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NC State’s Men’s Soccer Team Moves Up to #18 in the Coaches Poll

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NC State’s Men’s Soccer team moved up 6 spots in this weeks United Soccer Coaches Poll, landing at #18. The Wolfpack won one and tied one last week, defeating Winthrop 7-0, and tying Stetson 1-1.

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NC State didn’t let the jump in rankings get to their head last night, defeating UNC Wilmington 4-1 in Raleigh.

The Wolfpack are now off to a 5-0-2 start to the 2024 season, which is the longest unbeaten streak to start a season since 2012, when they started the year 7-0.

ACC Teams in the Top-25

1) Stanford
2) Pittsburgh
4) Clemson
6) UNC
13) Virginia Tech
18) NC State
26) SMU

NC State will play #6 UNC on the road this Friday night at 7pm on ACCNX. This marks the first time the two teams have entered a contest ranked since 2009.

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NC State Men’s Soccer Ranks 24th in United Soccer Coaches Poll

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After starting the season 3-0-1, the NC State Men’s Soccer team is ranked 24th in the United Soccer Coaches Poll.

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Since the release of the poll, the Wolfpack have added another win to their resume, defeating Winthrop 7-0 this evening.

This marks the first time that NC State’s Men’s Soccer has been ranked since the 2019 season, which happens to be the last year the Wolfpack finished with a winning record (9-7-3).

Marc Hubbard is the new Head Coach for the Wolfpack this season, and thus far, his prior coaching success is translating to success in Raleigh. Hubbard spent the past 9 seasons as the Head Coach at New Hampshire, posting a 115-32-21 record, accompanied by 7 NCAA Tournament appearances and 4 American East Tournament Championships. Last year he led the Wildcats to the Sweet 16. In 2021, he led New Hampshire all the way to #4 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll on October 16th.

In all 15 of his full seasons of coaching, he has led his teams to 10+ wins every single season.

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NC State Women’s Soccer Makes NCAA Tournament for 6th Straight Time

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The NC State Women’s Soccer team found out today that they were selected to be a part of the 2022 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament. This marks the 6th straight time that the Wolfpack have made the NCAA Tournament. That’s the 2nd longest streak in school history. NC State made the NCAA Tournament 8 straight seasons (1985-92).

The #8 seed Wolfpack (7-7-5) will host UCF on Sunday at Noon in Raleigh at the Dail Soccer Stadium.

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NC State Women’s Soccer Remains Unbeaten, Defeats Elon 2-1 on First Road Trip

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The #17 NC State Women’s Soccer team (4-0-1) remains unbeaten after defeating Elon 2-1 in a comeback victory.

The Wolfpack scored both goals near the end of both halves, with the first coming with 2 minutes left in the first half, and the second coming with 13 minutes left in the second.

Both NC State goals came off of corner kicks, with Senior Midfielder Jaiden Thomas scoring the first.

The second goal went in the net via the head of Graduate Defender Jenna Butler.

The Wolfpack return home on Sunday for a match against Harvard (2-0) at 1pm.

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Conor Kelly’s Hat Trick Leads NC State Men’s Soccer to a 4-0 W Over Wofford

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The NC State Men’s Soccer team improved to 2-0 on the season last night, defeating Wofford 4-0. The Wolfpack were led by Graduate Transfer (Duke) Midfielder Conor Kelly’s Hat Trick (3 goals), and Junior Transfer (La Salle) Forward Junior Nare scored his first goal in Red & White.

Kelly now has 4 goals through the first two games of the 2022 season. His Hat Trick marks the first time an individual player has scored 3 goals in a game since 2013.

The Wolfpack’s next match will be on the road at Mercer this Friday at 4pm.

 

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