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Men’s club basketball eyeing a victory at nationals
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Men’s club basketball
eyeing a victory at nationals
AARON ALEJANDRO/ARCHIVE Quante Lee, a third-year in chemical engineering, drives upcourt at a club basketball scrimmage which was held in Carmichael Gym on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2015.
AARON ALEJANDRO/ARCHIVE Quante Lee, a third-year in chemical engineering, makes a move at a club basketball scrimmage which was held in Carmichael Gym on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2015.
Justin Capoccia
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The NC State men’s club basketball team has been a well-known intramural team for nearly a decade. Unlike most students who participate in the recreational experience, this particular non-profit organization allows its members, most of whom are former high school basketball athletes, an opportunity to play more competitive opponents. It also gains funding through charitable work, allowing it to travel to locations around the country to compete against other universities.
The club is split into two teams: Team Wolf and Team Pack. Despite the age and experience levels amongst the club, both teams are equally distributed among talent. Having more than one team is relatively new and is a way for the club to expand while letting more students who are interested, to join in.
Senior John Taylor, an officer of club men’s basketball studying electrical engineering major, is a member of Team Wolf and explained how the split of the clubs works.
“We have two teams, and when I say we have two teams, we are very equal,” Taylor said. “We’ve won tournaments, they’ve won tournaments. We are both evenly matched. So, it’s not like an ‘a’ or ‘b’ team per say.”
For the players, the opportunity to play in a competitive club sport is a great outlet that provides a positive experience.
“I saw it on Instagram and I knew a couple of guys on the team,” said Team Pack captain Amr Mansour, a senior studying business administration. “I saw that it was travel basketball for college and I played all through high school. I figured it was a good way to play competitively while still being in school with it not being more of a chore and being something I could enjoy.”
Within the various tournaments, there are regionals and nationals but unlike university teams, club sports doesn’t rely on the facets of collegiate tournaments based on rankings. All basketball club teams across the country can take part and travel to any showcase they are capable of making despite its win and loss record. Both teams in the club play while also playing against each other but still share the victories. “Yeah, so it’s not like the NCAA where you play conference and then conference tournament. We get a bunch of teams in our areas,” Taylor said. “For the most part we play Chapel Hill, Duke, [North Carolina Central], [North Carolina A&T], and Winston-Salem State. We all come to these tournaments and we’ll all play. But there’s no real set tournaments where like, ‘Okay, we need to go to this one to win to get to nationals. Whatever works for us, we plan it and we go for it.”
The new rosters start in the fall. The club played in three tournaments during that period, but the first few of the semester came with a learning curve. The first tournament was hosted at Carmichael Gym, the second at UNC, and another at Wake Forest for Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. The tournament at Wake Forest proved victorious for the club as it won through seven games.
The spring has been a working progress but successful nonetheless. NC State hosted another tournament with Team Pack going 17-1, only to have Team Wolf beating Team Pack. It also played a regional at ECU and a tournament in Gainesville, Florida.
Nationals is coming up in April for the club and it seems that contentment is present with the players.
“Honestly I think if you just take a look at our team, a lot of other teams may judge us on our looks,” Mansour said. “We try to let our play do the talking. We’ve seen teams come in confident and we ended up beating them by double-digit points. We just play basketball and control what we can control. I genuinely believe between both of our teams, I would not be surprised if NC State is national champions by April 14.”
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Wolfpack to open Raleigh Relays Friday
Raleigh Relays is one of the biggest outdoor track events on the East Coast The event will take place all day Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31 Wolfpack has placed in 16 events this season The team has also won eight events
Ethan Barry
Staff Writer
The NC State track and field team will host the Raleigh Relays on Friday and Saturday at the Paul Derr Track and Field Facility.
The Relays are the third event of the outdoor season for the Wolfpack and is known as one of the biggest outdoor track events on the East Coast.
It is also the only home event of the outdoor season and the Pack will honor its senior members of the team on Saturday.
At the first two meets of the season, the Pack has placed on the podium 16 times and won eight events. The men’s 200-meter dash has been its best event so far, led by senior Shannon Peterson and junior Cravont Charleston who finished first and second respectively on March 22-23 at High Point VertKlasse Meeting.
Patterson and Charleston paced the Pack’s 4x400 meter team which finished in first place at the same event.
At the Relays, hundreds of athletes from colleges and conferences all across the country will compete.
Competition will take place all day Friday and Saturday. Fans looking to attend before 5 p.m. on Friday will need to obtain a virtual parking permit to park on campus.
NICK FAULKNER/ARCHIVE First-year Alexis Postell crosses the finish line as the anchor for women’s 4x400m. NC State took second with a 3:42.90, the outdoor performance in school history in the Raleigh Relays on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at the Paul Derr Track and Field Facility.
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Wolfpack advances to Sweet 16 for second straight year
Emma Sheppard
Correspondent
The third-seeded NC State women’s basketball team (28-5) will head to Greensboro on Saturday to take on the second-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes (28-6) in the third round of the NCAA tournament in the Greensboro Coliseum. This will be the second consecutive Sweet 16 appearance for the Wolfpack.
