Campus because we knew it was so hard for them [students on Centennial Campus] to get here by bus,” Gerace said. “We don’t need to do that now, so we can just do Zoom.”
Zoom has made accessing legal services more convenient for students across NC State. Avery noted there have been fewer missed appointments as a result of the Zoom option.
Along with taking virtual calls, the actual cases the attorneys at Student Legal Services saw during the pandemic also changed. At the beginning of the pandemic, landlord tenant cases increased. Gerace said the attorneys did a lot of work negotiating with landlords.
“We did a lot of negotiation trying to get students out of leases because legally, unfortunately, COVID was not a defense for getting out of your lease,” Gerace said.
Avery said landlord and tenant issues are always a part of their practice. However, these matters increased during the pandemic.
“The landlord/tenant [issues] was certainly the biggest increase, even though that’s generally a big part of our practice,” Avery said.
Gerace said students’ use of technology during the pandemic presented a range of cases. Cyberstalking and online scams targeting students increased, according to Gerace.
With less students on campus, Avery saw noticeable decreases in some of the types of cases the attorneys typically see.
“We saw less traffic, drugs and alcohol offenses like that because people just weren’t around,” Avery said.
Interpersonal violence cases also went down as people went home or were staying in their rooms, according to Avery. However, he noted as students have come back to campus these cases have started to rise.
“It doesn’t surprise me that we’re seeing more of these [interpersonal violence cases],” Avery said. “But it also means that we can get out in front of it and try and assist and protect those that are victims of interpersonal violence.”
The office is happy to talk to students about anything from legal trouble to questions about law school. Avery said he wants students to know the legal services are already paid for from student fees.
“I want students to know that it’s a free service,” Avery said. “It’s already paid for, so there’s nothing that they’re going to have to pay for as far as our services.”
Gerace said they usually suggest students email them with any questions, or to schedule an appointment.
Contact information for Student Legal Services can be found here.
If you or someone you know is experiencing relationship violence, sexual violence, stalking or any other form of interpersonal violence and are in need of advocacy services, the NC State Women’s Center has trained advocates available to offer crisis intervention, emotional support, resources and referrals. Students can contact the 24/7 Sexual Assault Helpline at 919-515-4444 or email ncsuadvocate@ncsu.edu to schedule an appointment with an advocate.
Advocacy services through the NC State Women’s Center are available for all students inclusive of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
For more information on advocacy services, please visit go.ncsu.edu/supportsurvivors. If you would like to talk to a confidential resource, you can also connect with the NC State Counseling Center at 919-515-2423. You may also visit go.ncsu.edu/safe for additional information on resources and reporting options.
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Looking for some local live music on a weekend? Check out Late Notice, a Raleigh-based band formed by NC State students. The group mostly dabbles in alternative, rock, pop and funk music.
Late Notice has six members: Emerson Bruno, a fourth-year studying mechanical engineering and Chandler Kosterman, a third-year studying biological sciences, both sing for the band and play guitar. Yates Weaver, a fourth-year studying civil engineering, plays keyboard and Jared Marino, a fourth-year studying genetics, plays bass. Finally, drummer Madi Schoninger is a third-year studying political science and singer Aidan Flynn is a third-year studying communication.
Most of the members have been friends for years, some having played music together as far back as middle school. Over summer 2021, Bruno, Schoninger and Flynn started a music group, and when they had the chance to play at a birthday party in August, they were joined by Weaver, Kosterman and Marino and formed their band with just a week to prepare.
“We’re sitting there, 30 minutes before our show, and we’re like, ‘We need a name for our band,’” Flynn said. “[Schoninger] is like ‘How about Late Notice?’ And we were all just like ‘Yeah, that's perfect.’ … After that show we had another girl come up to Madi and ask ‘Can you play at my birthday party next weekend?’ So now we play just about every Friday and Saturday.”
Late Notice has played shows in Raleigh, Wilmington, Boone and Asheville. The group has played multiple times at Trailer Park in Raleigh, a small venue about 10 minutes away from campus.
“The first Trailer Park show was just something we threw out, it was just us playing, anybody could come,” Schoninger said. “And now the Trailer Park has gotten to the point where they have four bands coming from Boone and Wilmington and Charlotte. … And it kind of just started from us, just one of our friends, playing at his house.”
The band’s shows at Trailer Park were inspired by the live music culture and the house shows in Boone, North Carolina.
“We are just having fun up there and we all genuinely love each other, have a deep friendship, deep connection,” Flynn said. “I think people can feed off that when we’re on stage, and that’s what makes the Trailer Park so special, is that was the first place that we really showcased that.”
When people are at its shows, Late Notice wants the crowd to let loose, be themselves, get into it and have fun.
“We kind of got our feet on the ground playing at fraternity shows, birthday party shows and small stuff, basically whatever we could get traction with,” Weaver said. “Coming back into the second semester, we are a little more experienced now with our connections. We started to branch out to more venue shows.”
The band also recently played at The Pour House Music Hall and Record Shop in Raleigh. They played a 45-minute set with seven original songs and three covers.
Kosterman said music provides him an outlet.
“I’ve been playing guitar since I was 8 or 9, and it’s just always been a release for me,” Kosterman said. “Like an escape into music, especially playing with other musicians, adding the guitar, drums, bass, keys, singer, you feel the energy. It’s very satisfying.”
Late Notice cited some of its biggest musical influences as The Black Keys, Dr. Dog, Mac Miller and Anderson .Paak.
“I think [when] playing in a group, I like the comradery aspect, and then playing alone, I relate to the music,” Bruno said. “I used to play when I was younger and my dad is a musician, and I finally came around to it my freshman year of college. It’s rooted in me and it gave me a sense of purpose.”
Be on the lookout for music from Late Notice on all platforms coming soon. To get updates on the band and its shows, follow its Instagram.
“I’ve been playing music all my life, and it’s really cool to just be able to be up there and just have everyone vibing out with you,” Marino said.
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If you’re stuck in a reading slump or simply looking for a new read, you’ll want to check out these bookstores across Raleigh — most of which are mere minutes from campus. From comics to different sub-genres of nonfiction, you’re guaranteed to discover a bookstore that has what you’re looking for.
Quail Ridge Books
If I had to pick a favorite bookstore, Quail Ridge would have to be the one. From the interior of the shop to the selection of books, this North Hills spot does it the best.
Like Barnes & Noble, Quail Ridge has a variety of books to choose from, which are set up according to genre. Plus, the store offers several other items, such as stickers, journals and stationary. When you enter the store, there is a pick-up section on the left side for those who are interested in placing an order in advance. When I walked in, I was taken aback by the lovely decorations — there was a huge tree covered in lights, a neat fireplace, light up signs and quotes from books dispersed throughout the store.
My favorite part had to be the store’s “Blind Date with a Book” — books wrapped in paper with guidelines to suggest for whom the book would be a good fit. Given its uniqueness and versatility, I would suggest Quail Ridge Books as the first bookstore to check out in Raleigh.
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble is a classic. The new releases on the shelves and the variety of books the store has to offer is unmatched. I was intrigued to see the layout of this store, as it seemed much smaller than most Barnes & Nobles I’ve been to.
I was certainly not disappointed. The storefront in the Village District was divided up into different sections according to genre, making it simple to navigate your way through and find the perfect book. Plus, there are computers set up throughout the store if you’re interested in finding a specific book.
While it has a wide selection of novels, it also has journals, stationary and unique board games displayed at the front. There isn’t much of a seating area, so I wouldn’t suggest this as a study spot — however, it would be the perfect bookstore to go to if you’re in a reading slump. You can make your way down the different sections set up and even ask the friendly staff for book recommendations.
Nice Price Books & Records
Calling all comic book lovers — Nice Price Books is certainly the ideal store to visit if you’re looking for comics. As soon as I entered the store, I saw boxes and boxes filled with old and new edition comics. The selection is endless — featuring comics from Marvel and DC, such as Teen Titans, Lucifer, Coffin Hill and more.
That being said, there’s more to Nice Price Books than just comics. Different genres of novels are divided into small sections throughout the store. I would say its biggest sections are comics, mystery/thriller and science fiction. Plus, the store also offers vinyls, CDs, shirts, toy cars, plants and more.
The best part of Nice Price Books is that it is close to home — I would definitely check this store out if you find yourself on Hillsborough Street.
Reader’s Corner
If you are a nonfiction reader, Reader’s Corner would be the place for you. The store is packed with nonfiction books of every sub-genre. You name it, you could probably find it in an instant with the help of a knowledgeable employee.
As a student, this would be the perfect place to buy a book related to the field of your study — there were sections labeled solely for business, engineering, religion and physics. Along with educational books, there are many other books that can help you in the course of your life, such as self help, cooking and books about plant care. The antique books stood out to me the most — affordable and in good condition, the books are taken great care of. Like Nice Price Books, Reader’s Corner is conveniently located right along Hillsborough Street.
I highly recommend checking out these bookstores. Who knows — maybe you’ll find your new favorite book.
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On NC State’s Centennial Campus, the bright and lovely sound of a piano can often be heard ringing across the Oval, coming from underneath a large white tent between Hunt Library and On the Oval Food Hall. Appearing mysteriously in fall 2021, this whimsically decorated outdoor piano has fostered a community of its own, sparking conversations and spreading life, joy and music across campus.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, large tents have appeared on campus featuring picnic tables, lighting and even wifi to provide students with more outdoor seating options. The tent on Centennial Campus, however, also has an eye-catching piano that suddenly appeared to the bewilderment and joy of many.
“Very early last semester, a friend of mine texts me and says ‘There's a piano under the tent,” said Zack Bonds, a graduate student in applied mathematics. “It just showed up in the middle of the tent. … All there was was just this colorful piano, very bizarrely decorated.”
Unknown to students, the piano came from a collaboration project between Jude DesNoyer, the activation and special events manager for Centennial Campus, and Gregory Carter, a lecturer in the College of Design.
“The idea for the piano is something I've had for quite a while,” said DesNoyer. “When the pandemic came and those tents came in, I was like — there's the opportunity to try it and put a piano under there and just see what happens.”
With the idea set in motion, DesNoyer found a piano for free on Craigslist and contacted Carter to decorate it.
