NC State
Clemson
#10 Pack Ready to Take on the Tigers
10/9/2025 3:51:00 PM | Men's Soccer
RALEIGH – 10th-ranked NC State men's soccer remains home to welcome Clemson to Dail Soccer Stadium at 7 p.m. on Friday in another tough conference meeting.
Fans in attendance are encouraged to wear white for the "white out" theme. The match will be streamed live here on ACC Network, while live stats will be available on StatBroadcast here.
A Win on Friday Would…
• Be the 569th win in program history (568-492-118)
• Be the 251st win in Hubbard's head coaching career (250- 58-44)
• Be Hubbard's 19th victory at NC State (18-6-7)
• Be the 16th win over Clemson (15-40-4)
Series History
• Friday's meeting marks the 60th contest between the NC State Wolfpack and the Clemson Tigers.
• The Wolfpack last met with the Tigers at the end of the 2023 regular season. The game resulted in a 1-1 draw in Raleigh with the then ranked No. 10 Clemson team, who then went on to win the national championship.
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.
• 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. 7 Duke, No. 8 Virginia, No. 10 NC State, and No. 25 SMU).
Across the NCAA
• Donavan Phillip leads the country in total goals (14), goals per game (1.27 avg.), points per game (2.64 avg.) and is second in shots on goal per game (2.55 avg.).
• The team is for leading the country in goal differential (29-2), leads shutout percentage, and is for fourth in shots on goal per game with a 8.09 average.
• Logan Erb leads the country in goals against average (0.195 avg.) and is second in save percentage (0.929).
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