Sunday, October 3
Chapel Hill, N.C.
7 PM
NC State
at
North Carolina
NC State Set to Visit Rival UNC for Nationally-Televised Game
10/2/2021 7:34:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Wolfpack and Tar Heels will kick off at 7 p.m. on ACC Network
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RALEIGH – NC State men's soccer (5-3-1, 0-2-1 ACC) will make the short trip to Chapel Hill to visit local rival North Carolina (5-3-1, 1-2-0 ACC) for a nationally-televised Sunday night showdown. The game is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. from Dorrance Field and will be broadcast live on the ACC Network with Dalen Cuff and Michael Lahoud on the call.
A WIN SUNDAY WOULD
• Be the 537th win in program history (536-466-103)
• Be the 198th win in head coach George Kiefer's career (197-117-66)
• Be Kiefer's 36th victory at NC State (35-31-15)
• Be Kiefer's 10th ACC victory with the Wolfpack (9-20-10)
• Be NC State's first regular-season road win against UNC since 2013
SERIES HISTORY (NC State trails 22-53-13)
• Sunday marks the 89th overall meeting between NC State and North Carolina. The squads also met twice during the 1949 campaign before the Wolfpack was a varsity team.
• NC State and UNC last met on Nov. 1, 2020 in a match that ended in a scoreless draw. Prior to that matchup, each of the four previous games between the two teams were decided by 1-0 scores with those decisions split evenly between the Wolfpack and the Tar Heels.
• The Pack's last victory over UNC was on Oct. 12, 2018 when the Wolfpack stunned the top-ranked Tar Heels at home.
• NC State has not won a regular-season game in Chapel Hill since 2013. NC State took the 1-0 overtime victory in that outing.
LAST TIME OUT
• Playing in just its second road match and its only non-conference road contest of the year, NC State cruised past Longwood in a 6-2 victory on Tuesday night.
• The Wolfpack's goals were scored by six different players in what was a true team effort. Eight different players registered a goal or an assist on the night.
• Ivy Brisma and Noe Cabezas highlighted the Pack's offensive production with a goal and two assists each.
• Cabezas (59') tallied the first goal of his young career, and Brisma (51') scored his first of the season. Kuda Muskwe (11'), Luke Hille (53'), Yaniv Bazini (73') and Aidan Foster (82') also found the back of the net in the outing.
• The Pack's six goals marked the most it's scored in a single game since a 6-0 win over Delaware in 2012. NC State scored five of its goals in the second half, including three in an eight-minute span near the start of the period.
• NC State owned a 21-8 advantage in overall shots, which included a 10-3 advantage in shots on target.
TRACKING THE PACK (5-3-1, 0-2-1 ACC)
• The Pack's 105 shot attempts have been distributed among 16 different players, led by 23 strikes from Henrique Santos.
• Santos ranks in a tie for eighth in the league with his average of 2.56 shots per game.
• Ten different players have found the back of the net in 2021, with Luke Hille's four goals pacing the team.
• After averaging just 0.53 goals per game last season, NC State has upped that clip to 2.0 per contest in 2021. The Pack has been held scoreless just twice and has five multi-goal games as a team.
• Offensive production is up as a whole for the Wolfpack. NC State averages 14.0 shots per game (compared to 6.9 per game last season) and is out-shooting its opponents 126-92 in total. The Pack has owned the advantage in shots in six of nine matches in 2021.
• As a team, NC State's 1.22 goals allowed per game is the fifth-lowest number in the ACC. The Pack ranks fourth in the league with its 2.89 saves per game.
• Leon Krapf ranks in the top five in the ACC in saves per game (4th - 2.89), save percentage (5th - .722) and goals against average (4th - 1.10).
COMING UP
NC State will round out its three-game road stint on Friday, Oct. 8 with a match at Syracuse.
#GoPack | @PackMensSoccer
RALEIGH – NC State men's soccer (5-3-1, 0-2-1 ACC) will make the short trip to Chapel Hill to visit local rival North Carolina (5-3-1, 1-2-0 ACC) for a nationally-televised Sunday night showdown. The game is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. from Dorrance Field and will be broadcast live on the ACC Network with Dalen Cuff and Michael Lahoud on the call.
A WIN SUNDAY WOULD
• Be the 537th win in program history (536-466-103)
• Be the 198th win in head coach George Kiefer's career (197-117-66)
• Be Kiefer's 36th victory at NC State (35-31-15)
• Be Kiefer's 10th ACC victory with the Wolfpack (9-20-10)
• Be NC State's first regular-season road win against UNC since 2013
SERIES HISTORY (NC State trails 22-53-13)
• Sunday marks the 89th overall meeting between NC State and North Carolina. The squads also met twice during the 1949 campaign before the Wolfpack was a varsity team.
• NC State and UNC last met on Nov. 1, 2020 in a match that ended in a scoreless draw. Prior to that matchup, each of the four previous games between the two teams were decided by 1-0 scores with those decisions split evenly between the Wolfpack and the Tar Heels.
• The Pack's last victory over UNC was on Oct. 12, 2018 when the Wolfpack stunned the top-ranked Tar Heels at home.
• NC State has not won a regular-season game in Chapel Hill since 2013. NC State took the 1-0 overtime victory in that outing.
LAST TIME OUT
• Playing in just its second road match and its only non-conference road contest of the year, NC State cruised past Longwood in a 6-2 victory on Tuesday night.
• The Wolfpack's goals were scored by six different players in what was a true team effort. Eight different players registered a goal or an assist on the night.
• Ivy Brisma and Noe Cabezas highlighted the Pack's offensive production with a goal and two assists each.
• Cabezas (59') tallied the first goal of his young career, and Brisma (51') scored his first of the season. Kuda Muskwe (11'), Luke Hille (53'), Yaniv Bazini (73') and Aidan Foster (82') also found the back of the net in the outing.
• The Pack's six goals marked the most it's scored in a single game since a 6-0 win over Delaware in 2012. NC State scored five of its goals in the second half, including three in an eight-minute span near the start of the period.
• NC State owned a 21-8 advantage in overall shots, which included a 10-3 advantage in shots on target.
TRACKING THE PACK (5-3-1, 0-2-1 ACC)
• The Pack's 105 shot attempts have been distributed among 16 different players, led by 23 strikes from Henrique Santos.
• Santos ranks in a tie for eighth in the league with his average of 2.56 shots per game.
• Ten different players have found the back of the net in 2021, with Luke Hille's four goals pacing the team.
• After averaging just 0.53 goals per game last season, NC State has upped that clip to 2.0 per contest in 2021. The Pack has been held scoreless just twice and has five multi-goal games as a team.
• Offensive production is up as a whole for the Wolfpack. NC State averages 14.0 shots per game (compared to 6.9 per game last season) and is out-shooting its opponents 126-92 in total. The Pack has owned the advantage in shots in six of nine matches in 2021.
• As a team, NC State's 1.22 goals allowed per game is the fifth-lowest number in the ACC. The Pack ranks fourth in the league with its 2.89 saves per game.
• Leon Krapf ranks in the top five in the ACC in saves per game (4th - 2.89), save percentage (5th - .722) and goals against average (4th - 1.10).
COMING UP
NC State will round out its three-game road stint on Friday, Oct. 8 with a match at Syracuse.
#GoPack | @PackMensSoccer
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