Cory Mazzoni got the victory, going eight innings and scattering four hits with 12 strikeouts. State will face Stetson at 1pm Sunday in another elimination game. Stetson rallied from five runs down on Friday night to beat State 8-7. The winner will have to defeat top-seed South Carolina twice, with the first game at 7pm […]
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Stetson Rallies Past Pack, 8-7
Needless to say…that doesn’t do much for the Pack Nine’s chances to advance. The N&O’s writeup is here. A wild pitch and an error lead to the winning run in the bootom of the 9th. Blech.
NC State 5 Stetson 3 [Top of the 5th]
Here’s your preview. Sadly, the article focuses on silly criticism of Avent’s calculated gamble last year (saving his best pitcher for the winners’ bracket). I thought Avent was correct then, and still do. If State couldn’t beat Stony Brook with a lesser starting pitcher, how could we expect to beat the bracket’s better teams with […]
Clemson Eliminates NC State, 6-3
The Pack Nine got the help they needed from Florida State, but couldn’t help themselves against the Tigers. Clemson drilled a 3-run homer to take a 4-3 lead in the 6th, and they never relinquished it. Had NC State defeated Georgia Tech in Thursday night’s marathon, the Clemson loss would still have eliminated the Pack. […]
Pack Nine Loses to GT in 15
Although it lacks the “must see” nature and heart-racing excitement of football and basketball, baseball has a certain charm to it. For one thing, it’s the organized team sport that more of us played as kids. So we can relate to baseball. The second is…it’s an untimed sport. When you watch long enough, you will […]
NC State women down #13 UNC-CH
Congratulations to NC State’s Women’s Basketball team and Head Coach Kellie Harper! The Wolfpack Women crushed North Carolina yesterday by an 88-72 margin. Amber White scored 23 points to help North Carolina State beat No. 13 North Carolina 88-72 on Monday night. Bonae Holston added 13 points and 16 rebounds as the Wolfpack (12-15, 3-9 […]
2011 Wolfpack Baseball: The Offense
So… I’m ridiculously slow. You can thank 90 hour work weeks for that. However, as promised, I have this year’s glimpse at the NC State baseball squad, and we’ll focus first on the offense. Why the offense? Well, let’s face it- it’s sexy. Pitching and defense win championships, but unless you’re a hard-core baseball person, […]
Happy New Year! After a Surprisingly Good Wolfpack 2010
Well, we only have about 5 hours left in 2010, at least in NC State’s (and my) home time zone. This isn’t going to be a long “recap” post, but I do think we should spend a few moments reflecting on the first steps we took towards ending our 2+ decades of wandering in the […]
State hires new Men’s Soccer Coach!
Debbie Yow continues to impressively transform the dormant, underachieving wreck of an Athletics Department left behind by her ineffective, lazy and incompetent predecessor. Today’s example is the immediate impact Yow has had on the once proud, NC State Men’s Soccer program. After disposing of George Tarantini, Yow has hired a young, successful coach from Butler. […]
Tarantini ‘Retires’
Ain’t that a kick in the head? (circa 2006) Debbie Yow ROCKS. More to come. In the interim, we’ve got some on the SFN Twitter feed and you can always look back to the George Tarantini ‘Tag’ archive. Also, you should look back to this classic for some background. Discussion on the message boards happening […]
