NC State Plays at #5/9 Louisville Saturday Evening

October 20, 2017

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RALEIGH – Currently riding an unbeaten streak of five matches, the NC State men's soccer team (7-4-3, 2-3-1 ACC) returns to conference play on Saturday evening at No. 5/9 Louisville. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Lynn Stadium with live video coverage provided by ACC Network Extra.

LAST MATCH
NC State is now unbeaten in five consecutive matches after picking up a 2-1 victory over a strong UNCW team Tuesday evening at Dail Soccer Stadium.

Ade Taiwo scored the match-winning goal in the 86th minute from a Manny Perez assist. Perez provided assists on both Wolfpack goals, also feeding teammate Clayton Sparks for the opening strike in the 18th minute.

UNCW (9-5-0) was ranked No. 15 in the nation as recently as Oct. 10 before falling out of the top 25 on Tuesday afternoon. The Seahawks entered the match owning an RPI rank of 44th.

STRONG RECORD AT HOME
In nine home matches this season, NC State is 6-1-2 and has outscored its opponents 13-7. Of the three remaining regular-season matches on the schedule, two will be played at Dail Soccer Stadium in Raleigh.

TOP 100 FRESHMEN
NC State has four freshmen on the October 16 Top Drawer Soccer rankings. Manny Perez (9), David Loera (14), Leon Krapf (54), and David Norris (96) all made the list.

RPI UPDATE
NC State currently sits 65th in the Oct. 16 RPI update. During its final four matches of the regular season, NC State defeated UNCW (44) and will play Louisville (9), South Carolina (118), and Boston College (58).

ACC TOURNAMENT APPROACHES
If the regular season ended today, NC State would be the No. 8 seed in the ACC Tournament and would host No. 9 seed Pittsburgh/Virginia Tech in Raleigh on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. Seeds 5-8 at the end of the regular season will host first-round tournament matches.

SCOUTING THE #5/9 CARDINALS (10-1-3, 4-1-1)
-On a nine-match unbeaten run.
-Outscoring opponents 25-8 this season.
-Co-leading scorers Tate Schmitt and Mohamed Thiaw each have six goals.
-No. 10 defense in the nation (team GAA of 0.543)
-Common opponents: 3-1 loss at home vs. Wake Forest, 2-1 win at Syracuse, 5-0 home win vs. Florida Atlantic, 0-0 draw vs. UNC.

SERIES HISTORY
-Tied 2-2-1.
-Last meeting: 3-0 Louisville win in Raleigh on Oct. 23, 2016.
-Last meeting in Louisville: 1-1 draw during the 2015 season.
-Last win for NC State: 2-1 over No. 5 Louisville in Raleigh during 2014 season.

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NC State Plays at #5/9 Louisville Saturday Evening

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Players Mentioned

Leon Krapf

David Loera

David Norris

Manny Perez

Cjay Sparks

Ade Taiwo