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NC State Women’s Volleyball Sweeps UNC For 1st Time Since 1991

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RALEIGH, N.C. – For the first time since 1991, the NC State volleyball team defeated UNC-Chapel Hill in straight sets, 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-16), Wednesday night inside James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum.

It was also the Wolfpack’s first sweep in ACC play this season. Additionally, NC State recorded consecutive home wins versus UNC-CH for the first time since 1990-91 thanks to its 3-2 victory last season.

NC State moves to 14-12 on the year and 8-8 in conference play, while UNC-Chapel Hill falls to 7-18 and 3-13 against league opponents.

Quoting Hampton-Keith

Overall thoughts…

“We’re obviously thrilled to win at home and sweep UNC-Chapel Hill,” said head coach Linda Hampton-Keith. “It’s a great rivalry match and we have a lot of respect for their program and the rivalry between us.

“It’s always great to win at home and to do it in the fashion we did it, was really exciting.”

Worth Noting

– NC State recorded a team attacking percentage of .290 for the match and limited UNC-CH to a .145 clip.

– The Wolfpack moves to 11-0 on the year when tallying a higher attacking percentage than its opponent.

– Additionally, the Pack is 11-3 this season when holding its opponent to a hitting percentage less than .200.

– NC State ranks second in the ACC in digs per set and tallied more digs than the Heels (54-37) to mark the 17thtime that the Wolfpack has out-dug its opponent.

Match Rewind

– NC State closed out the first set with five consecutive points to win the frame, 25-22, and take a 1-0 lead in the match.

– UNC-Chapel Hill went ahead 23-22 after a kill from Skylar Wine, but a service error followed and sparked a 5-0 run.

– Back-to-back kills from senior Teni Sopitan along with a bad set from the Tar Heels prior to a service ace from Kaylee Frazier powered the Pack to the first-set win.

– The second set featured 10 ties, but it was UNC-CH with a pair of critical attacking errors down the stretch that led to a pair of NC State points to clinch the set.

– NC State pulled ahead 24-22, but the Heels fought off two set-point opportunities to knot the set before the Wolfpack took the set, 26-24.

– A 7-2 run gave the Pack control of the third set, as NCSU grabbed a 15-10 advantage at the media timeout.

– Following a UNC-Chapel Hill service error, Keira Moore and Kylie Pickrell combined on a block to spark a Wolfpack run to close out the set, 25-16, and the match, 3-0.

Top Performers

– Sopitan led all players in the contest with 15 kills on 34 attempts to tally a .324 attacking percentage.

– Freshman Jade Parchment put down 10 kills to go along with 11 digs to notch her sixth double-double of the season.

– Lauryn Terry also turned in a strong offensive performance with nine kills and a match-high .643 attacking percentage, as she did not commit an error on 14 swings.

– Pickrell averaged nearly 14 assists per set, finishing the night with 40 assists in the three-set match and also contributed nine digs.

– Defensively, libero Makenzie Kuchmaner collected a match-high 16 digs.

Up Next

NC State will have a week until its next match, as the Wolfpack will host Syracuse on Wednesday, Nov. 21. First serve is slated for 2 p.m. inside Reynolds Coliseum.

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WATCH: NC State Unveils Women’s Final Four Banner in Reynolds Last Night

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Last night, the NC State Women’s Basketball team kicked off their 2024-25 season, and before the tipoff, a beautiful new banner for last years Final Four was unveiled in the rafters of Reynolds Coliseum.

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Former NC State All-ACC WR Jakobi Meyers Goes for Over 100 Yards for the 1st Time this Year

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Former NC State All-ACC Receiver Jakobi Meyers had 8 catches for 105 yards in the Raiders’ 24-41 loss to the Bengals yesterday, marking the 1st time that Meyers has gone for over 100 yards receiving this season.

This marks the 4th time in Meyers’ NFL career that he has gone over the century mark, and the first time since October 9th, 2022.

Las Vegas – 11/3/2024 – 8 receptions for 105 yards against the Bengals

New England – 10/9/22 – 7 receptions for 111 yards and a touchdown against the Lions

New England – 12/20/20 – 7 receptions for 111 yards against the Dolphins

New England – 11/9/20 – 12 receptions for 169 yards against the Jets

Meyers’ 168 career receptions at NC State rank 7th in school history. Without Thayer Thomas getting an extra year due to the extra Covid-19 season, Meyers would rank 6th. Meyers’ 1,932 career receiving yards rank 10th (would rank 9th).

