Wednesday, August 28
Raleigh, NC
7 p.m.
NC State
vs
Charlotte
NC State Hosts Charlotte on Wednesday
8/26/2024 12:29:00 PM | Women's Soccer
RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State women's soccer returns to Raleigh to host Charlotte for its first of two home matches this week at Dail Soccer Stadium. Wednesday night's match is set for 7 p.m.
Wednesday's game will stream live on ACC Network Extra. Live stats will also be available for the match against the 49ers.
SERIES HISTORY VS. CHARLOTTE
NC State (1-2-1) and Charlotte (0-3-1) will face off for the eighth time on Wednesday night. A few notes tracking the Pack's matchup against the 49ers are listed below:
• NC State holds a 3-4 record against Charlotte in the all-time series. The Pack will face off against the 49ers in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2009-10.
• The Wolfpack overcame a 1-0 halftime deficit to notch a 2-1 road victory over Charlotte on Aug. 20, 2023. Alexis Strickland tied the score at 1-1 in the 77th minute before Leyah Hall-Robinson netted the game-winner in the 84th minute.
• NC State's prior two wins in the series came in 2000 and 2001. The Wolfpack secured a 3-0 win in Raleigh on Sept. 27, 2000, before posting a 1-0 road victory over the 49ers on Oct. 16, 2001.
• Charlotte won the first two matchups in the series in 1998 and 1999.
SCOUTING THE 49ERS
Charlotte plays its second straight road match after opening its 2024 season with three consecutive home matches at Transamerica Field. The 49ers dropped all three of those matches, including a 2-0 defeat to TCU and a 3-0 loss to No. 20 Mississippi State. Charlotte recorded its first draw of the season on Sunday at App State, scoring a second-half goal to tie the score at 1-1. The 49ers were picked fourth in the 2024 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll with one first-place vote. Senior forward Macey Bader has scored both of Charlotte's goals this season, tallying goals against UNCW and App State. Goalkeeper Emma Wakeman has started and played every minute of Charlotte's first four matches.
GOALS GALORE
NC State's offense erupted for five goals in its first win of the season Sunday at VCU, shutting out the Rams 5-0 in a dominant road victory. NC State was shut out in its first two matches of the season prior to Thursday's 2-1 setback at Campbell, but the Pack responded immediately in the attacking third against VCU with all five of its goals coming within the game's first 53 minutes. Mana Nakata opened the scoring with a long-range effort in the 5th minute before Abi Hugh and Annika Wohner each added goals to make it 3-0 Wolfpack at halftime. Hannah Jibril made it 4-0 early in the second half before Wohner notched her first-career brace in the 53rd minute, putting an exclamation point on a lopsided road win.
The Wolfpack's 5-0 win marked its first time scoring five goals in a single match since another 5-0 victory on Sept. 9, 2021, against Oklahoma. Wohner also became the first Wolfpack player with a multi-goal effort since Lulu Guttenberger scored twice against Miami on Oct. 15, 2022.
TALLY THEM UP
Since Tim Santoro's first season at NC State in 2013, the Wolfpack is now 67-4-5 in matches when it scores multiple goals (two or more) following Sunday's 5-0 win at VCU.
LISTED AMONGST THE NATION'S BEST
NC State was ranked No. 27 on SoccerWire's 2024 Best College Soccer Teams: Top 50 Current NCAA Women's Programs. Rankings are based on a combination of final United Soccer Coaches Polls and RPI rankings over the past five seasons. The Wolfpack has secured a spot in the NCAA Tournament in six of the past seven fall campaigns, highlighted by NCAA Sweet 16 appearances in 2016, 2018 and 2019.
NC State also ranks inside the top eight of all ACC programs on the list. The Wolfpack is one of 11 ACC programs inside the Top 50.
OKEKE HEADING TO U-20 WORLD CUP
Freshman defender Janet Okeke was announced as one of 21 players named to the Canadian Women's Soccer Under-20 Team for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup will begin on Aug. 31 in Colombia. Canada will be paired with France, Brazil and Fiji in Group B. Canada will open group play against France on Aug. 31 in Medellin. Okeke, a freshman from Laval, Quebec, competed in Canada's U-20 team camp in Verl, Germany, in April. The camp included two international matches against the United States and Germany.
