Season 67 | ACC Season 64 | Match 13 | NC State vs. Pittsburgh | October 15 | 7 p.m. | Raleigh, N.C. | Dail Soccer Stadium
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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 first multi- Associate Head Coach...... David Costa (sixth season) goal match of his career Sept. 4 against North Florida. The Alma Mater...... Charlotte, 2005 Raleigh native scored goals in the 14th and 17th minutes Assistant Coach...... Steven Cox (sixth season) of the match on assists from teammates Lukas Zarges and Alma Mater...... Houghton College, 2004 Simon Blotko, respectively. Director of Sports Science...... Andrew Scheck Volunteer Assistant...... Wells Thompson WELCOME TO THE PACK NC State welcomes 11 newcomers to its roster of 29 Soccer Office Phone...... (919) 515-1297 student-athletes for the 2016 season:
Goalkeepers: Nick Cournoyer (Charlotte, N.C.) Defenders: Harry Adanuty (Cary, N.C.), Jake Dykes (Sligo, Ireland), Adrian Gahabka (Passau, Germany), Reece Riggins (Clearwater, Fla.). Midfielders: Jan-Luca Ahillen (Meppen, Germany), Francesco Casucci (New Mexico), Nikolas Grundseth (Kernersville, N.C.), Maximillian Lüftl (Furstenstein, Germany), Lukas Zarges (UNC Greensboro). Forwards: Bryant Nardizzi (Framingham, Mass.)
EXCELLENCE OFF THE PITCH The NC State men’s soccer team recorded a very strong
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2016 NC State Men's Soccer NC State Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 11, 2016) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 3-9 2-5 1-3 0-1 CONFERENCE 0-5 0-2 0-3 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 3-4 2-3 1-0 0-1
Date Opponent Score Att. ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att Aug 26 vs Radford L 0-1 0 16 Julius Duchscherer 12 5 3 13 34 .1 4 7 19 .5 5 9 0 2 - 3 Aug 28 at James Madison W 3-2 0 9 Ade Taiwo 6 3 0 6 15 .2 0 0 6 .4 0 0 1 1 - 1 Sep 04 NORTH FLORIDA L 2-3 678 7 Tanner Roberts 11 2 2 6 17 .1 1 8 6 .3 5 3 0 0 - 0 * Sep 09 #6 SYRACUSE L 0-2 702 5 Lukas Zarges 12 2 1 5 20 .1 0 0 10 .5 0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 13 ELON L 0-2 875 14 Clayton Sparks 11 2 1 5 15 .1 3 3 7 .4 6 7 2 0 - 0 * Sep 16 at #23 Virginia Tech L 0-3 1156 11 Travis Wannemuehler 12 1 3 5 10 .1 0 0 2 .2 0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 20 LIBERTY W 3-1 454 12 Jan-Luca Ahillen 12 1 1 3 4 .2 5 0 3 .7 5 0 0 0 - 0 * Sep 24 at #10 Wake Forest L 0-1 3366 13 Simon Blotko 12 0 3 3 2 .0 0 0 1 .5 0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 27 WRIGHT STATE W 4-2 545 17 Nick Retzlaff 7 0 3 3 1 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 * Sep 30 DUKE L 1-2 1765 23 Stephen Elias 12 0 2 2 6 .0 0 0 2 .3 3 3 0 0 - 0 * Oct 08 at #5 Clemson L 0-2 4112 3 Caleb Duvernay 11 0 1 1 15 .0 0 0 5 .3 3 3 0 0 - 0 Oct 11 HIGH POINT L o t 3-4 772 21 Adrian Gahabka 9 0 0 0 5 .0 0 0 3 .6 0 0 0 0 - 0 15 Maximiliam Luftl 12 0 0 0 5 .0 0 0 2 .4 0 0 0 0 - 0 TEAM STATISTICS ST OPP 4 Yanni Hachem 6 0 0 0 3 .0 0 0 1 .3 3 3 0 0 - 0 SHOT STATISTICS 28 Francesco Casucci 6 0 0 0 2 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Goals-Shot attempts 16-157 25-120 25 Michael Hinkson 4 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Goals scored per game 1.33 2.08 22 Tyler Gabarra 9 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Shot pct. . 1 0 2 . 2 0 8 19 Jake Dykes 8 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Shots on goal-Attempts 67-157 58-120 27 Bryant Nardizzi 5 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 SOG pct. . 4 2 7 . 