“I tend to be Jude’s go-to person when he comes up with an idea,” said Carter. “[For the piano], I knew I had these exterior latex paints, and I knew I had these metallic little objects… and one of the shapes looked kind of like a bluebell. So I decided, ‘Well, if I've got this flower theme started with some of the shapes I have access to, what if I turn it into a thing about flowers and vines and things like that?’”
What resulted is an eccentric blue piano adorned with dots and stars between black and green vines leading to orange, blue and green 3D flowers. The piano, made in 1902, had been given new life and was ready to see its new home.
“It's got a very traditional, very kind of bluesy, New Orleans feel to it,” said DesNoyer. “And it was like, you know what, that's what it's gonna be. We're not gonna tune this to make it perfect, we’re not going to change it. We're just gonna call it what it is and let it ride and have its own character.”
The piano was soon dropped off with no explanation whatsoever.
Regardless of where it came from, people began playing the bizarre and mysterious piano. Before long, the tent piano became a staple of Centennial Campus. Whether an avid player, listener or just a passerby, the piano has captivated many, bringing people together through the shared enjoyment of music.
“I just love the atmosphere in this area,” said Karina Seebaluck, a third-year studying psychology. ”The tent and the benches really encourage people to come around and be united by music.”
One such way people have been united is through a Discord server called “Oval Tent Piano Players.” Beginning as a group chat between students who met at the piano, the conversation switched to a Discord server as more people became interested. With a QR code posted on the piano itself, anyone is encouraged to join the server, regardless of musical experience. The server now hosts a diverse community of over 100 people who share an interest in the piano.
“We have a wonderful variety [of people in the server],” said Andrew Farkas, a third-year studying computer science and one of the students responsible for creating the server. “We've got some people who don't play and just listen, some people who just want to start learning piano, some people who have been playing as long as I have. … Everyone has all sorts of different genres and specialties and skill levels, and it's really great.”
Through the server, members often share sheet music, organize hangouts, share news and even perform tuning and maintenance on the piano.
One student was even inspired to spread the joy of an outdoor piano to Main Campus.
“I realized it's really cool for a piano to just be set on campus and nobody say anything,” said Kevin Childs, a fourth-year studying computer science. “It's all kind of a mystery, and something as simple as that can form a community. … So I decided one day, [to] go on Facebook marketplace and see if I can find a free piano and drop it off on the Main Campus for people on Main Campus to play and, ideally, a community to form similar to the one that formed on Centennial Campus.”
Thanks to Childs, people on Main Campus now also have an outdoor piano to enjoy, located under the tent outside of Case Dining Hall.
Both pianos saw use through the fall semester until they were suddenly taken away over winter break, leaving many to wonder about their fate. Thankfully, they were returned for the spring semester. The Centennial Piano was returned with a plaque giving credit to Carter’s artwork, finally giving a clue about the people responsible for it.
Although they returned from winter break, the question still remains as to what the long term future of the pianos will be.
“I really hope they stay,” said Michael Babb, a recent NC State graduate who works at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation on Centennial Campus. “I hope that the college somehow promotes this and keeps it as a staple. I really like it, and I know a lot of people really like it, not just playing it but listening to it too.”
Unfortunately, according to DesNoyer, the tents are currently scheduled to be removed after the spring semester.
“We’re working on trying to figure out where the piano’s going to go,” said DesNoyer. “We're building out another kind of activation space. It's not on the Oval, it's a little bit removed from the Oval, and it may unfortunately end up there.”
However, the fate of the piano and other spaces on campus may also lie in the students’ hands.
“I know for a fact that [the removal of the tents] sparks conversation on Centennial Campus,” said DesNoyer. “If there are any students that have any ideas that are similar to the piano, I'd love to talk to them. … I don't have all the answers, but I know there are some students with some really good answers out there. I just need ways to find them.”
With the crazy North Carolina weather finally warming up for good, find some time to check out the tent pianos on Centennial and Main Campuses. Go and play or listen, sit down and study or maybe even start a conversation with someone and make a new friend. If you find it’s something you enjoy, consider getting involved with people like DesNoyer, and shape this campus into what you, the student body, want it to be.
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Downtown Raleigh is home to a robust collection of public art sprinkled — sometimes unassumingly — on street corners and sides of buildings. Get to know a little corner of Raleigh with a two mile spring stroll around downtown’s Warehouse and Fayetteville Street Districts. Can you find all 29 murals along the route?
Route:
Start at the intersection of West Hargett Street and South West Street
Head south down South West Street
Turn left to head east down West Martin Street
Turn right to head south down McDowell Street
Turn left heading east on West Davie Street
Turn left up South Salisbury Street
Make a quick right on Martin Street
Turn left to head north up South Wilmington Street
Turn left on East Hargett Street
Turn left on South Salisbury Street
Turn right on East Martin Street
Take a stroll up through Nash Square to meet back up with Hargett Street
Head east on Hargett Street to complete your loop back to where you began
Don’t forget to say hi to Tuffy on your way back down Hillsborough Street!
Find…
The sun setting in the west over the smiling faces of the Raleigh community as they Beautify Emerging Spaces Together.
Our city’s namesake “escaping criticism” in a reimagining of a famous portrait.
CAM volunteers’ street painting inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.
Recreation of a touching moment between mother and famous athlete son.
A family on a First Friday outing.
Disney damsels in daily dress.
Suggested summer reading.
Flowers, dragons and critters that welcome you to an artist’s creative space.
Five figures in entangled motion.
*Android users — try viewing through the Abstracted Motion app for added fun.
Homage to the Oak City Kitty.
Some 20-cent NC Wildlife.
A voter’s call to action, the building blocks of democracy, Black Lives Matter memorial.
An appeal to ethics.
A passionate embrace, a floral backdrop.
A cityscape with Red Hat’s stamp of approval.
Solange graces an electrical box.
The state bird of North Carolina.
Downtown deer.
Art-DECO facade + local retail!
Fire escape brain teaser.
Raleigh-grown NC Central University basketball great.
Iconic historical protests brought to life on a single facade.
Cotton candy palette arrow through the forehead.
Cicadas watched over by the sun and moon.
Berkeley the Squirrel!
Colorful maze as you stroll through the trees.
An aquatic journey from one storm drain to another.
Trigonometric tree.
Flower clouds welcoming you into Raleigh’s first pay-what-you-can cafe.
Find them all? Get stuck? Refer to this map to learn more about the murals and the route. Want more to see? Check out the Downtown Raleigh Alliance’s comprehensive list of downtown public art.
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Critical Asian Narratives & Engagement (CRANE) Collective, a student-led organization centered around creating a community for Asian students at NC State, held its first Asian Artist Showcase in Talley Student Union’s Coastal Ballroom on April 1.
In the showcase, Asian American artists presented a mixture of artistic mediums ranging from the visual and performance arts to tangible artistic mediums such as printmaking and sculpture building. Entry was made accessible with a “choose your own pricing” system, and revenue went to CRANE Collective directly for funding of future endeavors.
In the center of the ballroom were tables with various arts and crafts activities in which attendees could stop, relax and create something together. The showcase itself housed many booths of Asian American artists putting forth and, for some, selling their art.
Minh-Thu Dinh, a fourth-year studying electrical engineering and president of CRANE Collective, helped organize the event for the Asian American Showcase.
“This is really the first time Asian American artists are being featured, especially those who are students or just those who are in North Carolina,” Dinh said. “I’ve talked to a lot of… artists who will be at the event who have mentioned that this will probably be the first time that I will be in a space full of Asian and Asian American artists, which is something that I find really special.”
Dinh, along with her fellow CRANE leaders, said the event was the club’s priority this academic year. They said providing a platform for artistic Asian American students offers a unique opportunity for the University.
Jennifer Huynh, a third-year studying biology, had a booth titled “888 Jems by Jen,” showcasing beaded jewelry inspired by her experience growing up as a Buddhist. Kit Ostrea, a second-year studying art and design, displayed a booth featuring both printmaking and painting; her works showed snapshots of her familial life growing up half-Filipino in America.
The event also featured program breaks at three separate times throughout the night, showcasing the visual and performance art aspects of the showcase. Original choreography and music, spoken word performances, puppetry fables and short film debuts were spotlighted with varying themes like self-discovery, love and loss and coming-of-age.
Stephanie Sosa, a fourth-year studying graphic design, not only had a booth showcasing her tangible works, but was also one of eight artists with performance/visual art. Sosa’s animated short films “Our Ability to Forget” and “The Search” cast a lens on the themes of the acceptance of oneself, and the titular search for one’s true identity.
Another leader of CRANE Collective, Meera Butalia, a third-year studying environmental sciences, said the showcase could help artists foster a sense of community and to grow their creative network within an uplifting environment.
“[Though] we’re not making the artists spend time together, the hope is that through interacting with each other, they can widen their network, and in turn widen their possibilities for artmaking,” Butalia said. “This was an effort on our part to approach it in a way that is a little less formal and hopefully a little more cozy.”
For more information and updates on CRANE Collective or how you can get involved, visit its Get Involved page, Instagram or Facebook.
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So you’re scrolling through social media looking for daily inspo, latest fashion updates, what your favorite celebs are up to, your favorite sports team updates and the list goes on for most. As we scroll through apps to pass the time, we have all found ourselves looking at the time and realizing we have been on social media for hours.
During our scrolling time we are either actively or subconsciously looking at lives we wish we could obtain. Wishing we had the clothes that one person is wearing, wishing we had unlimited funds to travel and see the world, wishing we could start a successful business like that entrepreneur we follow. And these people are at or around our age? Give me a break.
Social media portrays a lot of wonderful lives, seemingly easy to grasp if we just knew how we could obtain the same.
I used to follow a bunch of social media accounts in regard to beauty, fashion, modeling and fitness. I didn’t think anything of it for a long time until one day I noticed while scrolling endlessly, looking at all these beautiful people with picture perfect lives, I was comparing my life and myself to them. I was working out (still a good choice), staying up to date on the latest beauty trends and trying to model my life after these supposedly perfect people. I was running myself rancid trying to be anything but my one true self.
Finally, I got tired of it. I unfollowed and stayed away from people who weren’t making a positive impact in my life.
