No. 21 Tigers Head to Chapel Hill for ACC Matchup Against North Carolina in Weekend Matchup
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
🐾 Clemson vs. North Carolina
📍 Chapel Hill, N.C. (Play2Dream Legacy Stadium)
🗓 Saturday, September 19 • 7 p.m.
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CLEMSON, S.C. – The No. 21 ranked Clemson men’s soccer head to Chapel Hill for a weekend ACC matchup with North Carolina on Saturday, September 19th, for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff. The match will be broadcast on ACCNX.
Xander Sevian earned the first ACC Offensive Player of the Week honor for the Tigers after netting his first career goal and brace against then No. 3 Furman. The Tigers grabbed their second win of the season with a 2-0 win over ETSU before heading to Columbia, S.C. for the Palmetto Series matchup. Clemson dropped its first match 3-2 to South Carolina after a hard fought battle at Stone Stadium. The Tigers moved back to the win column with a dominant 4-1 win over UCF in Orlando propelled by Ransford Gyan's first career hat trick, the first hat trick for Clemson since Alex Meinhard in 2024.
Clemson opened ACC play with a 1-0 win over Syracuse after a second-half goal from sophomore Cooper Hineline to mark his fourth goal of the season. The Tigers dropped its ACC home opener 1-0 to Notre Dame on Friday night. A 5-1 win over North Florida on Tuesday night propelled Clemson to its fifth win of the season after Sevian netted his second career brace along with freshman Philip Rolke, seniors Remi Okunlola and Martin Bakken netting their first goals of the season.
Clemson and North Carolina have met 68 times in history, with Clemson leading the all-time series 32-28-8. The Tigers and the Tar Heels last faced off in 2024 at Historic Riggs Field and Clemson took home the win 3-2.
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