No. 2 seed Clemson Continues ACC Tournament Run with Matchup vs No. 7 seed North Carolina Sunday Afternoon at Historic Riggs Field
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8
🐾 Clemson vs. North Carolina
📍 Clemson, S.C. (Historic Riggs Field)
🗓 Sunday, November 8 • 12 p.m.
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CLEMSON, S.C. – The No. 3 ranked Clemson men’s soccer continues its ACC Tournament journey with No. 17 North Carolina on Sunday, November 8th, for a 12:00 p.m. kickoff. The match will be broadcast on ACCN.
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. On Sunday, Clemson concluded their ACC regular season road slate with a 2-2 draw at Virginia Tech. The Tigers concluded the regular season with a 2-1 win over No. 16 Wake Forest to finish second in the ACC. Clemson rained down over Duke on Wednesday night with a 2-1 win in the first round of the ACC Tournament at Historic Riggs Field.
Clemson and North Carolina have met 69 times in program history and 12 times in the ACC Tournament. The Tigers lead the all time series 33-28-8 and hold a 6-5-1 advantage in the ACC Tournament over the Tar Heels. The Tigers and the Tar Heels last faced off earlier this season in Chapel Hill with Clemson taking home a 2-1 win.
Head Coach Mike Noonan will be made avaliable to the media for postgame interviews at the conclusion of the match for all home men's soccer matches. For complete coverage of the Clemson men’s soccer team, follow @ClemsonMSoccer on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.