PITTSBURGH – The No. 6 seed Pitt Men’s Soccer team (8-3-5, 3-2-3 ACC) pulled away late Wednesday night in front of their home fans at Ambrose Urbanic Field in the ACC Championship First Round as they earned a 4-1 double overtime victory over No. 11 seed NC State.
The Panthers and Wolfpack were knotted, 1-1, at the end of regulation and they went on to play two 10 minute overtime periods per new NCAA rules. Pitt controlled most of the play over the final 20 minutes as they netted three goals to earn the home win.
With the win, Pitt advances to the ACC Championship Quarterfinals on Sunday afternoon at 4:00 pm against No. 3 seed Virginia. The Panthers earned a win in the ACC Championship for the fifth straight year and will travel to Virginia with another trip to the semifinals on the line.
The Panthers got on the board early on against the Wolfpack Wednesday night as Michael Sullivan buried his second of the season. Filip Mirkovic sent a great long ball down the right flank where Lucas Rosa collected the ball and crossed it into the box where Sullivan ripped a shot past the keeper and under the cross bar to give Pitt the 1-0 lead.
Bertin Jacquesson had a great chance to double the lead for Pitt just three minutes later but his hard left-footed shot from the left side of the box was saved by the NC State keeper and cleared out by the Wolfpack defense.
NC State leveled the match in the 26th minute as Luke Hille collected the loose ball at the top of the box after a corner and buried a low hard shot into the right corner of the Pitt goal.
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