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No. 19 Pack Welcomes Louisville For Last Regular Season Home Match
10/25/2024 11:37:00 AM | Men's Soccer
RALEIGH, N.C. – 19th-ranked NC State men's soccer hosts Louisville on Sunday evening for their last regular season game in Raleigh. Kick-off with the Cardinals is set for 6 p.m. from Dail Soccer Stadium.
The game will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra, with live stats available on here.
A Win On Sunday Would…
• Be the 558th win in program history (557-489-116)
• Be the 240th win in Hubbard's head coaching career (239- 53-42)
• Be Hubbard's 8th victory at NC State (7-2-5)
• Be the 5th win over the Cardinals (4-5-2)
Series History (trails 4-5-2)
• Sunday's match marks the 12th meeting between the Wolfpack and the Cardinals. In those 12 dates, NC State has been outscored by Louisville 17-25.
• The most recent game in the series was last season in Louisville where the Pack was defeated 2-5.
• The two have met at least once each season since 2014 (excluding 2020).
Quick Notes
• The Wolfpack entered the week three and four rankings (United Soccer Coaches Poll) at No. 24 and No. 18, respectively, for the first time since the 2019 season. After tying No. 2 Stanford and No. 24 Virginia Tech both on the road, it rejoined the rankings at 23rd in the nation on Oct. 15 and bumped up to No. 19 on Oct. 22 after a 1-1 draw with #21 Hofstra and 5-1 win over No. 10 SMU.
• NC State was picked to finish 11th in a competitive Atlantic Coast Conference that features five of the nation's preseason top 10 teams.
• After week nine of the season and seven weeks into conference play, the Pack lands at ninth in the ACC standings.
• The ACC holds seven teams ranked nationally in the top-25 (No. 3 Clemson, No. 5 Pitt, No. 7 Stanford, No. 10 Duke, No. 11 North Carolina, No. 19 NC State, and No. 21 SMU)
• The Wolfpack earned a victory in their first ACC game by a 2-1 score on Sept. 6th at home. It marked the first-ever game for any Cal sport to play as a member of the ACC.
• A 7-0 win over Winthrop in Raleigh marked the first time the program has scored seven goals since September of 1996.
• Taig Healy was named to the USL2 Team of the Year from his time with the Seacoast United Phantoms over the summer.
• Goalkeeper, Logan Erb, was named an ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 8 after shutting out No. 2 Stanford on the road and recording five saves in the game.
• Posted an impressive 5-1 win over No. 10 SMU at home to record the first ranked win of the Marc Hubbard era. This was the first top-10 win for the program since Oct. of 2018.
Across the ACC
• Forward, Hakim Karamoko is ranked eighth in the ACC for goal scoring with seven, ninth in total points with 15, and 10th in shots with 36 total taken and a 2.57 shot per game average.
• Goalkeeper, Logan Erb is fourth in the ACC in saves with a save percentage average of .758, is seventh in goals against average with 1.096, and sixth in saves per game with an average of 3.13.
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