Influencers on social media aren’t perfect. They are normal people just like all of us. A lot of these accounts are staged and a lot of those picture-perfect women and men are most of the time highly edited. The great part of social media today is that accounts are starting to reveal the truth as shown in this Buzzworthy article. They are becoming aware of their audience and taking off the veil because they realize a lot of young people are bending over backwards to try to achieve the same lifestyle, body and looks. Unfortunately, we become the spectators who give this value to them.
I found a couple great articles that support both ends of the spectrum on how social media is deceiving, but growing in its goal to impact individuals.
Rachel Ramirez, a New York based journalist, talks about the deception influencers and social media portray. Ramirez mentions how this deception can have a hold on low self-esteem and symptoms of depression. She connects her point regarding the negative impact social media may have on individuals with the episode “Nosedive,” from the popular Netflix show “Black Mirror.” I myself have watched this episode, and I can tell you it is chillingly accurate.
There have been an increase in efforts to break the illusion created by social media as shown in the article from Buzzworthy mentioned above by highlighting a few influencer accounts who, among many, are taking off the veil and showcasing the truth on social media. The article takes a look at one influencer in particular who decided the game was over and it was time to show the truth. The response she had received was even better than she could have imagined and released a video in response.
With all being said, don’t bend over backwards to try and be someone you are not. Being yourself is more powerful than putting on a show — plus it’s a lot of work. No one is perfect. No life is perfect. Choose social media that impacts your life in a positive, empowering way.
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On Dec. 28, 2021, the rule that can save tipped workers was reinstated by the Labor Department (DOL). The 80/20 rule allows tipped workers to get paid a higher minimum wage when doing tedious tasks like side work that does not involve tipping by customers. Every tipped worker needs to know about this so they can get paid the money they deserve.
When working a job like serving, the Fair Labor Standards Act allows tipped workers to be paid the low amount of $2.13 an hour, as long as that person earns enough in tips to make up the difference in the minimum wage, which is $7.25 an hour in North Carolina. This is known as a tip credit and oftentimes this is not the case, as servers are often left without tables to serve and doing work that they are not rightfully being paid for.
The 80/20 rule is here to allow those people to be rightfully compensated. The rule requires an employer to pay their workers at least the minimum wage if more than 20% of their work is non-tip generating. Tedious tasks like filling salt and pepper shakers, rolling silverware, stocking items, sweeping, cleaning and prepping for the next day are tasks a server should be getting paid more money for if they don't have any tables to serve.
I’m sure most servers and tipped workers would agree they spend excessive time doing labor they are not getting paid for. This is where the 80/20 rule can be utilized so when workers are putting in their efforts into tasks that do not directly relate to the tips they earn, they can get paid the same amount as other workers that are tasked with doing the same things.
The 80/20 law breaks workers down into three groups so employers have a definition of who the law will apply to. The categories are “job duties that directly produce tips, job duties that directly support tip-producing work and any other job duties.” When workers fall into the third category, they are to be paid at least the minimum wage.
Workers in the second category also have an opportunity to make more money. Defining what is directly supporting tip-producing work is different for each employer, so this law helps lay it out for people. Employers are only allowed to use tip credit for workers in the second category if it “is not performed for a substantial amount of time.” The DOL has even defined a substantial amount of time as anything over 30 minutes.
Servers, this means when you do side work for longer than 30 minutes with no tables, you should be getting paid at least $7.25!
Last week, my roommate came home in rage about the fact her employer didn’t honor this law. She had no tables for two hours and was doing job duties that didn’t produce tips or support work that produces tips. According to DOL guidelines, she should have been paid at least $7.25 for that next hour and a half after her last table.
When confronted, her employer said the switch in wage only counts when your boss says you don’t have to serve any more tables, rather than when your table physically leaves. But according to the DOL, this isn’t true. Her employer took advantage of her lack of knowledge regarding this law and falsely told her that she didn’t qualify for earning money. At the time, she didn’t know the details and could not argue her case to get the money she earned and deserved.
This is precisely why it is so important for tipped workers to know about this law so they don’t get taken advantage of. I don’t doubt other employers will do the same thing they did to my roommate. This law was made to protect tipped workers, but most of my tipped-worker friends didn’t know about the law until my roommate had this issue.
Employers will most likely hide their knowledge of the law and choose to not uphold it unless someone brings it up. If you are a tipped worker right now and you didn’t know about this, your bosses are probably hiding it from you because they don’t want to pay up. Being informed and well-versed in the 80/20 law can help stop employers from exploiting their workers. Trying to hide the fact that they potentially owe all of their tipped workers more money is shady and selfish.
One-on-one confrontation about not getting paid the right amount may not be the best strategy for getting that money, like I saw for my roommate. A great way for employees to make sure their bosses aren't capitalizing off them is to go together and take action.
Group solidarity is a powerful thing, and if all employees demand their bosses uphold the law, they are more likely to get paid what they deserve. This knowledge is also powerful when employers are not expecting their employees to demand the money they have been hiding from them.
Readers, I encourage you to share this information with anyone you know who could benefit from it, to ensure they get paid what they deserve. The restaurant industry is already very stressful and demanding, so any amount of money owed to a worker, they should get.
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The Carolina Hurricanes dropped a rough game in Buffalo on Tuesday, April 5, losing to the Sabres 4-2.
The Canes (45-17-8) got off to a promising start, even if it was a little slow. The Hurricanes carried a 1-0 lead into the first intermission, but Buffalo (26-34-11) retaliated to the tune of two second period goals and Carolina never managed to recover.
“At the end of the day, there’s no easy win and no easy team to play against,” said right wing Nino Niederreiter. “They play hard. We just took that game for granted and thought it would be an easy game, and that sure wasn’t the case.
With many fans’ eyes drawn to the Hurricanes’ unique white sweater and black pants combo, the hockey being played almost became secondary until right wing Jesper Fast reminded the crowd of the talent on the ice. Fast executed a sweet series of moves to shimmy past Buffalo goalie Craig Anderson for the game opener.
Jesper "Silky Mitts" Fast pic.twitter.com/MVxBwNtpoA
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) April 5, 2022
For their part, the Sabres refused to get embarrassed on home ice by the statistically superior Canes. Buffalo made a late offensive push late in the first period to keep the Hurricanes from running away with the contest before pulling ahead with a pair of goals by former Hurricane Jeff Skinner and Casey Mittlestadt in the second.
Goaltender Frederik Andersen had a night to forget in the crease for Carolina. Save for a fluke chance in the third period that saw an undefended Victor Olofsson get the puck in front of the Canes net, Andersen did not perform up to his usual standard in this game, saving just 18 of 22 shots.
Niederreiter kept Carolina a chance to retake the lead with a game-tying goal early in the third period, but the Sabres had other plans. A little over a minute after Olofsson’s goal made it 3-2, defenseman Ian Cole got whistled for hooking to set up a crucial penalty kill for Carolina. The NHL’s best PK unit didn’t get the job done, as Dylan Cozens flicked in a power play goal to seal the deal.
The Hurricanes won’t have to wait long to avenge this result, as they host the Sabres in their very next game on Thursday, April 7. Puck drops in PNC Arena at 7:30 p.m.
“Yeah, that’s nice to get another crack at it,” said head coach Rod Brind’Amour. “It’s probably less about the opponent and more about us trying to regain that game that we want to play, that 60-minute game.”
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I never envisioned working in the realm of college sports when I came to college in August 2018. Believe it or not, I came to NC State in pursuit of an engineering degree. Instead, I found myself knee-deep in editing sports movie reviews, hiring sports correspondents and going to every men’s and women’s basketball game I possibly could.
I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
Now, four years later, I’m coming down the homestretch of my stint at Technician that also began in that fateful August.
I’d be lying if I said the task wasn’t a difficult one. Going to as many sports events as possible, writing upward of 30 articles a month, making meetings on time, as well as all of my responsibilities as managing editor, on top of all the classes I took was soul-crushing at times.
But through all of the late nights, sleepwalking through days and personal strifes, I found out a great deal about myself. Much of that was due to being in and around the NC State Athletics family.
The first thing I learned about myself was, in the words of legendary NC State coach Jim Valvano, that I “don’t ever give up.” I’ve always been a tireless worker, but working sports games brought the best out of my resilience and how to be confident in myself and my abilities.
Like I said earlier, I came into college with no journalism experience, and yet, NC State sports welcomed me and helped form me into the writer and person I try to be every day.
But I didn’t just learn that from being thrust into the fire. I was able to learn from some of the best writers and people I’ve been around. The SIDs in every sport were a guiding hand for me over the years, ensuring that us college writers got the same experiences and affordances as other experienced writers in the industry. I can’t thank them enough for giving me, and all the other sportswriters at Technician, the opportunities we’ve been able to have.
Of course, my writing and confidence wouldn’t be nearly what it is today without some of the best writers I’ve gotten the pleasure of learning from. Former sports editors Andrew Schnittker, Alec Sawyer, Camden Speight and Jake Caccavaro taught me an endless amount of what it takes to be a resilient person and writer. Without them, I wouldn’t have learned what I did.
Current/former editors/senior writers Jaylan Harrington, Wade Bowman, Nicholas Schnittker, Bryan Pyrtle, Ben Ellis and Rachel Bilenki, as well as the entirety of the rest of the sports section, have helped me every step of the way, and I’m thrilled that I had the chance to work with them.
That’s something else NC State Athletics taught me, particularly through my time working with the women’s basketball team: when you surround yourself with high-character individuals, anything is possible.
There were many times this season when women’s basketball head coach Wes Moore attributed his success to the character of the players he recruited, and it resulted in one of the most energetic environments I’ve ever been in. That much was true of the writers I got to be around at Technician.
Because of working in and around college athletics, I’ve also been able to take a crucial lesson to heart: living in the moment. My career at NC State is hallmarked by several crucial feats for the athletics program, from the women’s basketball team winning three straight ACC Championships, to the football team beating UNC-Chapel Hill in a miracle comeback in my last game as a student, to the men’s basketball team upsetting Duke in PNC. I’ve seen it all.
In each and every one of those incredible feats, I’ve been able to live in the moment and fully understand that I am only in college once and to enjoy those experiences. Those moments helped me realize that, and being able to see all of them firsthand — most often as a reporter — is one of the most fulfilling experiences of not only my college career, but my entire life.
