No. 22 Orange Host NC State on Senior Day

Game Details: Sunday, Oct. 22, Syracuse, N.Y., 1 p.m.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – No. 22 Syracuse hosts ACC foe NC State on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 1 p.m. in the team's final regular season home match (ACCNX).

Prior to the contest, the senior class will be honored in a pregame ceremony, which feature 18 members of the program. The honorees include Rodrigo Almeida, Josh Belluz, Stephen Betz, Lorenzo Boselli, Felipe D'Agostini, Daniel Diaz Bonilla, Nate Edwards, Jackson Glenn, Stephen Hasse, Jeorgio Kocevski, Mateo Leveque, Gabriel Mikina, Pablo Pedregosa, Tony Shaw, Noah Singelmann, Buster Sjoberg, Michael Suski and Gavin Wigg.

Pedregosa will face a familiar squad on Sunday after spending the first four years of his collegiate career at NC State. The graduate student appeared in 66 games, starting in 65 of those matches. Pedregosa scored five goals and registered two assists during his time with the Wolfpack.

'Cuse Update
Syracuse earned its sixth clean sheet of the season on Wednesday in a 2-0 win over Yale.

Graduate student Felipe D'Agostini recorded a brace in 1:24 in the first half. Senior Nate Edwards assisted on both goals while sophomore Nicholas Kaloukian and senior Gabriel Mikina also recorded assists.

The Orange outshot the Bulldogs, 14-0, and had more corners, 10-2.

Wednesday was the sixth match in 2023 where 'Cuse had at least 10 corners.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jahiem Wickham improved his record to 4-1-2 and earned his fourth clean sheet of the year. Wickham has a 0.64 goals-against average and a .778 save percentage.

Scouting the Wolfpack
George Kiefer is in his seventh season leading the NC State men's soccer program. The Wolfpack are 6-8-1 overall and 1-5-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference action. NC State last played on Tuesday, Oct. 17, playing to a 0-0 draw against High Point.

Luke Halle paces the Wolfpack with seven of the team's 22 goals this season. Will Buete is second on the squad with four goals and 11 points. NC State has used three goalkeepers in 2023, with Lucas Hatsios and Ben Voase splitting most of the duties. Hatsios leads the group with a .563 save percentage and two clean sheets in 675:00 minutes.

Series History
Sunday's match will be the 13th all-time meeting between Syracuse and NC State. The Orange lead the series, 5-3-4. Three of the last five matches have ended in a draw, including the last two contests. In 2022, the teams both scored one goal each in Raleigh on Oct. 22. Syracuse's tally came via an own goal, while the team outshot the Wolfpack, 20-5.

Up Next
Syracuse wraps up the 2023 regular season on Friday, Oct. 27 at Boston College. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. (ACC Network Extra).

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Players Mentioned

Rodrigo Almeida

Josh Belluz

Stephen Betz

Lorenzo Boselli

Felipe D'Agostini

Daniel Diaz Bonilla

Nate Edwards

Jackson Glenn

Stephen Hasse

Nicholas Kaloukian

Jeorgio Kocevski

Mateo Leveque

Gabriel Mikina

Pablo Pedregosa

Tony Shaw

Noah Singelmann

Buster Sjoberg

Michael Suski

Jahiem Wickham

Gavin Wigg

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