Technician • May 1 2022

NC State track and field sets several records in weekend meets

The NC State track and field team had a busy weekend as members competed in the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, the Charlotte Invitational in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Torrin Lawrence Memorial in Athens, Georgia.

NC State began action on Thursday, April 28, in the Penn Relays. On Thursday, graduate student Dominique Clairmonte posted the eighth-fastest time in program history in the women’s 5000m, going for third place with an impressive 15:42.00 time. Not only is that time a personal best

Technician • April 27 2022

NC State baseball’s three home runs send Wolfpack past ECU in blowout

Powered by three home runs, the NC State baseball team defeated East Carolina 12-3 on Tuesday, April 26 inside Doak Field at Dail Park.

Senior center fielder Devonte Brown (3-5, RBI, HR) and freshman third baseman Tommy White (3-4, 3 RBI, 2B, HR) put on a batting clinic, notching six combined hits, four RBIs and two home runs. White’s home run was his 19th on the season.

Sophomores first baseman LuJames Groover III (2-5, 2B) and right fielder Noah Soles (2-5, 2B, SB) also had multi-hit perform

Technician • April 25 2022

NC State men’s golf finishes in eighth place at ACC Championship

Over the weekend, the NC State men’s golf team competed in the ACC Championship in Panama City Beach, Florida at Shark Tooth’s Golf Club, closing the regular season with an eighth-place finish.

Despite the lackluster placement for the Pack, the weekend was still hallmarked by several performances of note, including graduate student Easton Paxton becoming NC State’s all-time rounds leader and junior Spencer Oxendine earning his best score in relation to par (-6) of the season.

On the first day

Technician • April 24 2022

Taking stock of NC State Athletics’ spring-season head coaches

With some spring sports’ regular seasons winding down and others progressing through postseason play, let’s take a look at some of the recent performances of NC State’s spring coaches and programs.

April has been a mixed bag for Elliott Avent and the baseball team. Even though there have been some incredible wins, like the 10-3 Sunday win against then-No. 23 Virginia Tech and the 15-10 win over Louisville this weekend, there are some lowlights, like allowing 21 runs earlier in the series to the

Technician • April 20 2022

Record Store Day 2022: What are the best spots in the Triangle?

Calling all vinyl lovers — Record Store Day 2022 is upon us, coming on Saturday, April 23. Record Store Day is an annual tradition where tons of new records are released and record stores across the country offer a wide range of celebratory practices, from live music to beers to price reductions, Record Store Day has it all.

This year, over 300 new pressings will be released for the first time, including Kali Uchis’ “Sin Miedo,” Future’s “DS2,” Childish Gambino’s “Kauai” and Taylor Swift’s “The

Technician • April 19 2022

What the newest NC State basketball recruits bring to their programs

Following the conclusion of their respective seasons, both the NC State men’s and women’s basketball teams were quick to jump into the transfer portal frenzy and made sure to add talent right away. Let’s take a look at some of the prospects the two programs were able to bring in.

The men’s basketball team has brought in several players for visits and has interest in several others, finally getting the first domino to fall in former La Salle forward Jack Clark. Clark is a 6-foot-8 forward who, a

Technician • April 19 2022

Letter from the Managing Editor: Writing for was the best decision of my life

Four years, four titles, 370 articles, 1,051 pages, 309,266 words and several hundred hours spent in Witherspoon Student Center. I have literally poured my blood, sweat and tears into Technician. I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

I’m starting this farewell letter the same way I came into Technician, by writing it at 4 a.m. on a weeknight when I need to get up just a few hours later. That was, unfortunately, the first and hardest lesson Technician taught me. Thankfully, it’s the only negat

Technician • April 12 2022

Way-too-early roster breakdown: NC State women’s basketball to reload in 2022-23

With Elissa Cunane, Kayla Jones, Raina Perez and Kai Crutchfield exiting the NC State women’s basketball program, a new era is entering Raleigh. However, head coach Wes Moore strategically built this program to withstand such departures. With seven scholarships to hand out, Moore already snagged a top transfer from the portal in Mimi Collins.

