The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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TRACKING THE PACK JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025 ■ 19 30 Years since the NC State men's soccer team had been to the Sweet 16 before reaching it in November with wins over Charlotte (2-1 in double overtime, Nov. 21) and Georgetown (2-0, Nov. 24) in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Pack saw its campaign end with a 2-1 loss to host Marshall on Nov. 30, but it established a solid foundation in Marc Hubbard's first season as head coach, finishing 10-5-5 (3-3-2 ACC) and reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019. 9 Number of NC State teams that posted a Graduation Success Rate of 100 percent in data released by the NCAA in November encompassing the freshman classes entering from 2014-15 to 2017-18. The teams with perfect GSRs over that span were men's and women's swimming, men's tennis, wrestling, women's basketball, women's golf, gymnastics, softball and women's soccer. NC State's GSR for all programs was 92 percent, which tied a school record. PHOTO COURTESY NC STATE ATHLETICS 1,140 Career points for senior guard Aziaha James through NC State's first 11 games this season. James surpassed the 1,000-point milestone when she scored 20 in a 79-51 victory over Kent State on Nov. 14. She be- came the 38th player in program his- tory to reach 1,000 points, and what makes her achievement especially impressive is that she wasn't a big scorer during her first two years on campus. James com- bined for 325 points in her freshman and sophomore seasons before scoring 637 during a break- through junior year. " This is the type of group that just kept getting better the more they played with one another. The hope is that the values and habits that we created every day will continue to seep into the returners, and the mes- saging and the legacy and the story of the guys leaving will seep into the newcomers. I am definitely proud of what we accomplished, and there is a lot to look forward to in Raleigh." — First-year men's soccer coach MARC HUBBARD after his team concluded its season in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 with a 2-1 loss to Marshall PHOTO COURTESY NC STATE ATHLETICS " It means a lot that I could play against Bill Belichick, but if he comes to play, we're going to kill them." — Quarterback CJ BAILEY on North Carolina's new head football coach PHOTO COURTESY NC STATE FOOTBALL