The Pack had a big game against the sixthseeded Kentucky Wildcats on Monday, with three players scoring double-doubles, and four finishing with double-digit points.
Graduate guard Kiara Leslie shot 9 for 21 from the field and totaled 10 rebounds and 26 points. Freshman center Elissa Cunane continues to impress, going 4 for 10 from the field with 15 rebounds and 13 points. Senior forward DD Rogers chipped in 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Continuing to get rebounds will be crucial for the Pack going into its game against the Hawkeyes. The Iowa team as a whole has a field-goal percentage of .520. Senior Megan Gustafson is the leading scorer for the Hawkeyes, averaging 28 points per game on the season with a fieldgoal percentage of .701.
Iowa is coming off a win against seventhseeded Missouri, which the Hawkeyes won 68-52. Gustafson went 10 for 15 from the field and totaled 19 rebounds and 22 points, the only double-double for the Hawkeyes.
With 19 rebounds, Gustafson single-handedly got more than half of the total number of rebounds for her team. She is now the Big Ten’s all-time leader in career rebounds with a total of 1,438 rebounds.
This Sweet 16 appearance will be the 13th in program history for the Wolfpack, and it will be the first time the Pack has made it two consecutive years in a row since 1990 and 1991.
The game will tip-off at 11:30 a.m. in the Greensboro Coliseum.
AADITHI ARASU/TECHNICIAN Senior forward DD Rogers, freshman center Elissa Cunane, sophomore guard Kai Crutchfield, freshman forward Jada Rice and graduate guard Kaila Ealey celebrate their win against Kentucky on Monday, March 25, 2019 at Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack won 72-57.
JAYLAN HARRINGTON/TECHNICIAN Sophomore guard Kai Crutchfield drives past Kentucky guard Taylor Murray during the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 25, 2019 in Reynolds Coliseum. Crutchfield scored 11 points in the Wolfpack’s 72-57 victory.
DAVID TRACEY/TECHNICIAN Senior forward DD Rogers attacks the basket against Kentucky guard Rhyne Howard on Monday, March 25, 2019 at Reynolds Coliseum. In her last game in Reynolds, Rogers recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds.
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Pro day, Doeren’s five-year extension marks of Wolfpack’s growth
Andrew Schnittker
Sports Editor
NC State football’s pro day was a marquee event for the second year in a row. As the Wolfpack’s NFL hopefuls, including but not limited to quarterback Ryan Finley, linebacker Germaine Pratt, receivers Kelvin Harmon and Jakobi Meyers and offensive linemen Garrett Bradbury, Tyler Jones and Terronne Prescod ran through drills Wednesday, Close King Indoor Practice Facility was lined with NFL coaches, scouts and executives.
Another ever-present figure at Pro Day was NC State head coach Dave Doeren. The Pack’s lead architect wandered the facility, speaking with parents and alumni, and watching young men who helped shape his program and he helped shape work out in his team’s facility one last time.
“These are really bittersweet days for a coach,” Doeren said. “You’re so proud of these guys. It’s nice to go through graduation with them and then their pro days with them and all that. They’re milestone things for players. It’s fun to be a part of that with them. But at the same time, you’re standing their like ‘Man, I’m going to miss this guy; I’m going to miss this guy.’ It is bittersweet but I’m really hopeful for all of them.”
After setting a school record with seven players drafted last season, NC State aims to repeat that feat, as, at the very least, all of the aforementioned players should get picked in April. That’s a mark of the ground-up building project Doeren and his staff have undertaken since he took over as the Pack’s head coach in 2013.
NC State went 3-9 that year, and did not win a single ACC game. It’s been a steady progression since then. Doeren has led NC State to five straight bowl games, and is the first head coach in program history to do so. NC State has won nine games two seasons in a row, won the second most ACC games the past two seasons with 11 and had backto-back recruiting classes ranked in the top 30 by 247Sports.
For the job he’s done growing the program exponentially over six years, Doeren was rewarded with a five-year contract extension that will pay him $3.25 million per season through 2023, the university announced Tuesday.
“I’m very thankful and excited. We love it here, family loves it here. We’ve built something that we’re proud of and want to continue to build and make better. It’s great to recruit in the state and out of the state.
“With a five-year contract, I think that really helped us here as a staff,” Doeren said. “I think players really want to be recruited by coaches that aren’t going anywhere. I’ve made that commitment to this university and they’ve made it back to me. It means the world. We call this home. It’s the longest I’ve lived anywhere since I was a child. I love it here. So I’m really thankful for that.”
Of the players present Wednesday, many were members of the 2014 class that saw Doeren’s first bowl appearance (and win), including Bradbury, Jones, Pratt, Prescod, defensive end Darian Roseboro and receiver Stephen Louis.
The leadership and hard work those players have brought to the program over the years was another building block.