Now, when you come to NC State, you better expect to hear about Jimmy V. There’s no better epitome of the Wolfpack culture than the legendary championship-winning coach, and his lessons are felt throughout athletics to this day. Not only did he teach me to never give up, but he taught me to love what I do, and make sure to laugh, think and cry as often as possible to fully live my experiences.
The final thing NC State Athletics, coach Valvano and my experiences in student media have taught me is to fully love what I was doing. I can say, without a doubt, that I’ve loved every moment of my reporting career at NC State. Working in athletics has been one of the best, most rewarding journeys I’ve ever embarked on, and I couldn’t be more thankful for the experiences NC State Athletics has offered me.
Many people go through life without chasing their passions or doing what they want to do, instead focusing on what they “need to do.”
I’m thankful to not be one of those people.
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Sophomore Katelyn Tuohy has been one of the best runners for the Wolfpack cross country team across her two seasons with the Pack, collecting a host of medals 一 including silver medals in the ACC Cross Country Championships and the NCAA Division 1 Southeast Regionals this past fall.
At the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, she garnered a pair of silver medals in the 3000-meter and 5000-meter races. Finally, she captured gold at the Raleigh Relays March 24-26.
Also among Tuohy’s accolades are three NCAA All-American honors, two All-ACC honors and four All-ACC Academic selections. Her silver in the 2021 Southeast Regionals helped her win All-Region honors. On March 29, 2022, she was named ACC Co-Track performer of the week, showing that even recently she still excels in her sport. She is also the only athlete ever to win Gatorade Athlete of the Year for Cross Country four times, making her the only athlete to do so in any sport.
From New York, it’s Katelyn Tuohy
The New York native has found a home in North Carolina and feels just as comfortable as she did up north.
“When I committed to NC State, I thought it was going to be a big difference coming down south,” Tuohy said. “It hasn’t really been a crazy transition.”
Tuohy was drawn to NC State by its friendliness and family atmosphere.
“I was just looking for a family atmosphere,” Tuohy said. “Where I was going to be happiest, where I was going to be the most successful, that was kind of without a doubt NC State.”
Tuohy also mentioned how appreciative she was of the coaching staff at NC State and knew the distance team was very reputable.
Road to nationals
The NC State women’s cross country team won its first ever NCAA National Championship in 2021. It was ranked first in the nation and finally cashed in for the program’s first championship. Tuohy finished 15th in the event, second for the Pack in that race. The Wolfpack finished second in its previous appearance at NCAAs, so the team had nationals marked on its calendar all year long.
“Winning nationals is definitely a memory I will cherish forever,” Tuohy said. “This year, we were all in, ‘We are winning nationals. That’s our goal.’ We wrote it on our board. It was in our locker room. We saw it everyday.”
The particular event was a 6k race, and Tuohy recorded a time of 19:43.1. This time set a new personal best in the event for her and was a vast improvement from regionals, where she recorded a 20:06.2 in a second-place finish.
Not an individual sport
With lots of conditioning and endurance training, cross country is a physically demanding sport. However, it is just as taxing on the mind and on the athlete’s discipline. Having supportive teammates around at all times helps keep Tuohy motivated and focused.
“At some points it’s very individual, but we really look at it from a team perspective,” Tuohy said. “When you’re on a super competitive team, you could get competitive with each other, but we really just support each other and uplift each other.”
The coaches encourage leading by example by not picking captains for cross country. Tuohy said that everyone has something to offer her and takes something away to add to her training. Motivation is important in any sport, but in cross country, everyone can inspire each other.
“To be good at this sport, you really have to be disciplined”
Cross country is not exactly a fast-paced sport. There are no breaks between innings, halftime, timeouts, or stoppages of play. The athlete must buckle down and run for long periods of time. This takes an enormous amount of discipline.
“It takes a lot of dedication, time, and effort,” Tuohy said. “I think when you’re surrounded by individuals that share the same values as you do… it makes life so much easier.”
Much like wrestling, rifle or swimming, cross country puts a premium on the individual athlete’s training and dedication. However, the team builds each other up and motivates each other to become the best athlete possible. It still comes with a lot of sacrifice, but Tuohy says it’s worth it.
“I would say it’s 100% worth it. Just looking back at this past season, we were able to win nationals as a team,” Tuohy said. “I’m super grateful to be surrounded by girls who also make the sacrifices that you’re willing to make just to have this collective team effort that’s something bigger than yourself.”
During meets, that team culture and shared motivation is even more important. Sometimes there are other teammates in the same heat, but other times there is not. It still comes down to doing your part and supporting each other.
“You know you trust that every single girl is going to give it their best effort and you’re going to return the favor and do everything you can for them,” Tuohy said.
Inspiring the younger generation
All of Tuohy’s achievements have given her a lot of attention both on social media and in the athletic world. Tuohy hopes to inspire a younger generation of runners and represent the team culture she is a part of.
“I definitely do have a lot of attention on social media,” she said. “It’s really cool being able to inspire the younger generation of runners.”
Tuohy mentioned that she gets plenty of messages from high schoolers asking for advice or just to make a comment. Sometimes, she’ll inspire someone even younger.
“Just at indoor track nationals, I finished my race, and I went over to my parents, and there was this little girl who was probably nine or ten years old. She was holding her shoe asking for me to sign it, and she was in awe that I was there and I was talking to her and her dad,” Tuohy said. “They said they drove three hours just to watch me race and how I inspired her to get into running. …I thought that was just super cool. ”
Tuohy was inspired herself by her older brother, Patrick, to get into running and start her cross country journey. She started off with soccer and tried running to get in shape for soccer, but fell in love with track instead. Patrick currently competes at Fordham University in New York.
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The Wolfpack entered the 2021-22 swim and dive season with incredibly high expectations, as it has for the past three years or so.
Spearheaded by head coach Braden Holloway, a slew of talented athletes were slated to rake in major ACC points and make appearances at NCAAs: freshmen Caroline and Grace Sheble, high school fly phenom Aiden Hayes and David Curtiss, to name a few. With the addition of such gifted swimmers, the sky was the limit for NC State’s swim team.
That being said, even the best and brightest will inevitably hit some bumps in the road. Before the season officially began, Olympic medalist and arguably NC State’s best recruit, Noe Ponti, made the decision to leave NC State and opted to train in his home country of Switzerland instead, citing mental fatigue in the months after his third-place performance in Tokyo.
It’s an unfortunate truth that NC State’s freshman class didn’t perform quite as well as expected this season, especially on the men’s side. Curtiss’ 18.77 50-yard freestyle made him the fourth-fastest NCAA freshman in history in the event and an ACC champion to boot, but he faltered at NCAAs, posting 19.22 in finals.
Hayes also had a somewhat rocky start to the season, oftentimes front-loading the 200-yard butterfly and falling short in the final 50, but came back to garner some major points in the 100-yard butterfly at ACCs and NCAAs, setting the 17-18 national age group record in the process.
Despite Ponti’s absence and a somewhat underwhelming performance from the freshman during the regular season, the men’s team cruised through an undefeated regular season. Granted, they didn’t face the toughest competition out there — Duke and UNC-Wilmington simply aren’t on the same level — but a win’s a win.
On the other hand, the women experienced two losses over the regular season — an unexpected figure, but the losses came against Virginia and Texas, two of the top three teams in the country.
The women’s team did win handily against No. 5 Tennessee earlier on in the season, but I would have liked to see some close matches throughout the regular season. It’s unreasonable to think that Stanford would make it all the way out to Raleigh for a random meet in January, but Ohio State or Alabama would have been riveting competitors.
In the meantime, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for a top-five showdown next season, assuming that NC State retains its position in next season’s rankings.
And speaking of next season, most Division I-worthy high school graduates have already committed, which means we have a pretty good idea of the talent NC State will bring in. North Carolina natives Michael Cotter and Lance Norris will join the Wolfpack as freshmen this fall.
Cotter’s strongest events are the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events, while Norris specializes in distance freestyle. They’ll certainly add to NC State’s already strong freestyle roster, although the depth of talent joining the team next season isn’t quite as strong as last season’s recruits.
I was keeping my fingers crossed that Olympian and all-around sprint phenom Claire Curzan would stay in state and choose the Wolfpack for the next four years, but you can’t always get what you wish for. She, alongside club teammate Charlotte Hook, will join Stanford this fall as the top two recruits in the country.
This will certainly put Virginia’s NCAA winning streak in contention, but NC State’s chances of finishing on top will remain slim. That being said, the Wolfpack will see the likes of Kennedy Noble and Katherine Helms, two well-rounded swimmers from Arizona and Virginia, respectively.
As for the top athletes NC State will retain, its men’s distance dream team of junior Ross Dant and sophomores Will Gallant and James Plage will return for the 2022-23 season. Although they’ll be losing graduate student Eric Knowles, he was by no means the fastest member of that distance squad — I’ll be more concerned to see Dant go when he graduates.
As the third-place finisher in the 800-meter freestyle in Olympic Trials last June and a clear leader of the men’s team this year, Dant’s talent will almost certainly be one of the Wolfpack’s many strengths during championship season next year.
However, when it comes down to the best swimmer NC State will see for at least one more year, look no further than junior Katharine Berkoff. Following in her dad’s footsteps, Berkoff defended her national title in the 100-yard backstroke last month and broke the American, NCAA, meet, U.S. Open and pool records in the process.
Furthermore, Berkoff took home two gold medals and one bronze medal in last December’s World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. There’s absolutely no telling what kinds of records Berkoff will break over the summer and next year, but she certainly isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
Although NC State’s retainment of Berkoff is a huge boost to the overall depth of the team, the Wolfpack will lose a few key swimmers on the women’s side. Senior and Swedish Olympian Sophie Hansson will leave collegiate competition after this season, as will fifth-year ACC champions Julia Poole and Kate Moore.
It’s unclear at this point whether any of them will opt to enter the ISL draft, although it’s likely Hansson will continue her swimming career well into her 20s. With the postponement of this year’s ISL season due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, it’ll be interesting to see where some of NC State’s top talent ends up upon graduation.
Obviously, any hard and fast predictions I end up making about the Wolfpack’s performance in the pool next season will probably end up changing over the course of the next several months. FINA World Championships, European Championships and FINA Short Course World Championships will all occur this year, spelling out some exciting international races for current NC State swimmers and alums alike.
