NC State
Notre Dame
#6 Pack Men’s Soccer Headed to Notre Dame
10/16/2025 12:01:00 PM | Men's Soccer
RALEIGH – Sixth-ranked NC State men's soccer heads to Notre Dame for a Friday night conference match-up in South Bend, Ind. at 7:30 p.m. Both the Wolfpack and the Fighting Irish are battling for league points as the two have the same conference record at 2-1-2.
The match will not be streamed or televised, fans wanting to follow along will have access to live stats on StatBroadcast here.
A Win on Friday Would…
• Be the 570th win in program history (569-492-118)
• Be the 252nd win in Hubbard's head coaching career (251- 58-44)
• Be Hubbard's 20th victory at NC State (19-6-7)
• Be the 3rd win over Notre Dame (2-5-1)
Series History (trails 2-5-1)
• Friday's meeting marks just the ninth contest between the NC State Wolfpack and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
• The Wolfpack last met with the Fighting Irish in 2023 in , which resulted in a 1-3 loss. NC State has not beaten Notre Dame since 2019, and never claimed a win in South Bend.
Quick Notes
• The Wolfpack started the season ranked at No. 14 in the preseason United Soccer Coaches poll, where it finished last season. After just week one of the regular season, the squad landed at eighth in the country, the last time the program was ranked that high was in September of 2018.
• The team has bested its highest-ever ranking in the United Soccer Coaches poll three times this season. The previous best for the program was No. 8 set in 2018, this season the team has landed at No. 8, No. 5, No. 2, and finally No. 1 on its way to the top.
• NC State was picked to finish eighth in a competitive Atlantic Coast Conference that features four of the nation's preseason top 10 teams according to the United Soccer Coaches Poll.
• A win over Queens to start the season moved the team's season-opening record under Marc Hubbard to 2-0.
• A crowd of 5,083 fans at the game vs. North Carolina on Sept. 5 set a new Dail Soccer Stadium attendance record.
• NC State was the last school in the entire NCAA to concede a goal.
Across the ACC
• NC State was one of two ACC schools (other being Duke) to feature at least four players on the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Top-100 Players to Watch List.
• The ACC holds five teams ranked nationally in the top-25 (No. 1 Stanford, No. 6 NC State, No. 9 Virginia, No. 10 Duke, and No. 17 North Carolina).
Across the NCAA
• Donavan Phillip leads the country in total goals (14), goals per game (1.17), is third in points per game (2.42) and is second in shots on goal per game (2.33).
• The team is for second in the country in goal differential (30-2), leads shutout percentage, and is for fourth in shots on goal per game with a 7.83 average.
• Logan Erb leads the country in goals against average (0.178 avg.) and is second in save percentage (0.931).
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