In 2019, Meyers went undrafted, but was scooped up by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent.

Meyers went from being going undrafted, to signing a 3-year deal worth $33 million with the Raiders prior to the 2023 season. He’s already one of the best former NC State receivers to play in the NFL. Currently, his 3,995 receiving yards are the 6th most every by a former Wolfpack player in the NFL. Meyers’ 345 career receptions and 18 touchdown receptions rank 5th.

 

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Nickel Ja’Had Carter is No Longer on NC State’s Roster

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Nickel Ja’Had Carter is no longer on NC State’s Football roster.

Carter transferred to NC State this offseason from Ohio State. He entered the season as the starter at Nickel. After starting the first 4 games, he missed the game against Northern Illinois due to injury.

In his absence Redshirt Freshman Tamarcus Cooley started in his place. When he returned for the game against Wake Forest, Cooley still started, and Carter only played in 20 snaps.

This past Saturday, Carter once again didn’t start, and only played in 2 snaps.

After Cooley was ejected due to a targeting call, Redshirt Sophomore Isaiah Crowell came into the game, rather than Carter.

Truth be told, Cooley earned the starting job over Carter. Cooley boasts the highest PFF grade on the Wolfpack defense (73.4), while Carter has third lowest grade (59.5).

Carter played one season at Ohio State, and 3 at Syracuse. He earned All-ACC Honorable Mention in 2022 as a member of the Orange, and earned Freshman All-American honors in his first season.

Since the 2020 season doesn’t count towards your eligibility due to Covid-19, Carter entered this season as a Senior, with his redshirt year still intact. Technically speaking, Carter played in 5 games for the Wolfpack this season, even though he only played in 2 snaps in his final game. According to the letter of the law, he doesn’t have the ability to redshirt this year now. I’m assuming he might try to appeal that, but not sure how that would be handled.

Heading into this weekends contest, NC State is definitely in a vulnerable position at Nickel with Cooley having to sit out the first half due to being ejected for targeting. Crowell filled the void, but those were his first snaps ever besides Special Teams snaps in the past.

It will be interesting to see how NC State handles the Nickel position this Saturday.

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Former NC State DT Nick Campbell Commits to App St.

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Former NC State Defensive Tackle Nick Campbell (6’4″/300) has committed to play for Appalachian St.

Campbell was a 3-Star prospect out of the state of Florida in the Wolfpack’s 2022 recruiting class. 247Sports ranked him as the #45 overall player in the state of Florida in the 2022 class.

In 2022, Campbell played 9 snaps against UCONN, redshirting the season. Last year, the only game he saw action is was against VMI.

Campbell has three years of eligibility remaining.

I’m a little surprised NC State hasn’t added a Nose Tackle out of the Portal yet. With CJ Clark and Nick Campbell transferring, the only two scholarship players at the position are Brandon Cleveland and DJ Jackson. When True Freshman Justin Terrell arrives in the Fall, there will be 3. NC State needs another depth piece at Nose Tackle.

NC State has had 23 players enter the Transfer Portal

NT Nick Campbell – App St.
WR Julian Gray – Liberty
RB Delbert Mimms III – Eastern Michigan
TE Fred Seabrough
Nickel Cecil Powell – Troy
WR Christopher Scott – Austin Peay
OL Jaleel Davis – Florida International
WR Josh Crabtree – Murray St. 
OL Lyndon Cooper – Pitt
WR Terrell Timmons – Colorado
LB Torren Wright – Temple
NT C.J. Clark – Miami
QB MJ Morris – Maryland
S Jakeen Harris – UNC
TE Cedd Seabrough – West Georgia
WR Porter Rooks – Eastern Michigan
DB Nate Evans – Delaware
LB Daejuan Thompson
RB Jordan Houston – Marshall
RB Michael Allen – UNLV
DB Darius Edmundson – UNC-Pembroke
WR Anthony Smith – East Carolina
TE Christopher Toudle – Western Michigan 

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