
No. 14 Men’s Soccer Opens 2025 Season Slate at Home
8/20/2025 12:28:00 PM | Men's Soccer
RALEIGH – NC State men's soccer launches its second season of the Marc Hubbard era Thursday night when it welcomes Queens to Raleigh. The game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start at Dail Soccer Field.
The match will be streamed live here on ACC Network Extra with commentary by Andrew Sanders and Brad Sweeney, while live stats will be available on StatBroadcast here.
The first 200 fans in attendance will receieve a free rally towel with the program's motto on it.
A Win on Thursday Would…
• Be the 561st win in program history (560-491-116)
• Be the 243rd win in Hubbard's head coaching career (242- 57-42)
• Be Hubbard's 11th victory at NC State (10-5-5)
• Be the first-ever win over Queens (0-0-0)
Series History
• Thursday's meeting marks the first-ever between NC State and Queens.
Quick Notes
• The Wolfpack starts the season ranked at No. 14, where it finished last season. The squad looks to break above No. 12, which was its highest ranking of last season.
• 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.
• The ACC holds eight teams ranked nationally in the top25 (No. 5 SMU, No. 6 Wake Forest, No. 7 Pittsburgh, No. 9 Clemson, No. 13 Stanford, No. 14 NC State, No. 15 Duke, and No. 17 Virginia)
Across the ACC
• NC State is one of two ACC schools (other being Duke) to feature at least four players on the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Top-100 Players to Watch List.
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