Wolfpack women open ACC Tournament play today at 3 p.m.

North Carolina State University

Wolfpack women open ACC Tournament play today at 3 p.m.

N.C. State interim head coach Stephanie Glance huddles with her team after losing to Boston College 62-51 on January 29, 2009. This was the first game for the Wolfpack since losing head coach Kay Yow to breast cancer on January 24, 2009.

By Dane Huffman

Mar 5, 2009

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N.C. State opens play in the ACC Women's Tournament today in Greensboro trying to defeat Wake Forest for the third time this season in a 3 p.m. game at the Greensboro Coliseum.

The Wolfpack, seeded eighth, is 13-16 and Wake Forest, seeded ninth, is 18-10. But the Pack has beaten Wake 59-51 in Raleigh and 65-63 in overtime in Winston-Salem.

Fifth-seeded Georgia Tech (21-8) opens the tournament today at 11 a.m. against 12th seeded Clemson 13-16. No. 7 Boston College plays No. 10 Miami at 6 p.m. and No. 6 Virginia plays No. 11 Virginia Tech at 8 p.m.

North Carolina and Duke have dominated this event in recent seasons, but Maryland enters the tournament as the top seed and surprising Florida State is seeded second. Third-seeded Duke plays te Virginia-Virginia Tech winner Friday at 8 p.m. and UNC plays the Georgia Tech-Clemson winner Friday at 11 a.m.

The championship game is Sunday at 1 p.m.

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