NC State
#19 Duke
#3 Men’s Soccer Hits the Road to #19 Duke
10/24/2025 2:06:00 PM | Men's Soccer
RALEIGH – Third-ranked NC State men's soccer is heading across town to face 19th-ranked Duke in its last conference road game of the regular season. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium in Durham.
The match will be televised on ACCNX here with commentary by Dean Linke and Cedric Burke, while live stats will be available on StatBroadcast here. Fans wishing to attend the game must purchase tickets here.
A Win on Saturday Would…
• Be the 571st win in program history (570-492-119)
• Be the 253rd win in Hubbard's head coaching career (252- 58-45)
• Be Hubbard's 21st victory at NC State (20-6-8)
• Be the 22nd win over Duke (21-54-9)
Series History
• Saturday's meeting marks the 85th contest between the NC State Wolfpack and the Duke Blue Devils.
• The Wolfpack last met with the Blue Devils last season in Raleigh, which resulted in a 1-3 loss. NC State has not beaten Duke since 2019.
Quick Notes
• The Wolfpack started the season ranked at No. 14 in the preseason United Soccer Coaches poll, where it finished last season. After just week one of the regular season, the squad landed at eighth in the country, the last time the program was ranked that high was in September of 2018.
• The team has bested its highest-ever ranking in the United Soccer Coaches poll three times this season. The previous best for the program was No. 8 set in 2018, this season the team has landed at No. 8, No. 5, No. 2, and finally No. 1.
• NC State was picked to finish eighth in a competitive Atlantic Coast Conference that features four of the nation's preseason top 10 teams according to the United Soccer Coaches Poll.
• A win over Queens to start the season moved the team's season-opening record under Marc Hubbard to 2-0.
• A crowd of 5,083 fans at the game vs. North Carolina on Sept. 5 set a new Dail Soccer Stadium attendance record.
• NC State was the last school in the entire NCAA to concede a goal.
• Six players were mentioned in TopDrawerSoccer's midseason Players to Watch list. Donavan Phillip at No. 1, Nikola Markovic at No. 16, Logan Erb at No. 21, Tyler Caton at No. 49, Taig Healy at No. 62, and then Riley Moloney at No. 7 on the freshmen list.
Across the ACC
• Donavan Phillip leads the league in shots, points, points per game, goals, and goals per game.
• Taig Healy is tied for leading the league in assists and assists per game.
• Logan Erb is tied for leading in shutouts, shutouts per game, save percentage, and goals against average.
• The ACC holds five teams ranked nationally in the top 25 (No. 1 Stanford, No. 3 NC State, No. 11 Virginia, No. 19 Duke, and No. 22 North Carolina).
Across the NCAA
• Donavan Phillip leads the country in total goals (15), is second in goals per game (1.07), is fourth in points per game (2.21), and is second in shots on goal per game (2.21).
• The team is second in the country in goal differential (34-3), leads shutout percentage (.786), and is third in shots on goal per game with a 8.29 average.
• Logan Erb leads the country in goals against average (0.226 avg.) and is third in save percentage (0.906).
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