University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Try to Even ACC Record vs. NC State
October 17, 2002 | Men's Soccer
Oct. 17, 2002
CHAPEL HILL -- The North Carolina men's soccer team will try to even its Atlantic Coast Conference record at 2-2 this season when it hosts rival NC State on Saturday evening at 7 p.m. at Fetzer Field.
The Tar Heels (8-5, 1-1 ACC) have lost three of their last five games, including two straight ACC games at Duke and at Maryland.
NC State (4-8, 0-5 ACC) has lost four of its last six games. Saturday's game will be the Wolfpack's final ACC game of the year, having already lost to Maryland, Clemson, Virginia, Duke and Wake Forest
Testo Expected to Return to Lineup vs. Wolfpack
Senior forward David Testo, who scored the game-winning goal in Carolina's win over Virginia on Sept. 21, sprained his right ankle in the 23rd minute of the Sept. 28 loss at Duke and did not return against the Blue Devils. Testo missed the next four games (Elon, Maryland, Navy and VCU) but is expected to return to the Tar Heel lineup vs. NC State.
In This Week's National Rankings
Carolina is not ranked in this week's NSCAA coaches' or Soccer America poll, but is ranked No. 25 by Soccer Times. NC State is unranked.
Carolina vs. NC State
Carolina leads the all-time series with NC State, 41-19-8. The Tar Heels have beaten the Wolfpack five times in a row, last losing to NC State during the 1997 season.
In the last five meetings in the series (all Tar Heel wins), Carolina has outscored NC State by a margin of 17-1. The lone NCSU goal came in a 7-1 UNC win in 2000. The other four games were all shutout wins for Carolina - 1-0 in 1998 in Chapel Hill, 3-0 in 1999 in Raleigh, 4-0 in 2001 in Raleigh and 2-0 in the 2001 ACC Tournament quarterfinal in Clemson, S.C.
