NC State Visits Elon Tuesday Evening

September 18, 2017

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RALEIGH – The NC State men's soccer team returns to action on Tuesday evening by traveling to nearby opponent Elon. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Rudd Field with live video coverage provided on ElonPhoenix.com.

LAST MATCH
NC State dropped a difficult 3-0 decision at No. 2 Notre Dame Friday evening at Alumni Stadium.

The Wolfpack started the match strong and throughout the course of the evening would counter Notre Dame's 12 shots with 12 of its own, but a 14-minute stretch at the end of the first half proved decisive as all three Notre Dame goals came during this portion of the match.

A moment of controversy played an important role in the early stages of the match, as it appeared that freshman David Loera had scored the first goal of his Wolfpack career in the seventh minute to put the Wolfpack ahead 1-0. Following a corner, Loera received a well-placed pass from Simon Blotko and chipped a shot over the goalkeeper and inside the far post. Shortly after the goal was scored, it was called back due to an offside ruling.

A WEEK OF AWARDS
Freshman forward Manny Perez was named NCAA Player of the Week and to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week after scoring the match-winning goal in a 1-0 win over No. 3 Clemson. Freshman goalkeeper Leon Krapf claimed ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors with a 1-0 shutout of Clemson and his role in a 2-1 defeat of Longwood two days later.

NATIONALLY RANKED
NC State entered the national rankings for the first time this season on Sept. 11, coming in at No. 18 on Soccer America's poll.

SCOUTING THE PHOENIX
-Elon enters Tuesday's match the owner of an unbeaten 3-0-3 record.
-The Phoenix are a perfect 2-0-0 at home.
-Elon boasts the No. 4 goals against average in the nation (0.18 per match).
-The Phoenix returns all 11 starters from a 2016 team that went 7-6-4.

SERIES HISTORY
-Tuesday's match marks the eighth meeting in program history.
-NC State leads the series 5-2-0.
-In the last meeting, Elon defeated NC State 2-0 in Raleigh on Sept. 13, 2016.
-Tuesday marks NC State's first trip to play at Elon.

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Players Mentioned

Simon Blotko

Leon Krapf

David Loera

Manny Perez