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Season 67 | ACC Season 64 | Match 13 | NC State vs. Pittsburgh | October 15 | 7 p.m. | Raleigh, N.C. | Dail Soccer Stadium Brett Compton | Assistant Director of Athletics Communications Men’s Soccer Contact NC STATE WOLFPACK 919-740-8714 [email protected] MEN’S SOCCER GoPack.com/MSOC | @Brett_Compton | #GoPack 499 ALL-TIME VICTORIES | 119 ALL-ACC SELECTIONS | 20 SEASONS OF 10+ WINS NC State (3-9-0) ACC 0-5-0, Home 2-5-0, Road 1-3-0, Neutral 0-1-0 MATCH 13 - PITTSBURGH Aug. 15 at No. 21 Coastal Carolina (EXH) L Aug. 20 at No. 34 VCU (EXH) W Date ........................................................October 15, 2016 Aug. 26 vs. No. 30 Radford^ L, 0-1 Site ................................................................Raleigh, N.C. Aug. 28 at James Madison^ W, 3-2 Field ................................................. Dail Soccer Stadium Sept. 2 at No. 3 UNC-Chapel Hill PPD Kickoff Time .........................................................7:00 p.m. Sept. 4 NORTH FLORIDA L, 2-3 Broadcast Information .........................ACC Network Extra Sept. 9 No. 6 SYRACUSE* L, 0-2 NC State Pittsburgh Sept. 13 No. 37 ELON L, 0-2 WOLFPACK (3-9-0, 0-5-0) PANTHERS (2-9-2, 0-4-1) Sept. 16 at No. 23 Virginia Tech* L, 0-3 Sept. 20 LIBERTY W, 3-1 PACK FACTS Sept. 24 at No. 14 Wake Forest* L, 0-1 packMenssoccer packfooty this season. Sept. 27 WRIGHT STATE W, 4-2 -Pittsburgh is coached by Jay Vidovich, who is in his first season Sept. 30 DUKE* L, 1-2 NCStateMensSoccer at the helm of the program. He previously won a national Oct. 8 at No. 5 Clemson* L, 0-2 championship with Wake Forest in 2007. Oct. 11 HIGH POINT L, 3-4 (OT) APPROACHING ELITE COMPANY Oct. 15 PITTSBURGH* 7 p.m. A WOLFPACK WIN ON SATURDAY WOULD... -Be the 500th win in program history With NC State’s next win, the Wolfpack will claim the 500th Oct. 19 at No. 26 UNCW 7 p.m. victory in program history and become just the 31st NCAA Oct. 23 No. 4 LOUISVILLE* 1 p.m. -Be the 120th win of HC Kelly Findley’s career -Be NC State’s third win over Pittsburgh (fifth meeting) Division I program to reach this mark. Oct. 29 at No. 29 Boston College* 6 p.m. Nov. 2 ACC Tournament First Round# TBD SERIES HISTORY LAST MATCH Nov. 6 ACC Tournament Quarterfinals# TBD -Saturday’s match marks the fifth meeting between NC State NC State dropped an overtime affair with visiting High Point Nov. 9 ACC Tournament Semifinals# TBD and Pittsburgh. Tuesday night, falling 4-3 to the Panthers. The Wolfpack bat- Nov. 13 at ACC Championship@ TBD -The Wolfpack holds a 2-1-1 edge in the series. tled back from a late 3-2 deficit to force the match to overtime, -In the last meeting between the teams, the Wolfpack tied but would ultimately fall when High Point took advantage of a Pittsburgh 1-1 in double overtime on the road on Sept. 20, scoring opportunity in the 95th minute. 2014. -In the last Raleigh meeting between the teams, NC State SENIOR NIGHT defeated Pittsburgh 1-0 in overtime on Sept. 10 of the 2013 Saturday’s match against Pittsburgh will serve as Senior Night season. for the 2016 season. In a prematch ceremony, the Wolfpack will honor the careers of Jonathan “Boo” Davis, Yanni Hachem, SCOUTING THE PANTHERS Michael Hinkson, Alex McCauley, Travis Wannemuehler, and All Times EST and subject to change -Pittsburgh enters Saturday’s match the owner of a 2-9-2 Lukas Zarges. ^ James Madison Tournament - Harrisonburg, Va. record which includes an 0-4-1 mark in ACC play. * ACC contest -The Panthers earned their lone point from league play in a 1-1 KAY YOW PINK MATCH # Rounds of ACC Tournament played at higher seed (2OT) draw at Duke on Sept. 23. Saturday’s match will serve as the annual Kay Yow Pink Match @ ACC Tournament Championship - Charleston, S.C. -Pittsburgh has been shut out in its last four matches, all of at Dail Soccer Stadium. Fans are encouraged to wear pink and All rankings of future opponents as of Oct. 11 NSCAA which have been losses. support the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Coaches Poll -The Panthers are led offensively by Luca Mellor’s three goals TEAM LEADERS GOALS ASSISTS POINTS SHOTS MINUTES Duchscherer 5 Blotko 3 Duchscherer 13 Duchscherer 34 Blotko 1052 Taiwo 3 Retzlaff 3 Taiwo 6 Zarges 20 McCauley 990 Roberts 2 Duchscherer 3 Roberts 6 Roberts 17 Duvernay 966 Sparks 2 Wannemuehler 3 Sparks 5 Duvernay 15 Luftl 915 Zarges 2 Elias 2 Wannemuehler 5 Taiwo 15 Duchscherer 862 Two tied with 1 Roberts 2 Three tied with 3 Sparks 15 Zarges 830 NC STATE’S RECORD WHEN... Scoring first: 1-2-0 Scoring 1 goal: 0-1-0 Allowing 2 goals: 2-4-0 Conceding first: 2-7-0 Scoring 2 goals: 0-1-0 Allowing 3 goals: 0-2-0 Scoring 3 goals: 2-1-0 Allowing 4 goals: 0-1-0 Leading at halftime: 2-1-0 Scoring 4 goals: 1-0-0 Allowing 5+ goals: 0-0-0 Tied at halftime: 1-4-0 Scoring 5+ goals: 0-0-0 