No matter which way you slice it, the Wolfpack’s best and brightest aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, and we’ll continue to see some incredible recruits for years to come.
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With the 2022 Minor League Baseball season already upon us, several MiLB Pack Pros are continuing their push to climb through the ranks and become MLB Pack Pros. Among them, six former Wolfpack players are ranked among the top 30 prospects in their respective organizations. Let’s take a look at what lies ahead for these aspiring major leaguers.
Patrick Bailey, catcher, San Francisco Giants
With Joey Bart generating a lot of hubbub with the spring he’s had, it can be easy to forget that the Giants have not just one but two catchers among the top 10 prospects in their organization with Patrick Bailey in the mix. While Bart looks like the immediate successor to long-time San Fran backstop Buster Posey, Bailey still carries a lot of upside with him heading into the 2022 season.
In his first pro season, Bailey excelled with the Single-A San Jose Giants but struggled in the jump to the Eugene Emeralds in High-A ball. The switch-hitter saw his on-base percentage drop by .125 between San Jose and Eugene while nearly matching his strikeout total in 52 fewer plate appearances. For a prospect whose offensive calling card is his plate discipline, Bailey will have to make significant progress at the plate to stay on track for his journey to the show.
Still, there’s no reason to be concerned about Bailey’s development. The Giants have a reputation of developing good catchers in their organization (see Bart), and Bailey has the defensive tools and leadership to succeed behind the plate. As the No. 8 prospect in the San Francisco system, a rough patch in his rookie campaign won’t derail that all at once.
Tyler McDonough, outfielder/second baseman, Boston Red Sox
NC State baseball fans will remember Tyler McDonough as the center fielder for the 2021 team that made it to the College World Series, but McDonough’s defensive alignment looks like it will be more fluid at the professional level. Much like former Red Sox fan favorite Brock Holt, McDonough is emerging as a utility defender at second base as well as center field.
On the offensive side, McDonough is also switching to a more power-based approach at the plate. Although the switch-hitter tied for the most home runs on that 2021 Wolfpack squad, McDonough’s power numbers primarily came from his ability to drive the ball into the gap and leg out extra base hits, as exemplified by his team-leading 21 doubles for NC State in his final season. At the pro level, McDonough has put on some muscle to increase his raw power at the dish, taking away a smidgen of his speed.
With only half a season of minor league baseball under his belt, McDonough won’t be playing at Fenway Park until around 2024, but his promisingly smooth transmission into the professional ranks makes him a big piece of Boston’s farm system, good enough for No. 19 in the organization.
Nick Swiney, left-handed pitcher, San Francisco Giants
For a guy that missed over two months of his first pro season with a concussion, Nick Swiney had a really good 2021.
As in, “0.84 ERA in 12 starts” good.
Granted, Swiney had a light workload while rehabbing his injury. He never reached five full innings in a single start in rookie ball or in Single-A with the San Jose Giants, but allowing just three earned runs in 32.1 innings is nothing to scoff at. On top of 0 home runs allowed in 2021, Swiney’s numbers give the Giants a lot to be excited about.
The southpaw’s success, both past and future, hinges on his two best pitches: a wicked upper-70s curveball and a changeup with a little more oomph. While both carry immense swing and miss potential, Swiney will need to learn to throw them consistently for strikes as his opponents’ plate discipline improves with each level of the minor leagues. His low 90s fastball will help him pound the strike zone as well.
Although Swiney’s concussion resulted from a freak occurrence of him hitting his head on a bus door, the 6-foot-3 lefty will also need to prove his durability in the coming year if he wants to remain a starter in the pros. If he can’t withstand the grind of a full season’s worth of innings, Swiney may be moved to a relief role. For now, he sits at a respectable rank of No. 18 in the Giants organization.
Jose Torres, shortstop, Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds seem to have started a rebuild this offseason with the departure of several key pieces from the major league roster. Left-handed pitcher Amir Garrett got dealt to the Royals, left fielder Jesse Winker and third baseman Eugenio Suarez were shipped to Seattle and right fielder Nick Castellanos left for Philadelphia in free agency.
And that will make it a 4-0 offseason.
That being said, Jose Torres is now in a great position to develop his game just in time for a possible Reds resurgence in 2024. Along with Cincinnati’s top prospects that are set to break into the show over the next couple of years, Torres could make the jump to the majors as part of a new wave of young Reds talent.
Torres in particular is primarily a defensive shortstop, but his bat caught fire in his first professional season. The rookie slashed .337/.383/.568 over 119 plate appearances with the Single-A Daytona Tortugas in 2021, a pace that will accelerate his progression through the minor leagues if he is able to maintain it. With his already solid glove, the Reds’ No. 17 prospect has all the necessary tools to make it to the big leagues. Now he just needs to produce.
Luca Tresh, catcher, Kansas City Royals
Although he is the furthest from the show out of anyone in this group, projected to make his MLB debut in 2025, Luca Tresh has the simplest road to get there. To put it bluntly, Tresh won’t reach his full potential until he learns to limit his strikeouts.
Much like his 2021 season with the Wolfpack, Tresh’s raw power was hampered in his first pro season by his inability to get the bat on the ball. In Single-A Columbia, Tresh struck out in 11 of his 35 at-bats and registered just one extra-base hit for an abysmal slashline of .143/.231/.171 for the season. Until Tresh can better work the count and show more plate discipline, his tremendous upside will continue to go to waste.
Make no mistake, Tresh is a great baseball player. Not every 17th-round pick gets a $423,000 signing bonus, and his teammates in the minors have praised him for his leadership and competitiveness. But after a 2021 campaign that left a lot to be desired, 2022 will be a big year for the Royals’ No. 28 prospect to prove that he has what it takes to succeed.
Will Wilson, shortstop, San Francisco Giants
With left-handed pitcher and MLB Pack Pro Carlos Rodón inking a deal with the Giants this past offseason, San Francisco further solidified its connection with NC State baseball as Will Wilson completes the minor league trio of himself, Bailey and Swiney.
That being said, 2022 will be Wilson’s third season as a pro, and the pressure to live up to his No. 15 overall selection in the 2019 draft is mounting. His lack of mobility in the field hints at a future move away from shortstop, so Wilson will need his bat to rebound in 2022 if he wants to stay relevant in the Giants organization.
The jump to Double-A is regarded as the most difficult in the minor leagues, and Wilson’s experience was no exception. After 49 productive games with High-A Eugene to start the 2021 season, Wilson slashed a miserable .189/.281/.306 with Double-A Richmond over 51 games.
These numbers were exacerbated by Wilson’s 81 strikeouts in 221 plate appearances, showing he has a lot of work to do if he wants to stay on track for his projected MLB debut in 2023. For the Giants’ No. 22 prospect, 2022 will need to be the year that Wilson takes his game to the next level.
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NC State has seen a decline in the enrollment of international students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The University is home to 6,000 international students from 129 different countries.
International students are involved in research, student organizations, student employment on campus and more. According to Elizabeth James, director of the international services department, the decline in international students enrolling was a culmination of several factors.
“Some of it was political,” James said. “There was a lot of anti-immigration policies being introduced at the time and rising instances of xenophobia that contributed in this matter. But the pandemic in particular made things much more difficult for international students.Some of the issues international students had a hard time dealing with during the past two years included travel bans, limited visa appointments and availability and overall limitations on the number of international students allowed to enter the U.S.”
James said the delay in obtaining visas, lasting until September of 2020, resulted in many international students deferring until the spring of 2021. This led to both the class of 2020 and the incoming class of 2021 enrolling at the same time.
“In the fall of 2020, most of the international students that we had were transfers from other institutions already in the United States, so we only had less than 50 students from outside of the U.S. Normally, we would have 1200,” James said.
Siddharth Vikram, an international student from India pursuing a master’s degree in industrial and systems engineering, came to NC State in the fall of 2021. Vikram said applying to college in the U.S. was a long, difficult process. Due to the thousands of applicants attempting to study in the U.S. and limited timeslots, getting the required testing and interviewing done was a challenge.
“I was forced to travel 10,000 miles south of my home for the biometric exam and another 2,000 miles east for the interview,” Vikram said.
Venkata Punugu, an international student from India pursuing a master’s degree in industrial engineering, came to NC State in 2020. Pungu said he traveled two hours by bus to take the biometric exam and 14 hours by train for his interview.
“The interview in its entirety took only one minute,” Pungu said. “They asked four questions concerning why I want to attend university in the U.S., finances and what were my plans post-college. While waiting in line for the interview, I heard the man in front of me being rejected, it was very stressful.”
Punugu said he got a lot of support from the Office of International Services (OIS) at NC State.
“They were very responsive, holding Zoom meetings each week to answer questions about the application itself, COVID, vaccination policies, no matter how trivial they were very attentive and made the process much smoother,” Punugu said.
Danny Patino, an international student from Ecuador pursuing a master’s degree in poultry science, said his experience applying for college in the U.S. was fairly easy.
“I had very few issues throughout the whole process,” Patino said. “I received the documents from NC State quickly. The only issue was that I had to fly seven hours to the nearest open embassy in my country.”
Patino said he was lucky with how easy the process was. He said many of his friends from Ecuador who also applied to NC State faced challenges concerning forms and documentation.
“In general, just like a reminder is that we as international students could use the help [from OIS] when we are outside of the country,” Patino said. “By the time we arrive in the U.S, we need less assistance.”
With the rate of COVID-19 cases decreasing on campus, James said the enrollment rate of international students will continue being monitored.
“It remains to be seen whether the decline is a permanent trend, or if this is still pandemic related, so fall 2022 will be a really interesting semester for us to see and evaluate,” James said. “We actually had the largest number of new international students arrive in the following year of 2021.”
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Brick Layers is an NC State research project investigating the history and namesake of the built environment of campus. The origins of the names of landmarks such as Dan Allen Drive, Tompkins Hall, Poe Hall and other places students go every day are included in the research.
Tammy Gordon, a professor of history and former director of public history, was asked by the Office of the Chancellor to lead the research.
“I worked with a few people on the chancellor's team, and the chancellor funded the project,” Gordon said. “The idea was to just find out more about the built environment at the campus, because there were a lot of questions, particularly about Daniels Hall and the Hill Library. People wanted to know a little bit about the namesakes, so the chancellor asked us to find out more.”