However, Moore will surely continue to be hard at work in replacing the four program icons by adding more names through the portal. Last year, Moore broug

Technician • April 12 2022

Way-too-early roster breakdown, potential solutions for NC State men’s basketball

Following a disappointing 21-loss season, the NC State men’s basketball team is sure to hit the transfer portal for additions in an age where hundreds of players transfer each year. As of now, the Wolfpack has three scholarships open due to the transfers of Cam Hayes, Jaylon Gibson and Thomas Allen.

Nine players currently hold scholarships for the Wolfpack, but it could get up to two more depending on what happens with freshman guard Terquavion Smith and redshirt sophomore guard Dereon Seabron.

Technician • April 11 2022

Elissa Cunane, Kayla Jones selected in 2nd round of 2022 WNBA Draft

The Seattle Storm selected former NC State center Elissa Cunane with the 17th overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft. Meanwhile, former teammate Kayla Jones was selected five picks later by the Minnesota Lynx. Both players were picked in the second round on Monday, April 11.

Cunane and Jones become the 17th and 18th players drafted in NC State history and the first since Kiara Leslie, who was selected by the Washington Mystics in the 2019 draft.

Cunane leaves the Wolfpack an NC State legend, fres

Technician • April 9 2022

How NC State football’s new faces, underclassmen fared in 2022 Spring Game

The NC State football team took part in its annual Spring Game on Saturday, April 9 inside Carter-Finley Stadium. With many starters sitting out of the game and others only playing one half, the scrimmage was a prime opportunity to look down the depth chart. Let’s take a look at how the Pack’s new players and underclassmen fared in the spring game.

With redshirt junior quarterback Devin Leary manning the red team, redshirt freshman Ben Finley was the white team’s signal-caller, with mostly poor

Technician • April 5 2022

COLUMN: What I’ve learned about myself through college athletics

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’

Technician • April 4 2022

J. Cole, T-Pain, Rico Nasty give stellar performances in Dreamville Festival’s final day

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

Technician • April 3 2022

J.I.D., Kehlani, Lil Baby highlight Dreamville Festival’s first day

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

Technician • March 29 2022

Graduating class for Pack women’s basketball leaves lasting mark on program, Raleigh

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Despite a gut-wrenching Elite Eight loss to the No. 2-seeded Connecticut Huskies, there’s no doubt that the Wolfpack’s graduating class of senior center Elissa Cunane, graduate forward Kayla Jones, and graduate guards Kai Crutchfield and Raina Perez leaves behind a legacy which will be hard for any other graduating class to match.

That quad of players leaves behind three ACC Tournament titles, one ACC regular-season title, huge performances and clutch shot after clutch shot.

Technician • March 28 2022

Pack women’s basketball ends magical season with loss to UConn in Elite Eight

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The NC State women’s basketball team fell to the University of Connecticut Huskies 91-87 in double overtime in the Elite Eight on Monday, March 28 inside Total Mortgage Arena.

The loss brings an end to a magical season for the Wolfpack (32-4, 17-1 ACC) in one of college basketball’s best games of the year. Both teams left it all out on the court, battling back and forth in a game that featured high scorers, great shots and a buzzer-beating 3 courtesy of junior wing Jakia Bro

Technician • March 26 2022

Pack women’s basketball completes comeback, heads to first Elite Eight since 1998

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The No. 1-seeded NC State women’s basketball team defeated No. 5-seeded Notre Dame 66-63 to advance to the program’s second-ever Elite Eight on Saturday, March 26 inside Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Graduate guard Raina Perez was the hero for the Wolfpack, stealing the ball from Notre Dame’s Dara Mabrey with 18 seconds in regulation, taking it down the court for the score. NC State hadn’t led at all in the second half until that point and hadn’t led since

Technician • March 26 2022

Raina Perez and Kai Crutchfield: Backcourt bucket-getters come up clutch in Sweet 16

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The NC State women’s basketball team defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish inside Total Mortgage Arena on Saturday, March 26 to advance to its second-ever Elite Eight.