Trailing at halftime: 0-4-0 Scoring in first 15’: 0-2-0 Allowing 0 goals: 0-0-0 Conceding in first 15’: 2-4-0 Scoring 0 goals: 0-6-0 Allowing 1 goal: 1-2-0 WOLFPACK SOCCER CLIMBING THE CHART TEAM HISTORY In the Oct. 8 match at No. 5 Clemson, redshirt senior goal- First Season ...........................................................1950 keeper Alex McCauley made a season high seven saves. Field .................................................... Dail Soccer Field The Marietta, Ga., native currently ranks ninth in program All-Time Record ................................499-432-88 (.576) history with 150 stops in his career. All-Time ACC Record .........................101-226-40 (.387) ACC Tournament Appearances ...................................28 SAVED OFF THE LINE ACC Tournament Record ...................................12-24-6 A familiar phrase in NC State matches this season has been ACC STANDINGS “saved off the line.” In at least three contests this year (Elon, As of matches played October 11 MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT No. 14 Wake Forest, and No. 5 Clemson) NC State has had a scoring attempt beat the goalkeeper but get saved off the Soccer Contact ........................................Brett Compton line by a last-ditch defensive effort. Cell Phone ..............................................919-740-8714 Atlantic E-mail...... [email protected] Team ACC Pts Overall ACADEMIC HONORS Louisville 4-0-1 13 9-2-2 On Oct. 6, NC State became one of just 221 schools Wake Forest 3-1-1 10 9-2-2 TEAM INFORMATION throughout NCAA Divisions I, II, and III to have both its 2015 Record .........................................................8-6-3 men’s and women’s teams earn the NSCAA Academic Team Clemson 3-1-1 8 8-2-2 2015 ACC Record...................................................1-4-3 Award for the 2015-16 school year. The NC State men’s Syracuse 2-2-1 7 8-3-1 Conference Finish .................................................. 10th program earned a team GPA of 3.23 during this time. Boston College 2-2-1 7 6-4-1 2015 ACC Tournament .................................First Round NC State 0-5-0 0 3-9-0 2015 Postseason .................................................. None INCREASED EFFICIENCY 2015 Nonconference Record .................................7-2-0 NC State sophomore forwards Tanner Roberts and Clayton Coastal Starters Returning/Lost ........................................... 6/5 Sparks have shown impressive growth from the 2015 sea- Team ACC Pts Overall Newcomers ...............................................................11 son to present. Roberts has doubled his goal total from last Notre Dame 3-1-1 10 10-1-1 season in five fewer matches while Sparks has achieved the UNC 3-1-1 10 9-2-1 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION same increase in production while playing just two more Virginia Tech 2-2-1 7 9-2-2 Location ....................................................Raleigh, N.C. matches than last season. Virginia 1-2-2 5 6-2-4 Founded ................................................................1887 Duke 1-3-1 4 4-5-3 Enrollment .........................................................34,340 HOME STRETCH Pittsburgh 0-4-1 1 2-9-2 Nickname .......................................................Wolfpack Following the trip to No. 5 Clemson, NC State will play its Colors ....... ........................... Red (PMS 186) and White next two matches at home. The Wolfpack will host High Point on Tuesday, Oct. 11 and Pittsburgh on Saturday, Conference ..............................................Atlantic Coast Oct. 15. Home Field ..............................Dail Soccer Field (2,000) Chancellor ......................................Dr. Randy Woodson KEEP UP THE PRESSURE Athletics Director ......................................Deborah Yow NC State RPI Tracker NC State has outshot its opponents by a 133-94 margin this Sept. 26 117 Soccer Administrator ....................... Raymond Harrison season. The Wolfpack has recorded 56 shots on goal, while Athletic Department Phone .................(919) 515-2101 opponents have achieved 43. Oct. 3 115 Athletics Web Site ......................................GoPack.com Oct. 11 111 WATCH THE WOLFPACK ALL SEASON LONG COACHING STAFF Four of NC State’s six remaining regular-season matches, Head Coach .........................Kelly Findley (sixth season) including every single home contest, will be broadcast live Alma Mater .....................................Judson College (Ill.) on the ACC Network Extra. Career Coaching Record .................................119-95-28 Record at NC State ...........................................43-48-13 ADE TAIWO SCORES TWO ACC Record ..........................................................8-30-9 Redshirt sophomore Ade Taiwo recorded the