NC State Hosts Elon Tuesday Evening

September 12, 2016

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RALEIGH – The NC State men's soccer team closes out a three-match home stand Tuesday evening when Elon comes to town. Kickoff between the Wolfpack and Phoenix is set for 7 p.m. from Dail Soccer Stadium with live coverage provided by the ACC Network Extra.

GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS
Student Wolfpack Club Night
First 100 students will receive free noisemaker (stadium horn or cheer sticks)
Football ticket drawing (Sept. 17 game vs. ODU)

WATCH THE WOLFPACK ALL SEASON LONG
Ten of NC State's 12 remaining regular-season matches—including every single home contest—will be broadcast live on the ACC Network Extra.

A WIN ON TUESDAY WOULD...
-Be the 498th win in program history
-Be the 118th win of HC Kelly Findley's career
-Be NC State's sixth win over Elon (seventh meeting)

SERIES HISTORY
-Tuesday's match marks the seventh meeting between NC State and Elon.
-NC State holds a 5-1 advantage in the series.
-The teams last met on Sept. 21 of the 2005 season, with NC State earning a 3-1 victory over the Phoenix in Raleigh.

SCOUTING THE PHOENIX
-Elon enters Tuesday's match the owner of a 3-1-1 record.
-The Phoenix has picked up wins over UNC Asheville (4-1), St. Bonaventure (6-0), and Detroit (1-0). Elon has lost to San Diego (1-2) and has drawn College of Charleston (1-1) in its most recent match, the Colonial Athletic Association opener on Sept. 10.
-Elon has outscored its opponents 13-4 this season and is led offensively by five goals from Elijah Agu.
-The Phoenix was selected to finish third in the CAA this season.
-Elon advanced to the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament, defeating Winthrop 3-0 before falling 5-2 to eventual tournament runner-up Clemson.

LAST MATCH
In arguably NC State's best performance of the young season, the Wolfpack outshot visiting No. 6 Syracuse by a 15-10 margin but ultimately fell to the unbeaten Orange by a final count of 2-0 on Sept. 9. Ade Taiwo led the Wolfpack with four total shots on the evening. Both Syracuse goals came from set pieces: a penalty in the 16th minute and a corner kick in the 74th.

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Ade Taiwo

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