June 16, 2005

Raleigh, N.C. - One of the top soccer conferences in the country, the Atlantic Coast Conference provides tough competition every year. Not only did the ACC have numerous teams appear in the nationally rankings each week last season, but the conference had two of the final four teams in the NCAA Tournament. A new addition to the ACC this year, Boston College, made it all the way to the third round of the NCAA Tournament and was in the top-20 all season.

The Pack will begin its ACC league play with a midweek match-up against rival North Carolina September 14 at Method Road. NC State will also entertain Maryland (Sept. 25), Boston College (Oct. 9), and Wake Forest (Oct. 30) all at Method Road this season. For the second straight season, the Pack will have to travel to both Virginia (Sept. 17) and Clemson (Sept. 30). The two remaining road league games will be at Virginia Tech (Oct. 15) and at Duke (Oct. 21).

For the fourth straight year, the ACC Tournament will be played at SAS Soccer Stadium in Cary, N.C., November 8-13. After hosting the past two Women's College Cups, this year SAS will also host the Men's College Cup, the weekend of December 9-11.

NC State will kick off its 2005 campaign at Old Dominion, a school that advanced to the NCAA Tournament a season ago. The Pack will begin its home schedule by hosting the annual Adidas Wolfpack Classic. NC State will take on Fairfield on September 3, then host Mercer on September 4. Othe home non-conference games on the schedule are: Elon (Sept. 21), Charlotte (Sept. 28), and Longwood (Oct. 19).

2005 SCHEDULE
Day	Date	        Opponent	                Time
Sun.	Aug. 21	    Red/White Game (Exh.)	    TBA
Tue.	Aug. 23	    King College (Exh.)	        4:00 p.m.
Sat.	Aug. 27	    at UNC Greensboro (Exh.)	TBA
Thur.	Sept. 1	    at Old Dominion	            7:00 p.m.
Adidas Wolfpack Classic - Raleigh, N.C.
Sat.	Sept. 3	    Fairfield	                4:00 p.m.
Sun.	Sept. 4	    Mercer	                    2:00 p.m.
Adidas Tournament - Durham, N.C.
Fri.	Sept. 9	    vs. St. John's	            5:00 p.m.
Sun.	Sept. 11    vs. College of Char.	    12:00 p.m.
Wed.	Sept. 14	North Carolina*	            4:00 p.m.
Sat.	Sept. 17	at Virginia*	            7:00 p.m.
Wed.	Sept. 21	Elon	                    4:00 p.m.
Sun.	Sept. 25	Maryland*	                2:00 p.m.
Wed.	Sept. 28	Charlotte	                4:00 p.m.
Fri.	Sept. 30	at Clemson*	                7:00 p.m.
Sun.	Oct. 9	    Boston College*	            2:00 p.m.
Sat.	Oct. 15	    at Virginia Tech*	        7:00 p.m.
Wed.	Oct. 19	    Longwood	                2:00 p.m.
Fri.	Oct. 21	    at Duke*	                7:00 p.m.
Sun.	Oct. 30	    Wake Forest*	            2:00 p.m.
Wed.	Nov. 2	    at Campbell	                7:00 p.m.
	Nov. 8-13	ACC Tournament (Cary, N.C.)
Home Games Bolded
* ACC game