The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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18 ■ THE WOLFPACKER TRACKING THE PACK "I've been begging for it. I'm just glad it was called. I'm glad that [redshirt sophomore linebacker] Brock [Miller] returned that fumble and I'm glad he got tackled at the 1-yard line. I knew it would be called after that." ■ Fifth-year senior center Garrett Bradbury on rushing for a one-yard score while playing fullback in the 58-3 win over East Carolina Dec. 1 (TheWolfpacker.com) "It just opened up and I took it. The tears were coming [after the big run]. All the things I've been through for four years and just to see how things unfolded my senior year is just amazing. I'll probably be in the bed crying with a teddy bear tonight." — Senior running back Reggie Gallaspy Jr. on reaching 1,000 yards thanks to an 86-yard run versus East Carolina Dec. 1 (TheWolfpacker.com) "We nicknamed this stadium Carter-Finley North. I don't lose here, and we don't lose here." — Sixth-year senior quarterback Ryan Finley after the Wolfpack defeated North Carolina 34-28 in overtime at Kenan Stadium Nov. 24 (TheWolfpacker.com) "I am interested in everything because the NBA is my goal at the end of the day. I want to be a great college player, but my end goal is to help my family. I want to be a concrete round-one player if I do make that decision. If I'm guaranteed a round-one position, then you never know. I could see myself doing it [skipping college] if I am in a good position at the end of the year." — Point guard signee Jalen Lecque of Wolfe- boro (N.H.) Brewster Academy, who is eligible for the 2019 NBA Draft (ESPN.com) "We can play with anybody when we play together and play hard. That is the big- gest takeaway I got." — Fifth-year senior wing Torin Dorn on what the Wolfpack learned from losing 79-75 at Wisconsin Nov. 27 (TheWolfpacker.com) "Reggie's got heart. I was hugging him in the locker room, my sons were next to me. I told him that I hope my boys have the same heart he has when they get older because that kid is 100 percent heart." — Head football coach Dave Doeren following Reggie Gallaspy's five-touchdown performance at UNC Nov. 24 (TheWolfpacker.com) "We got a really good football team. That's the standard here — not only to be in bowl games but win bowl games and continue to elevate which bowl games we are going to." — Head football coach Dave Doeren on the Wolfpack's 9-3 regular season (TheWolfpacker.com) PHOTO BY KEN MARTIN QUOTING THE PACK Sophie Hansson, Swimming The freshman from Helsingborg, Sweden, has made an immediate impact at NC State. She set the program record in the 100-yard breaststroke (58.44 sec- onds) at the IU Invitational Nov. 16 in Bloomington, Ind., and posted the second-best 200-yard breaststroke time (2:09.39) in school history with a fourth-place finish at the same meet. She also finished second in the 100-meter breaststroke at USA Swimming's Winter National Championships Dec. 1 in Greensboro, N.C. Elly Henes, Track/Cross Country The junior from Cary, N.C., wasted little time jumping into the indoor track season. She won the 5,000-meter race at the JDL Early Bird Duals in Winston-Salem Dec. 2, breaking her own record in the event with a time of 15:41.63 — which was 24 seconds faster than the nearest competitor. Henes finished a team- best 16th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships Nov. 17 in Madison, Wis., and was second individually at the ACC Championships Oct. 26 in Boston, which helped the Pack secure its third straight league title. Tziarra King, Soccer The junior from Sicklerville, N.J., finished the season with a team-high 10 goals and 26 as - sists, both of which ranked fourth in the ACC. She was named All-ACC for a third straight season and became the first NC State women's soccer player to be a three-time choice for the United States Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Re - gion Team. King's 35 goals through three seasons is sixth all time at NC State, and she has helped the Wolfpack make the NCAA Tournament all three years with a pair of Sweet 16 finishes, including in 2018. Manny Perez, Soccer The ACC Freshman of the Year in 2017 earned third-team all-league honors in 2018 despite miss- ing six of the team's games. The native of Garner, N.C., finished with a goal and five assists, which ranked second on a squad that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The reason why Perez missed six games, including the final five contests, was because he was called up to the U-20 Men's National Team for the United for the CONCACAF U-20 Championship in November, which the Americans, coached by former Pack star Tab Ramos, won for the second time in its history. Teni Sopitan, Volleyball The senior from Laurel, Md., closed her career by being named All-ACC after finishing fourth in the ACC during the regular season with 391 kills. She was also third in the league with 3.62 skills per set. Her ac- complishments were made even more impressive when considering Sopitan was lining up at the outside hitter posi- tion that she had never played before. She joined sophomore Melissa Evans and senior Kylie Pickrell on the all-conference squads. ■ PACK PERFORMERS