Aidan Payne’s Brace Helps Wolfpack Record 2-2 Draw at California

Sunday, October 18

Berkeley, CA

5 PM ET

NC State

5-5-4, 1-3-2

California

5-4-4, 1-3-2

Team	1	2	Final F
NC State	1	1	2
California	1	1	2

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Aidan Payne’s Brace Helps Wolfpack Record 2-2 Draw at California

10/18/2026 7:27:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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BERKELEY, CA. - NC State men's soccer (5-5-4, 1-3-2 ACC) battled California (5-4-4, 1-3-3 ACC) to a 2-2 draw Sunday afternoon out West.

Aidan Payne opened the scoring in the ninth minute, netting what at the moment was his team-leading sixth goal of the season.

California answered in the 32nd minute to even the score at 1-1, and the teams remained level heading into halftime.

Nineteen minutes into the second half, the Golden Bears took their first lead of the night, making it a 2-1 game.

With 18 minutes remaining, Payne found the back of the net again to level the score at 2-2. The goal marked his second of the night, recording his second career brace and a team-leading seventh goal of the season.

Neither team was able to find a go-ahead goal in the final minutes.

NC State outshot California 13-9, including a 4-2 advantage in shots on goal.

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The Wolfpack will celebrate its eight seniors: Lawson Abass, Emanuel Adou, Tyler Caton, Ervin Cruz, Josh Gordon, Aidan Payne, Brendan Peeples and Caden Tolentino, on Saturday against Stanford. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Dail Soccer Field

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