Wednesday's game will stream live on ACC Network Extra. Live stats will also be available for the match against the 49ers.
SERIES HISTORY VS. CHARLOTTE
NC State (1-2-1) and Charlotte (0-3-1) will face off for the eighth time on Wednesday night. A few notes tracking the Pack's matchup against the 49ers are listed below:
• NC State holds a 3-4 record against Charlotte in the all-time series. The Pack will face off against the 49ers in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2009-10.
• The Wolfpack overcame a 1-0 halftime deficit to notch a 2-1 road victory over Charlotte on Aug. 20, 2023. Alexis Strickland tied the score at 1-1 in the 77th minute before Leyah Hall-Robinson netted the game-winner in the 84th minute.
• NC State's prior two wins in the series came in 2000 and 2001. The Wolfpack secured a 3-0 win in Raleigh on Sept. 27, 2000, before posting a 1-0 road victory over the 49ers on Oct. 16, 2001.
• Charlotte won the first two matchups in the series in 1998 and 1999.
SCOUTING THE 49ERS
Charlotte plays its second straight road match after opening its 2024 season with three consecutive home matches at Transamerica Field. The 49ers dropped all three of those matches, including a 2-0 defeat to TCU and a 3-0 loss to No. 20 Mississippi State. Charlotte recorded its first draw of the season on Sunday at App State, scoring a second-half goal to tie the score at 1-1. The 49ers were picked fourth in the 2024 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll with one first-place vote. Senior forward Macey Bader has scored both of Charlotte's goals this season, tallying goals against UNCW and App State. Goalkeeper Emma Wakeman has started and played every minute of Charlotte's first four matches.
GOALS GALORE
NC State's offense erupted for five goals in its first win of the season Sunday at VCU, shutting out the Rams 5-0 in a dominant road victory. NC State was shut out in its first two matches of the season prior to Thursday's 2-1 setback at Campbell, but the Pack responded immediately in the attacking third against VCU with all five of its goals coming within the game's first 53 minutes. Mana Nakata opened the scoring with a long-range effort in the 5th minute before Abi Hugh and Annika Wohner each added goals to make it 3-0 Wolfpack at halftime. Hannah Jibril made it 4-0 early in the second half before Wohner notched her first-career brace in the 53rd minute, putting an exclamation point on a lopsided road win.
The Wolfpack's 5-0 win marked its first time scoring five goals in a single match since another 5-0 victory on Sept. 9, 2021, against Oklahoma. Wohner also became the first Wolfpack player with a multi-goal effort since Lulu Guttenberger scored twice against Miami on Oct. 15, 2022.
TALLY THEM UP
Since Tim Santoro's first season at NC State in 2013, the Wolfpack is now 67-4-5 in matches when it scores multiple goals (two or more) following Sunday's 5-0 win at VCU.
LISTED AMONGST THE NATION'S BEST
NC State was ranked No. 27 on SoccerWire's 2024 Best College Soccer Teams: Top 50 Current NCAA Women's Programs. Rankings are based on a combination of final United Soccer Coaches Polls and RPI rankings over the past five seasons. The Wolfpack has secured a spot in the NCAA Tournament in six of the past seven fall campaigns, highlighted by NCAA Sweet 16 appearances in 2016, 2018 and 2019.
NC State also ranks inside the top eight of all ACC programs on the list. The Wolfpack is one of 11 ACC programs inside the Top 50.
OKEKE HEADING TO U-20 WORLD CUP
Freshman defender Janet Okeke was announced as one of 21 players named to the Canadian Women's Soccer Under-20 Team for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup will begin on Aug. 31 in Colombia. Canada will be paired with France, Brazil and Fiji in Group B. Canada will open group play against France on Aug. 31 in Medellin. Okeke, a freshman from Laval, Quebec, competed in Canada's U-20 team camp in Verl, Germany, in April. The camp included two international matches against the United States and Germany.
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