According to Gordon, the sites researched for this project were selected based on a student survey and assessments of which namesake may no longer reflect the values endorsed by the University today.
Daniels Hall, now called 111 Lampe Drive, was formerly named after white supremacist Josephus Daniels. Hill Library is named after Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr., one of the first faculty at NC State. The library’s full name was updated in 2019 to reflect that it was not named after his father Daniel Harvey Hill, a Confederate general.
“We also hoped that we could provide some information that would help policymakers and decision makers at the University,” Gordon said. “It's always important when you're trying to solve a problem to look at how that problem started in the first place. And so looking at the context of the University's history, it can help us understand why university buildings are named after people that might not reflect our values today. That's what we do as historians as we want people to understand their relationship to the past and how the past shapes the present, the University that we have built today.”
According to Allana Natanson, an NC State alum and Gordon’s former research assistant, the first time the archives mention somebody explicitly calling the road Dan Allen Drive was in 1940.
“They were going through and naming a whole bunch of buildings and spaces on campus then,” Natanson said. “[Dan Allen] was a member of the board of trustees of the college, and in context, all of the other buildings that they had also named they decided to name after alumni.”
According to Gordon, the University chose to name buildings after people they felt reflected the students, faculty and administration’s beliefs at the time, and these namesakes are not necessarily reflective of the University’s values now.
“Dan Allen was a supporter of the University, he was a philanthropist, and the University at the time thought he represented their values,” Gordon said. “He was also a member of what was called the White Supremacy Club. He and many other university founders believed wholeheartedly in white supremacy, and that's not a label that we attached to them, that's a label that they embraced for themselves. They were proud of advocating for what they call the Anglo-Saxon race, as were many people in power in North Carolina and around the United States at this time. They were probably more typical of white men in power at the time.”
Gordon said we should all be learning more about the history of those honored around campus, because many familiar names have pasts similar to Dan Allen’s.
“Every one of us should be using University Archives to know about the history of the people who are honored on our buildings,” Gordon said. “But known white supremacists, people who were architects of segregation, are not worth honoring, and I think they constitute what some people refer to as an environmental microaggression. But again, as a historian, my job is not to judge any of this, it's just to come up with the primary sources and then put them in context with what we know about history. So I would hope that people who are in decision-making capacity, consider the full history of the University and not just the parts that make us feel good.”
Natanson said she would like to see Dan Allen Drive have a different name but doesn’t think we should completely remove this history or the University’s culpability.
“I think we still need to have an acknowledgement that it was called at one point Dan Allen Drive and that the University thought that Dan Allen's actions were worthy of honoring,” Natanson said. “And I think the other thing we need to think about is what are the systemic issues of the University, systemic inequities of the University that can be or that need to be addressed and can't be paved over by just renaming it. Are we going to take action besides just giving the road a new name?”
The link to the Brick Layers website can be found here.
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NC State had a handful of Pack Pros representing the Pack9 at MLB spring training this year, from new San Francisco Giant left-handed pitcher Carlos Rodón to fan favorite shortstop Trea Turner. Before the regular season starts on April 7, let's take a look at how these players performed in Arizona and Florida.
Carlos Rodón, left-handed pitcher, San Francisco Giants
Just after the end of the MLB lockout, Rodón signed a two-year, $44 million contract with the Giants and headed West.
Welcome to the #SFGiants, @Carlos_Rodon55 👊 pic.twitter.com/917D6rngr1
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) March 14, 2022
Rodón made two appearances in this season’s spring training, pitching against his former team, the Chicago White Sox, and the San Diego Padres. In 2.2 innings against the White Sox, he gave up just one earned run on a home run while striking out four.
By his second outing in the Cactus League, Rodón let up just one hit in four innings against the Padres while again striking out four. Currently set to be the Giants’ No. 2 starter this season, Rodón’s impressive spring has shown he is settling in well with his new team despite the craziness of these past few months.
Trea Turner, shortstop, Los Angeles Dodgers
With former Dodger Corey Seager’s move to the Texas Rangers, it seems as if the Dodgers' future at shortstop is with Trea Turner. In 33 at-bats this past month, Turner is slashing .333/.389/.424 with five RBIs.
While he’s yet to hit one out of the park in 2022, Rodón had three huge doubles in these past 13 games. Most recently in the Dodgers’ spring training finale against the Los Angeles Angels, Rodón grabbed a huge two RBI double to right field, scoring right fielder Mookie Betts and newly minted Dodger first baseman Freddie Freeman and gave fans a glimpse of what this trio is capable of producing offensively this coming year.
Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Trea Turner are batting 1,2,3 for the Los Angeles Dodgers 🤯 pic.twitter.com/65qVcppYCL
— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) April 6, 2022
Andrew Knizner, catcher, St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals catcher Andrew Knizner had 10 at-bats through eight games this spring, capitalizing for a .300 batting average with three RBIs and a home run.
That bomb came in his first appearance this year back in March against the Houston Astros where he took J.P. France deep in the fourth inning, also scoring Paul DeJong to increase the Cardinals' lead at the time.
Patrick Bailey, catcher, San Francisco Giants
Another MLB Pack Pro in the Giants organization, catcher Patrick Bailey sits at No. 8 on the Giants Top 30 Prospect List entering the 2022 season. Invited to spring training as a non-roster invitee, Bailey had a .333 batting average in 12 at-bats with two RBIs and a home run.
He was held hitless until his breakout game on March 24 against the White Sox where he went two for two with a double and a home run, a shot to left field, also scoring fellow Pack Pro shortstop Will Wilson.
Will Wilson, shortstop, San Francisco Giants
Speaking of Wilson, part of the minor league camp that was working throughout the lockout, he joined the group of Pack Pros over in Arizona where he made three appearances. Starting the spring 0 for 3, he had a big turnaround in his last two outings going 3 for 4 with a double for a .429 batting average.
He also made the Giants' Top 30 Prospect list, currently listed at No. 22.
Jon Olczak, right-handed pitcher, Houston Astros
Also among the MLB Pack Pros invited as a non-roster invitee, right-handed pitcher Jon Olczak pitched four innings in three appearances this spring, giving up only one hit and one walk while striking out four.
Scott Manea, catcher, Houston Astros
Rounding out the MLB Pack Pros at spring training this season is catcher Scott Manea who was also invited as a non-roster invitee. Manea had one hit, a single, in three appearances with the Astros.
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The University of North Carolina system will always be a business at the end of the day, as every student is a new customer. Just like major corporations, the UNC System creates and follows a strategic plan every five years. The end of the 2021-22 academic year will mark the end of the UNC Board of Governors (BOG)’s’ Higher Expectations plan, which focused on student success, access, affordability, efficiency and community engagement.
The UNC System was successful in meeting many goals, but most of the goals were not lofty to start with. One of the main goals for student success was getting the five-year graduation rate to 70% by 2022, which now sits successfully at 72.7%. This goal, however, was only a 4% increase from the 66% five-year graduation rate at the time the plan was made.
Access was an area where universities fell particularly short. Despite the consistent growth of the overall five-year graduation rate, the degree completion rate for low-income students has stayed low, with the 2021-22 rate 11.8% lower than their goal of just 37% growth. New enrollments for rural and low-income students also did not meet the set targets.
The low achievement in the access area may be due to the UNC System murky affordability goals. The system is committed to providing education “in a cost-effective manner without regard to a student’s ability to pay,” as is already required by Title IX of the North Carolina State Constitution. No concrete targets were created to lower tuition costs and no concrete data was provided to show how tuition prices have changed in the past five years.
Tuition is revenue for the UNC system. Both a blessing and a curse, in-state students are on a fixed-rate tuition plan for eight semesters. Each new cohort of students can be charged a new, higher price — in 2021 the BOG approved an average tuition increase of 1.2%. There are also no restrictions to the growth of student fees. While tuition and fees have not grown by incredible degrees, there has been no plan to make anything cheaper.
The next five-year strategic plan was described by the BOG as a “refresh” of the previous plan in their meeting on Jan. 19. It plans to continue to focus on the same broad objectives to improve the community impact and student success, while working on returning enrollment to pre-2020 levels.
A big strategy for increasing enrollment post-pandemic is Project Kitty Hawk, a new system-wide online learning platform. Project Kitty Hawk will work with Online Program Managers (OPMs) and become its own registered nonprofit. Affiliated universities will get two-thirds of revenue from the online degrees. The OPMs will get the other third of revenue.
The UNC System and the General Assembly have both realized the current college customer-base will be on the decline because of the birth rate consistently falling in the past few decades. The General Assembly pledged $97 million towards Project Kitty Hawk in the most recent state budget. The UNC System now has its eyes set on appealing to the adult-learners, which it describes as an “underserved market.”
Colleges had to quickly make changes during the pandemic to classes, healthcare, housing and staffing. While the system has not fallen apart under the stress of the changes, any student enrolled in online classes can tell you they are not perfect. Adult learners have further difficulties to add to the online learning environment including demanding jobs, families and other responsibilities that will be difficult for the UNC System to support.
With the great emphasis on Project Kitty Hawk, the 2022 refresh to the UNC System’s strategic plan is future-oriented, but there are still current problems that require close attention. The BOG has now changed UNC chancellors’ financial incentives to be tied to the on time graduation rate instead of the five-year graduation rate. It also provides an incentive to chancellors to keep tuition increases in-line with median household income. Mental health is also now included in the student success metric in the refresh.
These are all important goals that will help finish what the Higher Expectations started. As of now, 24 of 50 pages of the new strategic plan’s presentation are spent on Project Kitty Hawk and only 9 pages are devoted to the new goals. This makes it seem like the other goals are less of a priority.
There is still room for educational, experiential and economic improvements for currently enrolled UNC customers. While lower enrollment is an issue the UNC System must deal with, increasing the base of customers they appeal to will not be the best way to fix fundamental problems in universities — like affordability and degree completion.
Although the campus town halls have all passed for providing public comment on the strategic plan refresh, there is still a survey and a form for open-ended feedback.
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The NC State softball team eked out a 1-0 win at home against the Longwood Lancers on Wednesday, April 6.
