North Carolina State University Athletics
Sunday, August 23
Raleigh, NC
5 PM
NC State
vs
Queens
No. 2 Wolfpack Welcomes Queens For Second Game of the Season
8/22/2026 12:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer
RALEIGH, N.C. - No. 2 NC State men's soccer welcomes Queens to Raleigh for the second game of the season. The match is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Dail Soccer Field.
It will be streamed live here on ACC Network Extra with commentary by Andrew Sanders and Justin Bryant. Live stats will be available here on StatBroadcast.
This is game one of the evening, as a doubleheader is scheduled, with women's soccer taking on Elon at 7:30 p.m.
A win on Sunday would…
- Be the 577th win in program history (567-493-121)
- Be the 259th win in Hubbard's head coaching career (258-59-47)
- Be Hubbard's 27th victory at NC State (26-7-10)
- Be the second win over Queens (1-0-0)
Series History…
- Sunday marks the second meeting between NC State and Queens.
- NC State leads the series 1-0.
- The last time these teams met was in Raleigh, N.C. in August, 2025.
- During the most recent match-up, NC State won 2-0.
Quick Notes…
- The Wolfpack enters the season ranked No. 2 nationally.
- NC State was the preseason ACC favorite, earning eight first-place votes.
- Including the Wolfpack, the ACC currently has three teams ranked nationally in the preseason top-25 according to the United Soccer Coaches Poll (No. 2 NC State, No. 9 Stanford and No. 11 Virginia).
A Familiar Face…
- Junior goalkeeper Matheus Rhormens comes to NC State after two years at Queens.
- During his time at Queens, he was named the 2025 ASUN Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year after starting all 17 matches and recording six clean sheets while leading the league with 72 saves.
- In 2024, Rhormens earned First-Team All-ASUN and All-Freshman honors, recorded five clean sheets, led the ASUN in saves per game and helped Queens reach its second straight ASUN Tournament.
The 2026 Squad…
- The full breakdown of NC State's 2026 squad includes 15 returners and 18 newcomers (8 freshmen and 10 transfers).
- NC State returns four players who started 10+ games during the 2025 season: Riley Moloney (23 starts), Tyler Caton (20 starts), Drew Lovelace (17 starts) and Frank DeFrancesco (11 starts).
- Six returners on this year's roster earned at least one starting nod in 2025. 11 of the 15 returners made an appearance on the pitch last year.
Welcome to Dail Soccer Field
- In the first game of the season, seven newcomers and one returner all took the field for the first time wearing the red and white.
- Newcomers: Emanuel Adou, Brandon Bent, Russell Berko, Josh Gordon, Abdou-Magib So, Hayato Takayama and Tom Wingate
- Returners: Gianni Rosario
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