North Carolina State University Athletics
Friday, October 15
Raleigh, N.C.
4 PM Diving / 5 PM Swimming
NC State
vs
Tennessee
NC State to Host Ranked Matchup with Tennessee for First Home Dual of 2021-22
10/14/2021 2:08:00 PM | Swimming
RALEIGH – NC State welcomes the Tennessee Volunteers to the Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center over the weekend for its first home dual meet of the 2021-22 regular season. The squads are set for two separate sessions with one meet scheduled for a 5 p.m. start on Friday (4 p.m. diving) and another set of races beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Though NC State's divers have frequently competed at the Tennessee Diving Invitational in years past, this weekend marks the first full team dual meet between the Wolfpack and the Volunteers in the Holloway era.
MEET INFO
FAN INFO
All patrons will need to claim a free, virtual parking permit for Friday's swim meet. This permit is only valid for the Coliseum Parking Deck. Instructions on how to claim the virtual permit are here. This permit is needed for anyone wishing to park before 5 p.m. on Friday. A permit will not be needed for Saturday's portion of the meet. Masks are required and enforced in all indoor spaces on campus, regardless of vaccination status.
THOUGHTS FROM THE COACHES
Swimming
"We're excited to get our season underway!," said head coach Braden Holloway. "The team has been looking forward to competing again, especially competing with fans in the stands. We have a solid first week with two great programs, with UNC in Chapel Hill and Tennessee at home. We look forward to welcoming our alumni back this weekend and are excited to learn where our team currently is. This will be a good starting point for us to evaluate and analyze where we are at this point early in the season."
Diving
"I have nothing but excitement for our first meet with Tennessee," said Wes Mattice regarding his first home meet as the Wolfpack diving coach. "Dave has been a friend of mine for a few years now and is someone I have looked up to as a seasoned coach and now a peer. The Wolfpack divers and I are just starting this journey together. We had a first great meet on Wednesday, which was a big first step. For the meet this Friday, we wilI be bringing a bigger squad of divers, and I'm excited to see where we all are after the work we have done the past few months. We can really start to map out where we are and where we want to go. The meet against Tennessee will be a great next step in our future, and we couldn't have picked a better opponent."
PACK IN THE POLLS
The Wolfpack women will begin the year at No. 3 overall, and the Pack men check in at No. 4 in the nation as the highest-ranked ACC squad. Both teams finished last season in the top six of the final CSCAA poll and secured top-eight finishes at the NCAA Championships.
BACK WITH THE PACK
• Overall, 16 members of the Pack who gained All-American status in at least one individual or relay event last season are back in Raleigh - 8 women and 8 men.
• The Wolfpack women's squad returns its top seven individual scorers from last year's second place NCAA Championship team. That includes Kylee Alons (44 points), Katharine Berkoff (44 points), Sophie Hansson, Kate Moore (27 points) and Andrea Podmanikova (27 points) each finaled in at least two individual events
• Four of the five women who contributed to the Pack's five national titles also return to the squad in 2021-22. Sirena Rowe (200 medley relay) is the only one missing from last season.
• The Pack men bring back all individual points from last season's NCAA Champioships meet as all of those performances came from non-seniors. Ross Dant (27 points) and Kacper Stokowski (17 points) lead the tally after reaching the A final in the 500 free and 1650 free (Dant) and the 100 backstroke (Stokowski).
• All of the Wolfpack's ACC gold medalists (both individual and relay) across the men's and women's teams are on this year's squad. That number includes individual ACC gold medalists Kylee Alons (50 free) Katharine Berkoff (100 back), Sophie Hansson (100/200 breaststroke), Emma Muzzy (200 back) and Kacper Stokowski (100 back).
WOLFPACK WELCOME
Ahead of the 2021-22 season, SwimSwam released its rankings for the 2021 signing class (the current freshmen). NC State's men checked in with the highest-ranked class, and the Wolfpack women were ranked third
SCOUTING TENNESSEE
The Vols make the trek back to the state of North Carolina after sweeping UNC Wilmington 214-81 (men) and 196-96 (women) just two weeks ago. In that meet, the men swept every individual event and the women won all but two individual events.
In 2020-2021, the Tennessee women finished 10th at the NCAA Championships, while the men finished 24th. This year's College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) preseason poll, released on Thursday, has the Lady Vols sitting in the No. 7 spot overall and the men at No. 17 to begin the season.