The Pack (26-13) and the Lancers (16-19) only notched one hit each, but a fifth-inning RBI triple by fifth-year center fielder Brittany Jackson proved to be the difference between a win and a loss for NC State.
Redshirt sophomore right-handed pitcher Aisha Weixlmann tossed a gem for the Wolfpack, pitching a complete game shutout on one hit, three walks and seven strikeouts. While Longwood starter Er’ron Burton also pitched well, notching eight strikeouts in six innings of one-run ball, Weixlmann beat out Burton in the tightly contested pitcher’s duel.
The two right-handers were neck-and-neck for most of the game, as neither team could muster a hit through the first four innings. Weixlmann surrendered her only allowed hit of the day in the top of the fifth when a well-placed bunt down the third base line by Mason Basdikis resulted in an infield single, but that frame could have turned out worse for the Pack as the Lancers ultimately left two runners on base.
Korynna Anderson drew a leadoff walk to give Longwood its first baserunner since the second inning and Lauren Fox later laid down a sacrifice bunt to put both Anderson and Basdikis in scoring position with two outs. Weixlmann managed to escape the jam, however, engineered a groundout to graduate shortstop Randi Farricker to end the inning.
Head coach Jennifer Patrick-Swift and the Wolfpack capitalized on their own scoring chance in the bottom half of the inning. Redshirt sophomore designated player Libby Whittaker reached first on an error to put the go-ahead run on base with one out. Patrick-Swift maximized her team’s chances of scoring by sending freshman Maddy Schmeiser in to pinch run for Whittaker. Jackson laced a triple down the right field line to send Schmeiser home for the game’s only run.
B5 | @brittaliciaa tallies our first triple of the season and we have the lead 👏🐺 1🐴 0#GoPack | #HomeRunMindset pic.twitter.com/A06GwBnNYk
— NC State Softball (@PackSoftball) April 6, 2022
After both squads went down in order in the sixth, the Lancers stranded another pair of baserunners as Weixlmann punctuated her stellar performance with a game-ending strikeout.
The Wolfpack will head down to Columbia, South Carolina for the Garnet and Black Round Robin starting Friday, April 8. The Pack will start the competition with a doubleheader, taking on East Tennessee State at 11 a.m. followed by South Carolina at 2 p.m.
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For the fourth straight season, the Carolina Hurricanes are playoff bound.
With a comeback 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres (26-35-11) on Thursday, April 7, the Hurricanes (46-17-8) clinched a playoff berth as well as the second 100-point season in franchise history. After a bitter 4-2 loss to the Sabres in Buffalo just two days prior, the significance of this win was not lost on the Hurricanes.
“That’s what we wanted to accomplish from day one four years ago,” said head coach Rod Brind’Amour. “It wasn’t just to have a good team here and there. It was to be good for a long time and give this area a team to be proud of.”
Brind’Amour first took the helm for Carolina in 2018-19 when he led the Canes to their first playoff appearance since 2008-09, and he’s repeated that level of play since with this string of playoff berths. However, this is not Brind’Amour’s first rodeo when it comes to leading the Carolina Hurricanes, as he captained the only other Carolina team to eclipse 100 points in a season. A team that just so happened to win the Stanley Cup in 2005-06.
Even with a bevy of young talent on the roster, most of the current Canes players are used to qualifying for the playoffs given the team’s success under Brind’Amour. However, perhaps no other Hurricanes adopted a more “business as usual” attitude than center Jordan Staal, who’s been in Carolina since 2012-13. Even though the majority of his time in Raleigh has been spent missing the postseason rather than making it, the veteran captain stayed true to his down-to-earth demeanor when he found out that the Canes were heading to the playoffs.
"Oh we clinched tonight? That's sweet." pic.twitter.com/wEQEVrf1Sb
— x-Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) April 8, 2022
The victory over the Sabres to secure a playoff spot did indeed prove sweet. But even before the final horn sounded, that sweetness abounded in the form of a dessert.
Specifically, turnovers.
The Canes and the Sabres each racked up 11 giveaways over the course of the contest, making for a sloppy, albeit exciting, game of hockey. At first, the game looked to be a repeat of that recent loss to Buffalo as Carolina dug itself into a 2-0 hole by the end of the first period. Despite both of the Hurricanes’ power play opportunities coming towards the end of the opening 20, some shoddy defensive work saw Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch each sneak a goal past goaltender Antti Raanta for a 2-0 Sabres lead.
The Canes did let up one more goal in the second period, but things started to turn around for Carolina at that point. The top line of right wing Andrei Svechnikov, center Sebastian Aho and center Seth Jarvis combined for the first of its two goals to put the Hurricanes on the scoreboard.
Left wing Teuvo Teräväinen drew inspiration from the game’s first siren sounder, UNC-Chapel Hill men’s basketball player Brady Manek, by scoring on a catch and shoot play of his own. When the Sabres tried to clear the puck out of their own zone, Teräväinen grabbed it out of the air before setting it down on the ice to fire past Buffalo netminder Craig Anderson, pulling with Canes within a goal before the second intermission.
Catch and release pic.twitter.com/XUA2CHPmUY
— x-Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) April 8, 2022
In keeping with the game’s trend of the Canes scoring highlight-reel goals, Staal netted the equalizer to cap off a stylish segment of team hockey. Right wing Jesper Fast dished a cross-ice pass to defenseman Brett Pesce who dangled the puck just long enough to tease the Buffalo defenseman in, then passed to a wide-open Staal who deposited the puck into the net.
This is beautiful hockey pic.twitter.com/SYg62zKK3y
— x-Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) April 8, 2022
The Svechnikov-Aho-Jarvis line netted the go-ahead goal with just under nine minutes to go in another great example of passing chemistry. After the game, Jarvis expanded on how playing on a line with a young superstar like Svech helps him cultivate his own game.
“It’s sick,” Jarvis said. “All I have to do is be first in the battles and just poke the puck free, and [Svechnikov] just wheels in there with his massive body and creates a bunch of chaos for everyone. It’s nice because a guy like me, I can kind of get lost and hopefully find those greasy goals.”
Staal scored an empty-netter with 55 seconds to go to seal the deal. With another win tucked under its belt and with playoff hockey now officially on the docket for Carolina, the team is beginning to prepare for further success in the postseason.
“It’s good news for this club,” Staal said. “We’ve worked hard to get here. We’ve got a long road ahead, but this was the first step. It’s definitely nice to celebrate.”
For now, the Hurricanes face a quick turnaround as the New York Islanders come to PNC Arena on Friday, April 8. Puck drops at 7 p.m.
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The No. 3 NC State women’s tennis team is back in the win column as the Pack added its 20th win of the season after taking down Virginia Tech 6-1 on the road.
Now 20-3 on the season, the Pack successfully rebounded in Blacksburg after dropping two straight matches to rivals then-No. 14 Duke and No. 1 UNC. The usual dominant doubles round as well as a strong series of singles matches paved the way for the Pack’s eighth ACC win of the season.
The match started with NC State quickly taking the doubles round without much contention from the Hokies. The No. 89 duo of sophomore Sophie Abrams and freshman Priska Nugroho effortlessly took court three 6-0, the No. 26-ranked pairing of sophomores Amelia Rajecki and Abigail Rencheli finished off the doubles round with an equally impressive 6-1 win.
Up 1-0, the Pack carried its momentum from the previous round to its singles matches where the top of NC State’s order earned equally effortless wins in its solo bouts.
No. 33 Rencheli put the Pack up 2-0 with her 6-2, 6-0 where she flaunted a flawless second set. No. 61 Nugroho matched Rencheli with her own 6-2, 6-0 win where she also won six straight games in her second set. With the Wolfpack up 3-0, No. 12 graduate Jaeda Daniel clinched it for NC State with her impressive 6-2, 6-2 win on court one.
After clinching, the rest of the Pack’s lineup on courts four through six played out the rest of its matches, all of which went to three sets as the squad took two more singles wins.
Rajecki won in three sets as the sophomore was able to take her extremely tight super breaker to decide the match with a final score of 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (14-12). Up 5-0, Virginia Tech was able to take its only win of the day on court six as Abrams lost to her Hokie opponent 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. To finish off the day, the Pack added one more to its total as senior Nell Miller won on court five in another dramatic, super breaker finish with a final score of 7-6 (7-5), 3-6 1-0 (10-4).
The members of the top half of the Wolfpack’s lineup are now all ranked and they showed it today. Flaunting such a strong, nationally recognized roster of players, NC State looks to finish out the season strong as the squad battles through its remaining ACC opponents.
The last road match of the season for the Pack is scheduled for Sunday, April 10 as NC State takes on the No. 14 Virginia Cavaliers. The match is set to start at 1 p.m.
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NC State softball split its doubleheader on Friday, April 8, beating East Tennessee State 4-0 in the afternoon’s first matchup before falling 9-3 to the South Carolina Gamecocks.
The pair of games brings NC State to a 27-14, 5-10 ACC record on the season, with the home run or bust mentality still in full swing for head coach Jennifer Patrick-Swift’s team. Coming into the day as the No. 54 team in the country by RPI, the Pack’s Friday performance likely won’t change much in terms of national placement but does resurface concerns over the team’s ability to hang with the more consistent programs.
East Tennessee State
As has been the case for Wolfpack softball in recent years, home runs serve as the team’s primary win condition. In the day’s first matchup, NC State was able to meet that requirement with redshirt sophomore first baseman Libby Whittaker smashing one to deep-left center field, scoring the game-clinching three runs that the Pack needed to win 4-0.
Whittaker made the most out of the Pack’s only hit of the game, scoring graduate student right fielder Taylor Johnson and freshman utility player Maddy Schmeiser. NC State’s only other run of the day came courtesy of a wild pitch, bringing sophomore second baseman Kaylee Lambrecht around the bases for an unearned run.
Graduate lefty Maddie McPherson got the nod in the circle for the day’s first matchup, facing 20 batters in six innings pitched. In her time on the mound, McPherson amassed an impressive 10 strikeouts with no walks, giving up only three hits. The victory brings McPherson’s record to a solid 9-5 on the year.
Freshman designated player Michele Tarpey came in to relieve McPherson in the seventh, helping the Pack close out game one. In her lone inning pitched, Tarpey did what it took to earn a win for NC State, striking out two batters, walking one and letting up a single hit against the five batters she faced before the end of the inning.
