BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech travels to Raleigh, N.C. for a Friday night ACC fixture against NC State. The match will begin a five-game stretch in which the Hokies are the road for four contests.
GAME DETAILS
Date: Friday, Sept. 23
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Dail Soccer Stadium (Raleigh, N.C.)
Live Stats: HERE
Watch: ACCNX
THE SERIES
- The Hokies and Wolfpack have met 25 times with 19 of those matches occurring since Tech joined the ACC ahead of the 2004 season.
- NC State holds a 15-9-1 advantage in the matchup, although Tech has won three of the last four matches.
- Virginia Tech is an even 6-6 against NC State since Mike Brizendine took the reins in 2009.
A WIN WOULD...
- Be Virginia Tech's first ACC win of the season.
- Be Virginia Tech's first road win of the season.
- Be Virginia Tech's first back-to-back win since Oct. 8 and Oct. 12, 2021 (No. 23 Louisville and Davidson).
- Ensure that Tech doesn't start ACC play 0-3. The Hokies have only started 0-3 in ACC play once (2008).
LAST TIME OUT
- Virginia Tech picked up its first win of the season against Longwood with a 4-0 result on Tuesday night.
- All four of the Hokies goals came in the first half.
- Carter Hensley recorded his first career goal in the 7th minute of the game.
- Conor Pugh added two goals in the 30th and 34th minute. Pugh's game was the second multi-goal game of his career. The first came last season against Davidson on Oct. 12, 2021.
- Danny Flores nabbed his second goal of the season with a penalty kick (won by Zayyan Ahmed) in the 44th minute. It was Flores' second goal from the penalty spot this season.
- Declan Quill earned his first start of the season, while Jordan Black made his first career appearance for Tech off the bench.
- Mason McClendon, Chris Nicola and Connor Jordan-Hyde (GK) also made their first appearances of the season.
GOALS, GOALS, GOALS
- After only scoring four goals in the first six fixtures this season, the fewest since 1998 (3), Tech put up four goals in the first 45 minutes of Tuesday's game.
- The Hokies had three different goal scorers for the first time since Oct. 20, 2021 against Winthrop.