“I wouldn’t have anything if it wasn’t for the players that I coach,” Doeren said. “The job you choose is based on your ability to
EMMA SHEPPARD/TECHNICIAN Graduate quarterback Ryan Finley throws a pass at NC State football’s pro day on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Close-King Indoor Practice Facility.
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Pack tennis looks to continue early ACC success
DAVID TRACEY/TECHNICIAN Junior Anna Rogers winds up to return a volley against Virginia Tech during a doubles match on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. Rogers and senior Claudia Wiktorin defeated Virginia Tech senior Sarah Baron and junior Natalie Novotna 6-2 during the Wolfpack’s 5-2 overall win against the Hokies.
DAVID TRACEY/TECHNICIAN Senior Amanda Rebol serves against Virginia Tech junior Shene Disbergen on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. Rebol defeated Disbergen 6-0, 6-3 during the Wolfpack’s 5-2 overall win.
DAVID TRACEY/TECHNICIAN Freshman Alana Smith returns a volley against Virginia Tech sophomore Nika Kozar on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. Smith defeated Kozar 6-2, 7-6, 1-0 in the Wolfpack’s 5-2 overall win.
Tyler Stocum
Staff Writer
The NC State men’s and women’s tennis teams are both back in action this weekend coming off wins this past Sunday. The women’s team defeated Virginia Tech on Sunday by a score of 5-2. The men were on the road at Notre Dame and collected the win by sweeping the Irish 5-0.
This weekend the Wolfpack women (17-3, 7-1 ACC) will be on the road for two matches against the Pitt Panthers (4-11, 0-8 ACC) on Friday and the 28th-ranked Syracuse Orange (11-6, 4-4 ACC) on Sunday.
The Pack earned its highest ranking in program history at No. 10 in the Oracle/ITA Division I Rankings. The women have had an impressive run through this part of the season, only dropping three matches and defeating seven nationally ranked opponents along the way.
Junior Anna Rogers and freshman Alana Smith, who have been an incredible doubles duo for the Pack this year, swept the ACC Player of the Week honors with Rogers winning Player of the Week and Smith winning Freshman of the Week. The two are currently ranked ninth in the country in doubles. The duo has a 15-2 record overall on the year and is 6-1 in ACC play.
The Wolfpack men (13-7, 4-2 ACC) will be competing at home this weekend with only one match against the Florida State Seminoles (145, 4-2 ACC) on Friday at 5:00 p.m.
Both the Pack and Seminoles are coming off wins this past weekend. The Pack defeated the 14th-ranked Notre Dame Irish, a team that Florida State has also defeated this season.
Coming into this match, both teams look relatively even on paper in terms of records and teams they have beaten, making for a very good matchup on Friday.
The Pack’s top doubles duo, redshirt senior Michael Ogden and junior Alexis Galarneau took the ACC Doubles Team of the Week honors this week. It was the second time the two took the honor this season, with the first coming on Jan. 29.
The pair has a 7-2 record on the season coming off of a perfect week, defeating Wake Forest and Notre Dame opponents. The two have also garnered two ranked wins this season.
The women can be followed on the road this weekend on Twitter and the men will be in the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center on Friday at 5:00 p.m.
PRO DAY
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work with young people and young people make it happen. You’ve got to recruit the right ones and then they’ve got to have the work ethic. I’ve been fortunate. My staff and myself, we’ve recruited some really, really good people. There’s a lot of good players out there and we’ve got good players here. But we’ve got some really, really good people to work with. And that’s what makes it a fun job.”
While those players will miss the time spent on the practice facility and with their fellow players, they can look back on their time knowing they helped elevate the program and leave a legacy for those that will come after them.
“I’ve seen a lot of growth from the point where I got here,” Louis said. “That 2014 class that I came in with, I feel like we had a huge impact on this program. Guys like [Bradley Chubb], [B.J. Hill], that whole D-Line. There’s a lot of great leaders. And I think we left a great impact and a great legacy here. There’s a lot of great classes coming in and I feel like they have the blueprint now. Guys like coach [strength coach Dantonio Burnette] and coach Doeren, who are the leaders of this program, are always going to make sure that they know the standard. I think that’s why this program’s always going to be moving forward.”
Doeren now embarks on year seven looking to continue taking this program to new heights. He’ll have his work cut out for him in 2019, with four new assistant coaches, a new quarterback and a number of key contributors on both sides of the ball out the door.
While the Wolfpack has continued to improve year after year since that 2013 season, the sights are still set higher. The ultimate goal of an ACC Championship remains, and Doeren now has the security and vote of confidence from a five-year extension to continue building towards that.
“You’re always proud to be in a place where you can see landmarks happening,” Doeren said. “... I want to leave a legacy here and I want to live one too. I feel like we’ve done some good things but we’re not satisfied with what we’ve done yet either. Just like our players will tell you, we always want to raise the bar with where we’re at. That’s what we’re trying to do right now with spring ball is just improve.”
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