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#2 Wolfpack Travels to UNCW For In-State Meeting
9/30/2025 6:14:00 PM | Men's Soccer
RALEIGH – Second-ranked NC State men's soccer is set to travel to the coast for an in-state meeting with the UNCW Seahawks on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. at UNCW Soccer Stadium.
The match will be streamed live here on FloCollege, while live stats will be available on StatBroadcast here. Fans wishing to attend the game will be able to purchase tickets online here.
A Win on Wednesday Would…
• Be the 568th win in program history (567-491-118)
• Be the 250th win in Hubbard's head coaching career (249- 57-44)
• Be Hubbard's 18th victory at NC State (17-5-7)
• Be the 25th win over UNCW (24-4-1)
Reaching New Heights
In the fifth release of the United Soccer Coaches poll this season, NC State landed at the very top of the list. That marked the first time the program had ever been No. 1 in the country in this poll. This comes after the team is officially the last school in the league to concede a goal. Eight games and eight shutouts, only one match resulted in a draw. The last time a team had eight shutouts in its first eight games of the season was Creighton in 2011. The squad continues to prove it has one of the most dominant offenses as well as the most dominant defenses in the nation. The Pack has a scoring differential of 26-1, nearly half of that comes from forward Donavan Phillip, who currently sits with 13 total goals on the season. Phillip leads the team and the NCAA in scoring and has so far tabbed two hat tricks this season.
Series History
• Wednesday's meeting marks the 30th contest between the NC State Wolfpack and UNCW Seahawks.
• The Wolfpack last met with the Seahawks in Raleigh last season, which resulted in a 4-1 victory. The last time the Pack traveled to Wilmington was in 2018, which resulted in a 0-3 loss.
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.
Across the ACC
• NC State was one of two ACC schools (other being Duke) to feature at least four players on the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Top-100 Players to Watch List.
• The ACC holds five teams ranked nationally in the top-25 (No. 2 NC State, No. 3 Stanford, No. 9 Duke, No. 16 Virginia, and No. 23 Notre Dame).
Across the NCAA
• Donavan Phillip leads the country in goals per game (1.44 avg.) and points per game (2.89 avg.) and is tied for first in shots on goal per game (2.78 avg.).
• The team leads the country in goal differential (26-1) and is tied for second in shots on goal per game with an 8.89 average.
• Logan Erb leads the country in goals against average with a 0.121 and is second in save percentage (0.944).
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