From multiple trophy hoists to record years and rivalry wins, here are our top-seven NC State sports moments of 2020.
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Cross country, football, volleyball and men's and women's soccer announced their team's newest signings for the 2021 year Wednesday, including volleyball head coach Luka Slabe's first recruiting class.
Pack cross country has found a lot of success in recent years and nothing changed in 2020 with the women winning its fifth consecutive conference title and the men taking the silver in its race.
Closing out a short season, NC State cross country teams make the short jog to WakeMed Soccer Park for their ACC Championships.
The Wolfpack cross country teams wrapped up their regular seasons with a tri-meet against UNC-Chapel Hill and Wake Forest on Friday, Oct. 16. Next up will be the ACC Championships.
The Wolfpack cross country program started the 2020 season strong Friday night in Blacksburg, Virginia, winning both the men’s and women’s competitions at the Virginia Tech Invitational.
All of NC State Athletics will begin the season without fans in attendance, according to a statement made by the department. The decision was made to cooperate with state guidelines and will last until at least the end of September.
NC State Athletics announced in a statement on Monday evening that all “athletic-related activities,” including football, will be temporarily halted because of 27 new positive COVID-19 tests in the department.
With the announcement of NC State undergraduate courses moving to a strictly online setting as of Aug. 24, heads quickly turned to NC State Athletics to see how fall sports would be impacted by the decision. This statement was released just minutes after the announcement on Thursday afternoon:
