No. 12 Men's Soccer To Face NC State In ACC Semis Thursday - University of North Carolina Athletics

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – No. 12 North Carolina men's soccer will head to Cary's WakeMed Soccer Park on Thursday evening to face NC State at 5:30 p.m. in the ACC Championship semifinal. The Tar Heels and Wolfpack are meeting again after just having played on Oct. 30, a 1-1 draw in Chapel Hill. Carolina, the seven seed in the tournament, has defeated Cal and No. 3 Clemson en route to the semifinal, while the 12th-seeded Wolfpack have claimed wins over Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. The Heels victory over Clemson vaulted them to No. 11 in the rpi and No. 12 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll.

Tickets for Thursday's ACC semis, two for the men and two on the women's side, can be purchased here. For fans who can't make it to the game, the ACC Network will air it with Joe Malfa and Devon Kerr on the call.

Game Info
Who: No. 12 Carolina vs. NC State
Where: Cary, N.C. – WakeMed Soccer Park
When: Thursday, Nov. 12 – 5:30 p.m.

Tar Heel Tidbits

Carolina and NC State will play for the 96th time in series history with Clemson holding an 57-22-16 advantage. The two sides met at the end of October and played to a 1-1 draw.
The Tar Heels are unbeaten in their last 10 matches having gone 7-0-3 over that span.
A Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch list member, Joschi Schelb has posted 16 goals and three assists in UNC's 17 matches. Schelb has scored in eight of the last 12 matches overall, including a late equalizer versus Cal in the first round of the ACC Championship. His 16 goals rank second nationally, just two behind Washington's Zach Ramsey, and his 35 points are third nationally. Schelb's 16 goals, which are tied for fourth on UNC's single-season list, are the most for a Tar Heel in a season since Billy Schuler scored 16 in 2011.
Luca Nikolai currently has five goals and 10 assists on the year. His 10 assists are second in the ACC and are tied for sixth nationally.
Ryan Zellefrow has been a key cog in UNC's attack. As a creative midfielder, he's posted four goals and six assists for 14 points, which ranks third on the team.
Bertil Rygaard Hansen has been wreaking havoc on defenders with his pace and he's turned that into two goals and eight assists on the year. His eight assists are tied for 22nd nationally.
Alan Rutkowksi came up huge in the first penalty shootout of his college career against Cal, making two saves to help the Tar Heels advance.

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Players Mentioned

Luca Nikolai

Bertil Rygaard Hansen

Joschi Schelb

Ryan Zellefrow

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