Graduate guards Raina Perez and Kai Crutchfield both played savior roles for the Wolfpack, something each one is familiar with.

Perez is no stranger to game-winners in the postseason for the Wolfpack. In the 2021 ACC Championship game, Perez hit the game-winner to give the Pack its second of three straight A

Technician • March 22 2022

Randi Farricker punctuates NC State softball’s win over Campbell with late-game home run

The NC State softball team defeated the Campbell Camels 2-0 on Tuesday, March 22 inside Dail Softball Stadium, snapping its seven-game losing streak.

Graduate shortstop Randi Farricker helped propel the Wolfpack (20-10, 2-7 ACC) past the Camels (14-10, 3-3 Big South) with a home run to left field in the bottom of the sixth, securing the Pack’s 2-0 win.

Farricker’s home run was just the Pack’s second hit of the game and the third overall in the low-scoring matchup. In the bottom of the second,

Technician • March 22 2022

Pack women's basketball's winning ways reflects national spotlight on women's sports

The NC State women’s basketball team defeated Kansas State to advance to its fourth straight Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament on Monday, March 21. The win was important for the season, but it was also reflective of how transformative this program is in the Raleigh area.

Women’s sports have long faced hardships that men’s sports haven’t had to deal with. From a massive gap in pay to longer, more strenuous individual schedules for athletes, there is no shortage of hardships faced by women’s sports

Technician • March 21 2022

Depth, defense power NC State women’s basketball to fourth straight Sweet 16

The No. 1-seeded NC State women’s basketball team defeated No. 9-seeded Kansas State 89-57 in the NCAA Tournament on Monday, March 21 inside Reynolds Coliseum to advance to the team’s fourth straight Sweet 16.

The Wolfpack (31-3) opened up a big lead in the second quarter and never looked back, capitalizing on a lengthy field-goal drought from the Wildcats (20-13).

“Just couldn't be prouder of these young ladies,” said head coach Wes Moore. “Every challenge that's put before them, they just st

Technician • March 19 2022

Pack women’s basketball overcomes slow start, demolishes Longwood in 1st round of NCAA Tournament

The NC State women’s basketball team defeated the Longwood Lancers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, winning 96-68 inside Reynolds Coliseum.

Despite leading by just four points after the first quarter, the Wolfpack ripped off a 23-6 second-period run to come away with the win and advance to the round of 32, in which the Pack will face Kansas State.

“Proud of our kids,” said head coach Wes Moore. “We had streaks kind of but we have been off a couple of weeks, so I think it was good to

Technician • March 13 2022

Pack women’s basketball team earns No. 1 seed in NCAA Tournament

The No. 3 NC State women’s basketball team features as the No. 1 seed for the Bridgeport, Connecticut region of the 2022 NCAA Tournament.

In the Round of 64, the Wolfpack will take on the winner of the first four matchup between Longwood and Mount St. Mary’s, who play on Thursday, March 17. The Round of 64 takes place on Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19, and NC State will play during the Saturday slate of games.

This is NC State’s second straight year as a No. 1 seed, falling last year

Technician • March 8 2022

Pack men’s basketball falls in 1st round of ACC Tournament to Clemson, caps disappointing season

The NC State men’s basketball team capped off a disappointing regular season in a similar fashion, falling 70-64 to the Clemson Tigers in the first round of the ACC Tournament in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Tuesday, March 8.

Low shot IQ, poor shot-clock management, a lack of set plays, allowing a big to dominate inside; whatever the case may be, these are issues that have been seen time and time again for a Wolfpack team that lost 20-plus games for the first time in program history