NC State
(No. 9 seed) Virginia (1st Round)
No. 21 Pack Hosts Virginia for Opening Round of ACC Tournament
11/5/2024 3:57:00 PM | Men's Soccer
RALEIGH, N.C. – 21st-ranked and eighth-seeded NC State men's soccer is set to host ninth-seeded Virginia for the opening round of the 2024 ACC Tournament. Kick-off at Dail Soccer Stadium in Raleigh is scheduled for a 8 p.m. start on Wednesday night.
The match will be broadcast on ACC Network and live stats will be available here.
The winner of the match is slated to travel to play Pitt on the road Sunday night.
A Win On Friday Would…
• Be the 559th win in program history (558-490-116)
• Be the 241st win in Hubbard's head coaching career (240- 54-42)
• Be Hubbard's 9th victory at NC State (8-3-5)
• Be the 15th win over the Cavaliers (14-51-10)
Series History (trails 12-33-6)
• Wednesday's match marks the 76th meeting between the Wolfpack and the Cavaliers. NC State is looking to defeat Wake Forest for the first time since 2010, and snag their first win in the opening round of the ACC Tournament since 2019. • NC State records date the series back to 1950, the Pack last faced them in Charlottesville last September when they fell 1-3.
Quick Notes
• The Wolfpack held a spot in the rankings (United Soccer Coaches Poll) for six out of the 11 weeks of the regular season. Doing so, marked their first time in the top-25 since the 2019 season. Week 10 rankings put NC State at No. 12, their highest position since the 2018 season.
• NC State was picked to finish 11th in a competitive Atlantic Coast Conference that features five of the nation's preseason top 10 teams.
• The ACC holds six teams ranked nationally in the top-25 (No. 2 Duke, No. 7 Clemson, No. 9 Pitt, No. 14 North Carolina, No. 15 SMU, and No. 21 NC State.)
• The Wolfpack earned a victory in their first ACC game by a 2-1 score on Sept. 6th at home. It marked the first-ever game for any Cal sport to play as a member of the ACC.
• A 7-0 win over Winthrop in Raleigh marked the first time the program has scored seven goals since September of 1996.
• Taig Healy was named to the USL2 Team of the Year from his time with the Seacoast United Phantoms over the summer.
• Goalkeeper, Logan Erb, was named an ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 8 after shutting out No. 2 Stanford on the road and recording five saves in the game.
• Posted an impressive 5-1 win over No. 10 SMU at home to record the first ranked win of the Marc Hubbard era. This was also the first top-10 win for the program since Oct. of 2018.
Across the ACC
• Midfielder, Taig Healy is ranked ninth in shots with 41 total taken and a 2.56 shot per game average.
• Forward, Hakim Karamoko is ranked 10th in the ACC for goal scoring with seven.
• Goalkeeper, Logan Erb leads the ACC in saves with a save percentage average of .769, is eighth in goals against average with 1.08, and fourth in saves per game with an average of 3.33.
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