No. 3 Clemson Heads to Blacksburg for Final Road ACC Matchup with Virginia Tech Sunday
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25
🐾 Clemson vs. Virginia Tech
📍 Blacksburg, Va. (Thompson Field)
🗓 Sunday, October 25 • 2 p.m.
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CLEMSON, S.C. – The No. 3 ranked Clemson men’s soccer head to Blacksburg, Va. for the final ACC road matchup with Virginia Tech on Sunday, October 25th, for a 2:00 p.m. kickoff. The match will be broadcast on ESPNU.
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.
On Saturday night in Chapel Hill the Tigers came home with a 2-1 win over North Carolina led by goals from Bakken and Malick Daouda. Duncan Wilson and Ransford Gyan each netted a pair of goals to earn a 4-0 win over Boston College and record the third ACC win of the season for the Tigers on Friday night. Tuesday night proved to be another offensive show for the Tigers, as juniors Floki Stephensen and Lukas Magnason netted their first goals of the season along with Wilson and Sevian to record a 4-1 win over Wofford.
On Friday, Head Coach Mike Noonan earned his 200th win at Clemson led by goals from Duncan Wilson, Ransford Gyan, Floki Stephensen and Alessio Andreottola en route to a 4-1 win over No. 20 UNCW. The Tigers notched its first draw of the season after a late second-half surge to tie 2-2 with Georgia Southern on Tuesday. Clemson gutted out its 10th win of the season Sunday night in Palo Alto after a 3-2 win over then No. 13 Stanford with goals from Mason Jimenez and Ransford Gyan. The Tigers earned a commanding 3-0 win over No. 8 Louisville Friday night with goals from Ransford Gyan, Malick Daouda and a first career goal from Jake Basinet to earn the 11th win of the season.
Clemson and Virginia Tech have met 20 times in program history, with Clemson leading the all-time series 11-3-6. The Tigers and the Hookies last faced off in 2025 at Historic Riggs Field with the match ending in a 3-3 draw.
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