FRIDAY SWIMMING SCHEDULE:
200 medley relay
1,000 freestyle
200 freestyle
100 backstroke
100 breaststroke
200 butterfly
50 freestyle
BREAK
100 freestyle
200 backstroke
200 breaststroke
500 freestyle
200 butterfly
BREAK
200 IM
400 freestyle relay
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Though NC State's divers have frequently competed at the Tennessee Diving Invitational in years past, this weekend marks the first full team dual meet between the Wolfpack and the Volunteers in the Holloway era.
MEET INFO
- Opponent: No. 17 Tennessee Men, No. 7 Tennessee Women
- Date: Friday, Oct. 15 (4 p.m. diving, 5 p.m. swimming) & Saturday, Oct. 16 (10 a.m. swimming)
- Location: Raleigh, N.C.
- Site: Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center
- Live Results: Meet Mobile
- TV: ACCNX
FAN INFO
All patrons will need to claim a free, virtual parking permit for Friday's swim meet. This permit is only valid for the Coliseum Parking Deck. Instructions on how to claim the virtual permit are here. This permit is needed for anyone wishing to park before 5 p.m. on Friday. A permit will not be needed for Saturday's portion of the meet. Masks are required and enforced in all indoor spaces on campus, regardless of vaccination status.
THOUGHTS FROM THE COACHES
Swimming
"We're excited to get our season underway!," said head coach Braden Holloway. "The team has been looking forward to competing again, especially competing with fans in the stands. We have a solid first week with two great programs, with UNC in Chapel Hill and Tennessee at home. We look forward to welcoming our alumni back this weekend and are excited to learn where our team currently is. This will be a good starting point for us to evaluate and analyze where we are at this point early in the season."
Diving
"I have nothing but excitement for our first meet with Tennessee," said Wes Mattice regarding his first home meet as the Wolfpack diving coach. "Dave has been a friend of mine for a few years now and is someone I have looked up to as a seasoned coach and now a peer. The Wolfpack divers and I are just starting this journey together. We had a first great meet on Wednesday, which was a big first step. For the meet this Friday, we wilI be bringing a bigger squad of divers, and I'm excited to see where we all are after the work we have done the past few months. We can really start to map out where we are and where we want to go. The meet against Tennessee will be a great next step in our future, and we couldn't have picked a better opponent."
PACK IN THE POLLS
The Wolfpack women will begin the year at No. 3 overall, and the Pack men check in at No. 4 in the nation as the highest-ranked ACC squad. Both teams finished last season in the top six of the final CSCAA poll and secured top-eight finishes at the NCAA Championships.
BACK WITH THE PACK
• Overall, 16 members of the Pack who gained All-American status in at least one individual or relay event last season are back in Raleigh - 8 women and 8 men.
• The Wolfpack women's squad returns its top seven individual scorers from last year's second place NCAA Championship team. That includes Kylee Alons (44 points), Katharine Berkoff (44 points), Sophie Hansson, Kate Moore (27 points) and Andrea Podmanikova (27 points) each finaled in at least two individual events
• Four of the five women who contributed to the Pack's five national titles also return to the squad in 2021-22. Sirena Rowe (200 medley relay) is the only one missing from last season.
• The Pack men bring back all individual points from last season's NCAA Champioships meet as all of those performances came from non-seniors. Ross Dant (27 points) and Kacper Stokowski (17 points) lead the tally after reaching the A final in the 500 free and 1650 free (Dant) and the 100 backstroke (Stokowski).
• All of the Wolfpack's ACC gold medalists (both individual and relay) across the men's and women's teams are on this year's squad. That number includes individual ACC gold medalists Kylee Alons (50 free) Katharine Berkoff (100 back), Sophie Hansson (100/200 breaststroke), Emma Muzzy (200 back) and Kacper Stokowski (100 back).
WOLFPACK WELCOME
Ahead of the 2021-22 season, SwimSwam released its rankings for the 2021 signing class (the current freshmen). NC State's men checked in with the highest-ranked class, and the Wolfpack women were ranked third
SCOUTING TENNESSEE
The Vols make the trek back to the state of North Carolina after sweeping UNC Wilmington 214-81 (men) and 196-96 (women) just two weeks ago. In that meet, the men swept every individual event and the women won all but two individual events.
In 2020-2021, the Tennessee women finished 10th at the NCAA Championships, while the men finished 24th. This year's College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) preseason poll, released on Thursday, has the Lady Vols sitting in the No. 7 spot overall and the men at No. 17 to begin the season.
FRIDAY SWIMMING SCHEDULE:
200 medley relay
1,000 freestyle
200 freestyle
100 backstroke
100 breaststroke
200 butterfly
50 freestyle
BREAK
100 freestyle
200 backstroke
200 breaststroke
500 freestyle
200 butterfly
BREAK
200 IM
400 freestyle relay
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