Wolfpack Hosts Top-Ranked Tar Heels Friday Evening

October 11, 2018

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RALEIGH – The NC State men's soccer team seeks to pick up its fifth win in the last two years over a team ranked within the top 14 of the United Soccer Coaches Poll on Friday evening when No. 1 UNC-Chapel Hill comes to town. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 pm from Dail Soccer Stadium with live video coverage provided by ACC Network Extra.

FRIDAY PROMOTIONS
-Red Out. Fans are encouraged to wear red to the match.
-First 300 students in attendance will receive free "I Bleed Red" NC State t-shirts.
-Fraternity and Sorority Life Night.
-Special Olympics Night.
-Student Wolfpack Club Night.

A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD...
-Be the 517th win in program history (516-444-94).
-Be the 178th win in HC George Kiefer's career (177-95-57).
-Be Kiefer's 16th win at NC State (15-9-6).
-Be NC State's sixth home win of the season (5-0-2).

SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS (9-1-1, 4-0-0)
-2017 College Cup participants.
-Outscoring opponents 19-5 this season.
-Outshooting opponents 11-5 on average per match.
-Only received seven cautions in 11 matches this season (0 red cards).
-Commit the fewest fouls per match (8.0) of any team in the nation.
-Fourth-ranked defense in the nation (0.45 goals allowed per match).
-No. 14 Nils Bruening and No. 10 Giovanni Montesdeoca are tied for the team lead with five goals each.

SERIES HISTORY (NC State trails 21-52-12)
-Last meeting was a 1-0 UNC victory in Cary during the 2017 season.
-First meeting in Raleigh since 2014 (1-0 UNC win).
-Last win vs. UNC was a 1-0 OT victory in Chapel Hill during the 2013 season.
-Last win over UNC in Raleigh was a 3-1 victory in 1997.

POSITIVE RESULTS AGAINST THE BEST
NC State has earned positive results in six matches against foes ranked within the top-14 of the United Soccer Coaches rankings since the beginning of the 2017 season.

Sept. 8, 2017 vs. No. 3 Clemson: W, 1-0
Oct. 13, 2017 vs. No. 10 Virginia: D, 0-0
Oct. 21, 2017 at No. 5 Louisville: W, 3-2

Aug. 27, 2018 at No. 4 Akron: W, 2-0
Sept. 21, 2018 vs. No. 14 Virginia Tech: W, 1-0
Sept. 28, 2018 vs. No. 6 Louisville: D, 2-2

SEEKING CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENTS
The Wolfpack's appearance in the 2017 NCAA Tournament was the program's first since 2009. If NC State were to qualify for the 2018 NCAA Tournament, it would mark the first time the program qualified for back-to-back postseasons since the 1991 and 1992 seasons.

STEADY IN GOAL
Sophomore goalkeeper Leon Krapf is in the second season of a very strong college career. The German international has played every minute of 30 matches and has recorded 13 shutouts and 78 saves while allowing only 31 goals. His current goals against average (GAA) for his career is 0.98, which ranks No. 1 in the available goalkeeping records at NC State.

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