North Carolina State University Athletics
Thursday, August 20
Raleigh, NC
7:30 PM
NC State
vs
Coastal Carolina
No. 2 Men’s Soccer Opens 2026 Season at Home against Coastal Carolina
8/19/2026 12:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer
RALEIGH, N.C. - NC State men's soccer opens the third season under head coach Marc Hubbard at home against Coastal Carolina on Thursday night. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Dail Soccer Field.
The match will be streamed live here on ACC Network Extra with commentary by Andrew Sanders and Justin Bryant. Live stats will be available here on StatBroadcast.
This game will be game two of the evening as a doubleheader is scheduled with women's soccer taking on UNC Charlotte at 5 p.m.
A win on Thursday would…
- Be the 577th win in program history (567-493-120)
- Be the 259th win in Hubbard's head coaching career (258-59-46)
- Be Hubbard's 27th victory at NC State (26-7-9)
- Be the fourth win over Coastal Carolina (3-2-0)
Series History…
- Thursday marks the fourth meeting between NC State and Coastal Carolina.
- Coastal Carolina currently leads the series 2-1.
- The last time these teams met was in Raleigh, N.C. in November, 2019.
- During the most recent match-up, Coastal Carolina beat the Wolfpack 3-2 in double overtime.
Quick Notes…
- The Wolfpack enters the season ranked No. 2 nationally.
- NC State was the preseason ACC favorite, earning eight first-place votes.
- Including the Wolfpack, the ACC currently has three teams ranked nationally in the preseason top-25 according to the United Soccer Coaches Poll (No. 2 NC State, No. 9 Stanford and No. 11 Virginia).
The 2026 Squad…
- The full breakdown of NC State's 2026 squad includes 15 returners and 18 newcomers (8 freshman and 10 transfers).
- NC State returns four players who started 10+ games during the 2025 season: Riley Moloney (23 starts), Tyler Caton (20 starts), Drew Lovelace (17 starts) and Frank DeFrancesco (11 starts).
- Six returners on this year's roster earned at least one starting nod in 2025. 11 of the 15 returners made an appearance on the pitch last year.
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