South Carolina
Live by the home run, die by the home run: with the Pack’s first game of the day being secured via dinger it was nothing short of poetic to see the team fall to the Gamecocks due to a lack of consistent offensive output. Things got out of hand early for NC State, going down 9-1 by the end of the second inning thanks to some scorching hot bats in South Carolina’s lineup and a disastrous fielding performance.
The Gamecock’s first three runs came by way of an Aaliyah White single. A fielding error moved White to second base and a subsequent error got her to third, scoring South Carolina’s first run. Things remained largely the same in the bottom of the second, with fielding errors and wild pitches contributing to the majority of the Gamecocks’ six runs in the frame. Despite a double from freshman left fielder Alaina Smith scoring Whittaker in the top of the second, bringing the Pack back within two runs in the top of the second, by the time NC State could stop the bleeding in the bottom of the inning it was too late.
NC State earned its last two runs of the afternoon in the form of a Lambrecht single scoring Whittaker in the top of the fourth and a solo shot to left-center field from fifth-year third baseman Logan Morris in the seventh.
Redshirt sophomore righty Aisha Weixlmann got the start in game two and was awarded a swift reality check. In just 1.2 innings pitched, Weixlmann gave up two hits, eight runs — just two of them earned — and walked three of the 14 batters she faced. Patrick-Swift decided to make a change, bringing McPherson in for the remainder of the matchup despite her six innings pitched in game one.
McPherson kept the scoreline respectable, letting up four hits and one earned run while striking out two batters and giving up zero walks in 4.1 innings pitched. By the time McPherson took the mound, the damage was already done. The loss drops Weixlmann’s record to 11-6 on the year and serves as a reminder that this team can show up as a dominant force or a discombobulated nightmare in any given matchup.
Pack softball sees its next doubleheader of the Garnet and Black Round Robin on Saturday, April 9, facing off against ETSU at noon and South Carolina at 5 p.m. The Pack will hope for a better outing against the Gamecocks on the event’s second day, but it's hard to tell given the inconsistencies this team has shown thus far.
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One day removed from clinching a playoff spot, the Carolina Hurricanes suffered a 2-1 loss to the New York Islanders in PNC Arena on Friday, April 8.
The Canes (46-18-8) looked flat in all aspects of the game as the Islanders (33-28-9) took advantage of Carolina’s struggling power play and its overall lack of tenacity. The Canes never really tested New York goalie Ilya Sorokin, and the Islanders came away with both points as a result.
“From my point of view, we were really gassed,” said head coach Rod Brind’Amour. “There was no energy in our legs. We had no speed to get in and get on them. They did a nice job with a lot of blocked shots.”
The Hurricanes’ inability to generate chances was especially obvious on the power play, which has struggled to get the job done in recent weeks. Neither team really got anything going while on the play, with both going 0 for 4 on the night, but Carolina’s reluctance to get into the dirty areas was all the more apparent when the Isles were keeping them out of the slot with one less skater.
“They’ve been terrible,” Brind’Amour said. “Let’s just be honest. The second unit has actually been pretty good. They get in every time and get some action, but our first group has got to get way better.”
Even at even strength, Carolina simply struggled to make much happen on offense. The Islanders eventually cracked the scoreboard in the second period with a goal from Jean-Gabriel Pageau, but the Canes floundered in contrast. During the middle period, the Hurricanes registered just one shot compared to New York’s eight.
Carolina did manage to engineer a sliver of hope in the dying moments of the game, however. With goaltender Frederik Andersen pulled off the ice for an extra skater, center Vincent Trocheck netted a game-tying goal with just 58.6 seconds left in the third.
TROCHEK! Game is tied 1-1!@Canes l #LetsGoCanes pic.twitter.com/4OuURYc2Mc
— Bally Sports: Canes (@CanesOnBally) April 9, 2022
That hope was quickly quashed as the Isles caught the Canes off guard and Kyle Palmieri slipped the puck past Andersen with just 14.1 seconds left in regulation. After coming so close to salvaging at least a point in OT, the result was a difficult pill for the Hurricanes to swallow.
“I don’t think we took a breath,” Trocheck said. “But it hurts whenever you get one back late and they score. It starts at the beginning of the game. It’s not just that last shift. We’ve got to start better.”
Much like the playoff-clinching win against Buffalo, Carolina’s newfound tendency of turning the puck over in bad spots also marred the Canes’ evening. The Hurricanes racked up 15 giveaways compared to just two by the Islanders, with many of the Canes’ turnovers coming in their own zone. The Hurricanes’ Inability to maintain possession allowed the Isles to generate counterattacks and keep Carolina behind the proverbial eight ball on several occasions.
With 10 games left in the regular season, time is running out for the Hurricanes to hit their stride and carry some momentum into the playoffs. Their next opportunity to return to form will come on Sunday, April 10 in a home game against the Anaheim Ducks. Puck drops at 6 p.m.
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The No. 21 NC State baseball team got smoked by the Virginia Tech Hokies 21-10 in the series opener in Blacksburg, Virginia on Friday, April 8.
The Wolfpack (18-10, 6-6 ACC) gave up six runs in the third inning and a whopping 11 runs in the seventh inning to the Hokies (19-7, 6-5 ACC), who hit seven home runs.
After the Hokies scored a run in the bottom of the first, the Pack scored its first run in the top of the second as sophomore left fielder Dominic Pilolli hit a solo home run to tie the score 1-1. The Hokies scored another run in the bottom of the second, and the Pack answered again in the top of the third as redshirt junior shortstop Josh Hood hit an RBI groundout that scored junior catcher Jacob Godman to tie the score 2-2.
That’s when the Virginia Tech bats really heated up as the Hokies scored six runs on three home runs in the bottom of the third to go up 8-2. The Pack responded with two runs of its own in the top of the fourth as sophomore right fielder Noah Soles drove in senior second baseman J.T. Jarrett and Pilolli on an RBI single, making the score 8-4.
The Hokies hit another home run in the bottom of the fourth and scored another run in the bottom of the fifth to go up 10-4. After neither team scored in the sixth, the Hokies really went to town on the Pack in the bottom of the seventh as they hit another three home runs en route to 11 total runs, going up 21-4.
The Pack scored two more runs in the top of the eighth and four runs in the top of the ninth, including a two-run home run by sophomore second baseman DeAngelo Giles, but the deficit was ultimately too much to overcome as the Hokies won it 21-10.
It was a rough night to say the least for the NC State pitching staff. Redshirt sophomore Logan Whitaker took the loss in his start, giving up four home runs and nine earned runs in four innings. Redshirt junior Logan Adams gave up five earned runs in two innings pitched, and freshman Jacob Halford gave up two home runs and seven earned runs in just 0.1 innings pitched.
While the loss won’t sit well with the Pack, it did come against a Virginia Tech team that has been playing very well recently, as the Hokies have won eight of their last nine games, including a series win over North Carolina last weekend and a win against Notre Dame.
The Pack’s loss was somewhat similar to last season’s 21-2 blowout loss to No. 1 Arkansas in the first game of the NCAA Super Regional. As NC State fans will remember, despite the lopsided score, the Pack came back to win the next two games and advance to the College World Series.
The point is, the Pack can just as easily bounce back the next two days to win the series against the Hokies. If the Pack wants to do that, however, it has to get its pitching figured out.
Game two of the series is on Saturday, April 9 at 3 p.m. and will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.
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The No. 21 NC State men’s tennis team took down the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in a 4-1 clinch match as the squad returned home after playing seven out of its last nine matches on the road.
The Pack earned an important ACC win as the team defeated the Yellow Jackets with strong performances all around. Winning the doubles, as well as taking victory in crucial singles matches, moved the Pack to 15-7 overall and to 4-5 in conference play.
“We’ve had such a tough schedule this year, I don't think that’s ever happened to us,” said junior Robin Catry. “Now, we finally get to play in front of our fans. It pleased everyone and it pleases us also because we've played in some tough places.”
Catry was the one to clinch the match for the Pack in his three-set bout on court three late in the match. After dropping his first set, the junior stormed back in the next two sets to conclude the Pack’s 4-1 victory. Catry took court three with a final score of 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
“Clinching a match at home is always a great feeling,” said Catry. “It's so special, you get all the guys watching, you're playing your last match on and it feels so great to give them all that relief. And it's a really good win, especially for us.”
The Pack started on the right foot after winning a tightly contested doubles round. Sophomore Braden Shick and redshirt senior Joseph Schrader earned a flawless 6-0 win to begin the match. However, the second doubles match was not as easy to come by. With both remaining courts going to extra games, it was graduate student Collin Shick and sophomore Luca Staeheli that put the Pack up 1-0 with their 7-5 win.
To start the singles round, the Yellow Jackets were able to tie the match with a Georgia Tech victory on court one over junior Martins Rocens in straight sets. However, NC State would take the next three straight singles matches to win the day, 4-1.
The first to strike for the Pack in singles was freshman Damien Salvestre, who won court four in a strong 6-4, 6-1 win. After a break in scoring, Salvestre was followed by Braden Shick on court six as Braden Shick made it 3-1 for NC State. After dominating in his first set, the sophomore was challenged for possession of the second, but eventually won it via tiebreak with a final score of 6-1, 7-6 (8-6).
Up 3-1, Catry was able to finish the day for the Pack with his clinching victory on court four. Going forward, the Pack will repeat its performance from today in the remaining matches, all against conference opponents. However, after returning to play in Raleigh today, the Pack will play out the rest of its schedule at home.
“Coming home was great, having that feeling, regardless of the conditions,” said head coach Kyle Spencer. “Having our fans be able to watch us play, not on a live stream but in person. Credit to Wolfpack nation for coming out, we got a pretty big crowd out there today.”
While the next couple weeks include three challenging ACC matchups, including the Pack’s rivalry weekend against Duke and UNC, starting on April 15, the Wolfpack’s lineup is gearing up to face whoever comes next head on.
“They come every day to practice, they love playing tennis, they want more tennis, they love to compete, and now we’ll be on our home courts for Sunday and then whatever else is after, you know we're pretty excited,” Spencer said.
Next for NC State is a match against the Clemson Tigers on Sunday, April 10. First serve is set for 12 p.m.
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