4 8 3 24 Reece Riggins 3 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 S h o t s / G a m e 13.1 10.0 8 Aidan Wixted 7 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 CORNER KICKS 54 46 1 Alex McCauley 11 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 PENALTY KICKS 3-4 1-1 Total 12 16 20 52 157 .1 0 2 67 .4 2 7 3 3 - 4 PENALTIES Opponents 12 25 26 76 120 .2 0 8 58 .4 8 3 9 1 - 1 Yellow cards 13 16 Red cards 0 0 ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho ATTENDANCE 1 Alex McCauley 11 990:00 21 1.91 31 .5 9 6 3-8-0 0/0 T o t a l 5791 8634 2 Boo Davis 1 94:00 4 3.83 2 .3 3 3 0-1-0 0/0 Dates/Avg Per Date 7/827 4/2158 Total 12 1084:00 25 2.08 33 .5 6 9 3-9-0 0 Neutral Site #/Avg 1/0 Opponents 12 1084:00 16 1.33 51 .7 6 1 9-3-0 6
Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT Total NC State 9 7 0 16 Opponents 12 12 1 25
Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT Total NC State 72 85 0 157 Opponents 52 67 1 120
Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT Total NC State 13 20 0 33 Opponents 24 27 0 51
Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT Total NC State 23 31 0 54 Opponents 21 25 0 46
Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT Total NC State 67 63 1 131 Opponents 59 72 1 132
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No. Name Pos. Year Ht. Wt. Hometown Previous Team 0 Harrison Romero GK RFr. 6-1 158 Gastonia, N.C. Carolina Rapids 1 Alex McCauley GK RSr. 6-0 180 Marietta, Ga. George Walton 2 Boo Davis GK RJr. 5-11 185 Gastonia, N.C. Forestview 3 Caleb Duvernay D Jr. 5-8 148 Cary, N.C. Capital Area RailHawks 4 Yanni Hachem (Yawn E Hash ‘em) MF Sr. 5-11 135 Cary, N.C. Cardinal Gibbons 5 Lukas Zarges (Lukas Zar Giss MF Sr. 5-10 150 Friedrichsdorf, Germany UNC Greensboro 6 Ben Locke MF RFr. 5-11 172 Cincinnati, Ohio Charlotte Soccer Academy 7 Tanner Roberts F So. 6-1 166 Huntersville, N.C. Carolina Rapids 8 Aidan Wixted (Aide in Wix Ted) D RFr. 5-10 163 Melbourne Beach, Fla. Orlando City Academy 9 Ade Taiwo (A Day Tie Woe) F RSo. 6-2 185 Raleigh, N.C. Cardinal Gibbons 11 Travis Wannemuehler (Juan a Mule er) F Sr. 5-8 147 Evansville, Ind. Evansville Mater Dei 12 Jan-Luca Ahillen (Yahn Luca Ah Hill in) MF Fr. 5-10 160 Meppen, Germany SV Meppen 13 Simon Blotko D So. 6-0 161 Dusseldorf, Germany Wuppertaler SV 14 Clayton Sparks F So. 6-1 170 Jacksonville, N.C. Jacksonville 15 Maximilian Lüftl (Loof Tull) MF Jr. 6-0 165 Furstenstein, Germany SV Schalding-Heining 16 Julius Duchscherer (Doo Sure er) MF So. 5-7 147 Hadamar, Germany TuS Koblenz 17 Nick Retzlaff (Retz loff) MF RSo. 5-7 145 Wake Forest, N.C. Capital Area RailHawks 18 Andrew Malinich (Mah Len Itch) MF RSo. 6-0 159 New Orleans, La. Lusher Charter 19 Jake Dykes D So. 6-0 175 Sligo, Ireland Sligo Rovers 20 Nikolas Grundseth MF Fr. 5-9 160 Kernersville, N.C. NC Fusion 21 Adrian Gahabka D Jr. 6-1 185 Passau, Germany SV Schalding-Heining 22 Tyler Gabarra (Guh Bear uh) F RFr. 5-9 135 Arnold, Md. Broadneck 23 Stephen Elias F RFr. 5-8 169 Rye, N.Y. Iona Prep 24 Reece Riggins D Fr. 6-1 185 Clearwater, Fla. Chargers Soccer Club 25 Michael Hinkson D RJr. 5-8 153 Raleigh, N.C. CASL Chelsea Academy 26 Nick Cournoyer (Core Noyer) GK Fr. 6-2 170 Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte Soccer Academy 27 Bryant Nardizzi F Fr. 5-11 155 Framingham, Mass. New England Revolution Academy 29 Harry Adanuty (Ah Duh Nute Y) D Fr. 5-8 145 Cary, N.C. Capital Area RailHawks
Head Coach: Kelly Findley (sixth season) Assistant Coach: David Costa (sixth season) Assistant Coach: Steven Cox (sixth season) Director of Sports Science: Andrew Scheck (fifth season)
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