Duke soccer opens ACC play this week in opposition to NC State on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham.
The Blue Devils and Wolfpack will kick off at 4 p.m. ET in a recreation that will probably be televised on ESPN2.
Duke dropped to 1-2 on the season following a 34-27 loss on the street at Tulane in Week 3. NC State enters the competition undefeated at 3-0, coming off a 34-24 win over Wake Forest to open convention play. It marks the primary time since 2022 that the Wolfpack have a 3-0 begin to the season.
The Blue Devils will probably be in search of their third-straight win over the Wolfpack, proudly owning a 43-37-5 sequence document in opposition to NC State and going 25-16-1 when enjoying the Wolfpack at dwelling. NC State will probably be wanting first its win in Durham since 2008.
“Dave Doeren has his workforce enjoying rather well,” Duke head coach Manny Diaz stated on Monday, Sept. 15. “They’re undefeated and have performed three actually good soccer groups the place they have been challenged every week, in order that they’re battle-tested. Like I stated, they’ve some challenges in a approach which can be totally different than what we confronted this yr, so we will must observe quite a bit higher and must play quite a bit higher this week to get a win.”
Here is when the Blue Devils and Wolfpack sq. off in Week 4.
Duke returns dwelling to host NC State in Week 4 at Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 20. The sport will air on ESPN2 and may be streamed through Fubo (free trial) or the ESPN app.
The Blue Devils and the Wolfpack kick off at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 20 at Wallace Wade Stadium on ESPN2.
Duke 35, NC State 28: Hollywood Smothers and NC State’s floor recreation, which has now rushed for 200+ yards in back-to-back video games, will probably be a tricky check for Duke’s run protection, which ranks 88th nationally within the NCAA. Smothers leads the ACC in speeding and ranks third nationally, coming off a career-best 164-yard outing — making him the primary Wolfpack again to do this since 2018. Nonetheless, if Duke’s protection can get off the sphere on third downs and management Smothers, it ought to permit the offense time to get going below Darian Mensah and the Blue Devils ought to have sufficient steadiness to earn their third straight win over the Wolfpack.
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