NC State
(6) Syracuse
#5 Men’s Soccer Faces Syracuse in Round Two of ACC Tournament
11/8/2025 12:56:00 PM | Men's Soccer
RALEIGH – Advancing to the second round of the ACC Tournament, third-seeded NC State hosts sixth-seeded Syracuse at Dail Soccer Stadium Sunday at 6 p.m.
The match will be televised on ACCN here with commentary by Paddy Foss and Jonathan Yardley, while live stats will be available on StatBroadcast here.
Due to construction on Morrill Dr., fans should expect major delays and allow more time to arrive on campus. For egress, patrons will be directed to use Cates Ave. to Pullen Road or Dan Allen Dr. to access Western Blvd.
A Win on Sunday Would…
• Be the 573rd win in program history (572-492-120)
• Be the 255th win in Hubbard's head coaching career (254- 58-46)
• Be Hubbard's 23rd victory at NC State (22-6-9)
• Be the fourth win over Syracuse (3-6-6)
Series History
• Saturday's meeting marks the 16th contest between the NC State Wolfpack and the Syracuse Orange overall and the second this season.
• The Wolfpack last met with the Orange in the regular season finale on Halloween in Raleigh, where the game resulted in a 1-1 draw. NC State found the back of the net from a penalty kick early in the second half to take a lead by Syracuse responded with 10 minutes remaining to equalize.
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.
• After being picked to finish eighth in a highly-competitive Atlantic Coast Conference, NC State finished third, just one league win away from sharing the regular season title with Virginia.
• This game marks the first-ever men's soccer second round ACC Tournament match in program history to be held at Dail Soccer Stadium.
• 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, shots on goal, goals, points, and game-winning goals.
• Taig Healy leads the league in assists.
• Logan Erb leads in goals against average, saves, and shutouts per game.
• The ACC holds three teams ranked nationally in the top 25 (No. 4 Virginia, No. 5 NC State, and No. 7 Stanford).
Across the NCAA
• Donavan Phillip shares the second place lead for total goals (15) and goals per game (.94), is sixth in points per game (1.94) and is sixth in shots on goal per game (2.00).
• The team is for second in the country in goal differential (40-4), leads shutout percentage (.765), and is third in shots on goal per game with a 7.82 average.
• Logan Erb is second in the country in goals against average (0.246) and is third in save percentage (0.897).
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