Friday, October 8
Syracuse, N.Y.
7 PM
NC State
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Syracuse
NC State Wraps Up Road Stretch at Syracuse Friday Night
10/7/2021 9:15:00 AM | Men's Soccer
MATCH NOTES | LIVE STATS | ACC NETWORK
RALEIGH – NC State men's soccer (5-4-1, 0-3-1 ACC) is prepped for the last of three-straight road matches as it travels to take on Syracuse (6-5-1, 1-3-0 ACC) on Friday night. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. from SU Soccer Stadium, and the game will be televised nationally on the ACC Network with Steve Schlanger and Michael Lahoud on the call.
A WIN FRIDAY WOULD
• Be the 537th win in program history (536-467-103)
• Be the 198th win in head coach George Kiefer's career (197-118-66)
• Be Kiefer's 36th victory at NC State (35-32-15)
• Be Kiefer's 10th ACC victory with the Wolfpack (9-21-10)
SERIES HISTORY (NC State trails 3-5-2)
• Friday marks the 11th overall meeting between NC State and Syracuse. The teams have played at least once every season since 2013.
• The Wolfpack and the Orange last met on March 26, 2021 in what was NC State's most recent victory over a conference opponent. The Pack won 2-1 in the 94th minute of the overtime game.
• In that outing, Syracuse went up early in the second minute, but NC State held it scoreless for the remainder of the outing. Pablo Pedregosa netted the equalizer in the 15th minute, and Aidan Foster tucked a ball away with his left foot in extra time for the victory.
• Prior to that match, NC State had not won a game against Syracuse since Oct. 6, 2017.
• NC State also won the first-ever matchup between the two teams in 1991.
LAST TIME OUT
• NC State endured a 4-0 defeat at rival UNC on Sunday evening.
• The Tar Heels struck in the 31st minute for the only goal of the first half, doubled their lead in the 69th minute and then added two scores in the last 10 minutes of the game.
• Four of the Pack's seven shots on the night were on target. Henrique Santos, Noe Cabezas and Luke Hille forced Smir into a trio of second-half saves, and two of the Pack's attempts in the first half were on target but deflected by UNC defenders.
TRACKING THE PACK (5-4-1, 0-3-1 ACC)
• The Pack's 133 shot attempts have been distributed among 16 different players, led by 24 strikes from Henrique Santos.
• Santos ranks 10th in the league with his average of 2.40 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 1.8 per contest in 2021. The Pack has five multi-goal games as a team and has been held scoreless three times.
• Offensive production is up as a whole for the Wolfpack. NC State averages 13.3 shots per game (compared to 6.9 per game last season) and is out-shooting its opponents 133-107 in total. The Pack has owned the advantage in shots in six of 10 matches in 2021.
STRENGTH IN THE PACK
The depth of NC State's 2021 squad has been on full display in the early season. The Pack has gone with a different starting lineup in each of its first 10 games, and a total of 24 players (22 field players, 2 goalkeepers) have seen time on the field this year. Thirteen of those players have tallied either a goal or an assist this season, and six have put together multi-point performances (more than one goal in a game).
COMING UP
The Wolfpack returns to Raleigh for three in a row at home against High Point (Oct. 12), Virginia (Oct. 15) and William & Mary (Oct. 19).
#GoPack | @PackMensSoccer
RALEIGH – NC State men's soccer (5-4-1, 0-3-1 ACC) is prepped for the last of three-straight road matches as it travels to take on Syracuse (6-5-1, 1-3-0 ACC) on Friday night. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. from SU Soccer Stadium, and the game will be televised nationally on the ACC Network with Steve Schlanger and Michael Lahoud on the call.
A WIN FRIDAY WOULD
• Be the 537th win in program history (536-467-103)
• Be the 198th win in head coach George Kiefer's career (197-118-66)
• Be Kiefer's 36th victory at NC State (35-32-15)
• Be Kiefer's 10th ACC victory with the Wolfpack (9-21-10)
SERIES HISTORY (NC State trails 3-5-2)
• Friday marks the 11th overall meeting between NC State and Syracuse. The teams have played at least once every season since 2013.
• The Wolfpack and the Orange last met on March 26, 2021 in what was NC State's most recent victory over a conference opponent. The Pack won 2-1 in the 94th minute of the overtime game.
• In that outing, Syracuse went up early in the second minute, but NC State held it scoreless for the remainder of the outing. Pablo Pedregosa netted the equalizer in the 15th minute, and Aidan Foster tucked a ball away with his left foot in extra time for the victory.
• Prior to that match, NC State had not won a game against Syracuse since Oct. 6, 2017.
• NC State also won the first-ever matchup between the two teams in 1991.
LAST TIME OUT
• NC State endured a 4-0 defeat at rival UNC on Sunday evening.
• The Tar Heels struck in the 31st minute for the only goal of the first half, doubled their lead in the 69th minute and then added two scores in the last 10 minutes of the game.
• Four of the Pack's seven shots on the night were on target. Henrique Santos, Noe Cabezas and Luke Hille forced Smir into a trio of second-half saves, and two of the Pack's attempts in the first half were on target but deflected by UNC defenders.
TRACKING THE PACK (5-4-1, 0-3-1 ACC)
• The Pack's 133 shot attempts have been distributed among 16 different players, led by 24 strikes from Henrique Santos.
• Santos ranks 10th in the league with his average of 2.40 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 1.8 per contest in 2021. The Pack has five multi-goal games as a team and has been held scoreless three times.
• Offensive production is up as a whole for the Wolfpack. NC State averages 13.3 shots per game (compared to 6.9 per game last season) and is out-shooting its opponents 133-107 in total. The Pack has owned the advantage in shots in six of 10 matches in 2021.
STRENGTH IN THE PACK
The depth of NC State's 2021 squad has been on full display in the early season. The Pack has gone with a different starting lineup in each of its first 10 games, and a total of 24 players (22 field players, 2 goalkeepers) have seen time on the field this year. Thirteen of those players have tallied either a goal or an assist this season, and six have put together multi-point performances (more than one goal in a game).
COMING UP
The Wolfpack returns to Raleigh for three in a row at home against High Point (Oct. 12), Virginia (Oct. 15) and William & Mary (Oct. 19).
#GoPack | @PackMensSoccer
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