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RALEIGH – NC State men’s soccer (4-5-2, 1-4-0 ACC) opens its final home stretch of the regular season with a rivalry matchup against North Carolina (6-3-2, 2-2-1 ACC) on Friday night. The game is set for an 8 p.m. start and will be nationally televised on the ACC Network.
FAN INFORMATION
NC State men’s soccer games are free of charge. Gates will open one hour prior to the start of the match. Visit the NC State Men’s Soccer Gameday Central page for more information about gameday at Dail.
A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD
• Be the 543rd win in program history (542-476-106)
• Be the 204th win in Kiefer’s head coaching career (203-127-69)
• Be Kiefer’s 42nd victory at NC State (41-41-18)
• Be Kiefer’s 12th ACC victory with the Wolfpack (11-22-11)
• Mark NC State’s first set of back-to-back home wins against UNC since the 1993 and 1994 campaigns
SERIES HISTORY (NC State trails 22-54-12)
• Friday marks the 89th overall meeting between NC State and North Carolina. UNC leads the series by a 54-22-12 mark. The squads also met twice during the 1949 campaign before the Wolfpack was a varsity team.
• NC State and UNC last met on Oct. 3, 2021 in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels won that match by a 4-0 score, marking the most goals scored against the Pack in a game last season.
• The Wolfpack’s last victory over UNC was on Oct. 12, 2018 when the team stunned the top-ranked Tar Heels at home.
• Prior to last season’s meeting, each of the five previous games between NC State and UNC had been decided by scores of 1-0 or less. The teams had split those contests with two wins apiece and a draw that occurred on Nov. 1, 2020.
PACK IN THE RANKINGS
Through Oct. 11 games, NC State ranked:
• 28th nationally (4th in ACC) in save percentage (.792)
• 28th nationally (6th in ACC) in shutout percentage (.455)
• 39th nationally (5th in ACC) in goals against average (.909)
• 4th in the ACC in saves per game (3.45)
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