Tar Heels Host Wolfpack Friday

Friday, September 29

Cary, N.C. (WakeMed Soccer Park)

7:00:00 PM

North Carolina

NC State

Photo by: Andy Mead

September 28, 2017 | Men's Soccer

Watch on ACC Network Extra Live Stats

CARY, North Carolina - No. 5 North Carolina takes on NC State for the first time since 2014 this Friday at WakeMed Soccer Park at 7 p.m.

FREE ADMISSION
All games hosted this season by North Carolina at WakeMed Soccer Park do not require an admission price. The Tar Heels will not play on campus this season in Chapel Hill while the new soccer and lacrosse field is currently under construction.

STUDENT BUS TO WAKEMED SOCCER PARK
Carolina Fever will be bussing UNC students to the game on Friday night. Sign up now!

BROADCAST
The match will be carried live on ACC Network Extra beginning at 7 p.m. ACC Network Extra is streamed live on WatchESPN and the ESPN app.

SERIES WITH NC STATE
Carolina leads 54-21-12 in a series that dates back to 1949. UNC is 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings with the Wolfpack, including a 1-0 win on a goal from Omar Holness in the last matchup in Raleigh on 10/17/14. The two clubs had faced each other every year between 1949 and 2004, before the series was interrupted in 2015 due to the new ACC schedule rotation after Louisville and Syracuse joined the conference. There was a non-conference match scheduled in 2016 but was canceled due to heavy rains.

GOING FOR 100
Head coach Carlos Somoano enters Friday night with 99 career victories in portions of seven seasons in Chapel Hill. His next victory would give Carolina four coaches with 100 career wins, joining Elmar Bolowich (280), Marvin Allen (174) and Anson Dorrance (172).

LAST TIME OUT
Zach Wright and Lucas del Rosario each had a goal and an assist in sending No. 5 North Carolina to a 4-0 victory over Winthrop on Tuesday night from UNCG Soccer Stadium. Jelani Pieters scored just 85 seconds into the match and Giovanni Montesdeoca added a second-half goal for the Tar Heels.

#UNCXI NEWS & NOTES
• Carolina leads the nation with 29 goals and a 2.9 goals per game average.
• Alan Winn was named Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week on Tuesday.
• Winn was selected College Soccer News National Player of the Week the week before.
• UNC has 12 different goal scorers in 2017.
• Alec Smir registered his first collegiate shutout on Tuesday in the 4-0 victory over Winthrop.
• Carolina's seven-match winning streak is its longest since the 2015 club ran off nine in a row.
• Alan Winn is tied for the ACC lead in goals (7) and 2nd in points per game (2.14).
• Cam Lindley and Zach Wright lead UNC with seven assists, tied for 3rd in the ACC.
• Senior Zach Wright has 24 career assists, the sixth most among active players in NCAA Division I men's soccer.
• Cam Lindley is included on the preseason watch list for the MAC Hermann Trophy, the most prestigious award in college soccer.
• UNC has won the national title in 2001 and 2011, appeared in seven College Cups - including four straight from 2008-11 - and made 11 trips to the NCAA Quarterfinals.

NEXT UP
UNC remains at WakeMed Soccer Park for two games next week - Tuesday against James Madison and Friday versus Wake Forest. Both at 7 p.m.