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#22 South Florida (NCAA First Round)
Women’s Soccer Prepped For NCAA First Round Matchup At No. 22 South Florida
11/13/2021 9:28:00 AM | Women's Soccer
RALEIGH – NC State women's soccer's (8-8-2) journey in the 2021 NCAA Tournament begins Sunday when it travels to Tampa, Fla., to face 22nd-ranked South Florida (12-3-3) for the NCAA First Round. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Corbett Stadium, and the match will be broadcast on ESPN+.
THE MATCHUP
This will be the first-ever meeting between NC State and USF, as the Wolfpack's matchup with the Bulls will be the 11th team on its 2021 schedule that is ranked or receiving votes for the national polls.
USF fell to Memphis in penalty kicks after a 0-0 draw in this year's American Athletic Conference Championship final after winning the regular season title. Its RPI heading into the postseason is 22, as two of its three losses on the year were to top 25 RPI opponents.
NC State, who enters the tournament with an RPI of 38, played the second toughest regular season schedule in the nation and won four of its last six conference matches to reach a .500 record. It faced nine teams in the top 40 of the RPI with a starting lineup consisting of nine underclassmen and earned wins over No. 4 Duke and No. 3 North Carolina, as well as a draw at No. 9 Georgetown.
NC STATE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
The 2021 season marks NC State's fifth consecutive fall season of earning an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Overall, the program is 14-13-6 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and has moved forward out of the first round 12 times. Since 2016, it has reached the Sweet Sixteen three times (2016, '18, '19), and made a NCAA Second Round appearance in 2017.
FOUR FROM PACK EARN ALL-ACC HONORS
Four members of the team were featured on the Atlantic Coast Conference's 2021 awards list on November 4, as Jameese Joseph earned Second Team All-ACC honors, Lulu Guttenberger was named Third Team All-ACC and Emika Kawagishi and Annika Wohner were featured on the ACC All-Freshman Team.
This is the fifth time since the 2016 season that NC State has had two or more players represented on the list (NC State did not compete in 2020 as an indirect impact of COVID).
All four members of the Pack started in all 18 matches in the regular season.
THE GOLD STANDARD
The Atlantic Coast Conference had nine teams earn a spot in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Its conference tournament was reduced to six teams this year, but because of the league's dominance and No. 1 RPI, it had the most teams out of any conference make the NCAA Tournament.
WHAT'S AHEAD
If NC State were to advance out of the NCAA First Round, the NCAA Second and Third Rounds will be held Nov. 19-21, while NCAA Elite Eight will run Nov. 26-28 at various campus sites. The NCAA College Cup will be hosted at PayPal Park in San Jose, Calif., Dec. 3-5.
THE MATCHUP
This will be the first-ever meeting between NC State and USF, as the Wolfpack's matchup with the Bulls will be the 11th team on its 2021 schedule that is ranked or receiving votes for the national polls.
USF fell to Memphis in penalty kicks after a 0-0 draw in this year's American Athletic Conference Championship final after winning the regular season title. Its RPI heading into the postseason is 22, as two of its three losses on the year were to top 25 RPI opponents.
NC State, who enters the tournament with an RPI of 38, played the second toughest regular season schedule in the nation and won four of its last six conference matches to reach a .500 record. It faced nine teams in the top 40 of the RPI with a starting lineup consisting of nine underclassmen and earned wins over No. 4 Duke and No. 3 North Carolina, as well as a draw at No. 9 Georgetown.
NC STATE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
The 2021 season marks NC State's fifth consecutive fall season of earning an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Overall, the program is 14-13-6 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and has moved forward out of the first round 12 times. Since 2016, it has reached the Sweet Sixteen three times (2016, '18, '19), and made a NCAA Second Round appearance in 2017.
FOUR FROM PACK EARN ALL-ACC HONORS
Four members of the team were featured on the Atlantic Coast Conference's 2021 awards list on November 4, as Jameese Joseph earned Second Team All-ACC honors, Lulu Guttenberger was named Third Team All-ACC and Emika Kawagishi and Annika Wohner were featured on the ACC All-Freshman Team.
This is the fifth time since the 2016 season that NC State has had two or more players represented on the list (NC State did not compete in 2020 as an indirect impact of COVID).
All four members of the Pack started in all 18 matches in the regular season.
THE GOLD STANDARD
The Atlantic Coast Conference had nine teams earn a spot in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Its conference tournament was reduced to six teams this year, but because of the league's dominance and No. 1 RPI, it had the most teams out of any conference make the NCAA Tournament.
WHAT'S AHEAD
If NC State were to advance out of the NCAA First Round, the NCAA Second and Third Rounds will be held Nov. 19-21, while NCAA Elite Eight will run Nov. 26-28 at various campus sites. The NCAA College Cup will be hosted at PayPal Park in San Jose, Calif., Dec. 3-5.
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