North Carolina State University Athletics
Women's Soccer to Host Virginia Tech
10/1/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
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Oct. 1, 2004
RALEIGH, N.C. - NC State women's soccer is set to host Virginia Tech on Sunday, Oct. 3, at 1 p.m., at Method Road as the two teams meet for the first team as Atlantic Coast Conference members. The Wolfpack is 7-2-2 and 1-2-0 in ACC play, while the Hokies will enter the contest at 6-3-0 and 2-1-0 in ACC action. The two teams have met twice before, with the Wolfpack owning the advantage at 2-0. The last match between the squads was on Oct. 6, 1999. The Pack won, 2-1 in Blacksburg, Va.
NC State is coming off a 3-1 loss to No. 2 North Carolina on Thursday. The Pack has one ACC victory entering its fourth conference matchup of the year. Coming into the game, the NC State crew will be led by seniors Anna Helenius and Erin Griswold. Both have been the top scorers for the team all season. Helenius currently leads the team in points with 18 from her six goals and team-best six assists. Griswold leads the squad with seven goals, just three shy of tying her 2003 total. Helenius has exceeded her junior year total by five. Sophomore Megan Connors made a career-high nine saves against UNC and nearly doubled her season total after the stellar performance. She now has allowed eight goals and made 25 saves to go along with her three shutouts. Sophomore Carol Tognetti, freshmen Allie Wilkerson and Alex Caram and senior Katherine Warman have also netted multiple goals for the Wolfpack. Tognetti has scored four times, Wilkerson and Caram twice and Warman three times. On the year, NC State has outscored its opponents 26-to-9, aiding significantly by its corner kick chances. The Pack has recorded nine goals from the corner.
Virginia Tech fell to North Carolina 6-1 on Sept. 26, a rude awakening to the ACC powerhouse. The squad was fresh off a 3-2 win against Wake Forest, which is among the nation's top 30 teams currently. VaTech will be led by two freshmen in Ashley Stinson and Erin Moore. Stinson leads the team in points with 25, after an impressive 11 goals on the year. Moore has a team-high five assists. In net for the Hokies has been sophomore Mallory Soldner. The keeper has started all nine matches, made 48 saves and allowed 16 goals. The Hokies have gone 4-2-0 in non-conference play entering the Sunday afternoon match at NC State and are 1-1-0 on the road overall. As a team, VaTech has a small goal advantage over its foes at 27-to-16. The squad is averaging 17.6 shots per contest. Also noteworthy is the corner kick margin. The Hokies have tallied fewer than its opponents with just 42, or 4.6 per game.
