FSU and UNC Meet in Top-25 Matchup on ACC Network
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – In a top-25 matchup between the last two national champions, the No. 7 Florida State soccer team faces No. 19 North Carolina on Wednesday, September 17, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Kickoff at Dorrance Field is at 7 p.m. ET, and the game will air live on ACC Network.
Jenn Hildreth and Kacey White will have the call on ACC Network and live stats can be found at UNC.Statbroadcast.com. Direct links to watch and follow along can be found on the schedule page at Seminoles.com/Soccer and on social media on Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
Florida State is 6-0-1 on the season and 2-0-0 in the ACC after a 4-0 win at Syracuse on Sunday. The Seminoles are 4-0-0 at home and 2-0-1 on the road. FSU has shut out its opponent in six of seven games, and four matches in a row, with multi-goal victories in all six victories. Winners of six consecutive games, North Carolina is 1-0 in the ACC after a 2-1 win at Virginia Tech on September 11.
Both teams will be facing their first ranked opponent of the season on Wednesday night.
Florida State has scored 26 goals with 27 assists on 131 shots and 55 shots on goal. In seven games, the team has allowed one goal on 33 shots, 11 on target, with 10 saves, a 0.15 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage.
With five goals in the last four games, sophomore forward Wrianna Hudson leads the team with seven goals, 14 points, 21 shots and 13 shots on goal. Senior defender Heather Gilchrist and junior midfielder Yuna McCormack are second with three goals, while junior forward Jordynn Dudley has a squad-best five assists and is second with nine points. In goal, redshirt sophomore Addie Todd has eight saves in her five appearances for a .889 save percentage and a 0.23 goals-against average.
In the national rankings, FSU is No. 2 in the country in assists per game (3.86), No. 3 in goals per game (3.71), points per game (11.29) and goal differential (+25), No. 4 in goals-against average (0.145) and shutout percentage (.857), No. 11 in save percentage (.909) and No. 18 in shots per game (18.71).
Individually, Hudson ranks No. 4 nationally in goals per game (1.00) and No. 14 in points per game (2.00), Todd is No. 6 in goals-against average (0.231) and No. 22 in save percentage (.889), Dudley is No. 12 in assists per game (0.71) and fifth-year midfielder Marianyela Jiménez is No. 21 in assists per game (0.67).
In the national polls, Florida State is No. 7 for a second consecutive week in the latest United Soccer Coaches top-25, released on September 9. The Seminoles are No. 2 in this week’s Top Drawer Soccer rankings.
SERIES HISTORY VS. NORTH CAROLINA
Florida State is 14-31-6 all-time against North Carolina, including 5-10-0 at home, 2-10-5 on the road and 7-11-1 at a neutral site. The two teams have met 22 times in the postseason, 20 times at the ACC Championship and twice at the College Cup, including the 2018 championship game where the Seminoles earned a 1-0 win for their second of four NCAA titles. FSU’s 14 victories are the most of any program in the country against UNC. Florida State has 20 combined wins (14) and draws (6) against the Tar Heels, also the most in the country and almost double the only other two teams with double-digit combined wins and draws, Duke (6 wins, 5 draws) and Notre Dame (7 wins, 4 draws), both with 11.
In the all-time series that began in 1995, FSU is 12-7-4 since a 1-0, double-overtime win in the 2011 ACC Championship when the team won its first of 11 conference tournament titles. The two teams have played every year since 1995, with multiple meetings in 19 of the 30 seasons leading into 2025. That includes three matchups in 2018, with a 3-2 win in the ACC Championships before the national championship victory. The other College Cup matchup was in the 2022 semifinals, a 3-2 UNC win.
FSU is unbeaten in four of the last five meetings and has won two in a row, both in 2024, with a 4-2 victory in Tallahassee and 3-2 triumph in the ACC title game. In the 2024 regular-season meeting on October 25, Dudley and Solai Washington gave the 17th-ranked home side a 2-0 lead by the 23rd minute, but the fourth-ranked visitors answered to tie it with goals in the 34th and 36th minutes. In the second half, Washington and Dudley secured braces, with Washington’s game-winner coming in the 52nd minute and Dudley’s insurance score in the 67th. FSU out-shot UNC 26-11 and Todd made three saves. In the 2024 ACC championship game on November 10, No. 6-ranked Florida State rallied twice, as Taylor Suarez tied the game at 1-1 in the 34th minute, three minutes after No. 8-ranked North Carolina opened the scoring. The Tar Heels regained the lead less than 10 minutes later, but Taylor Huff tied it in the 63rd minute and Hudson won it in the 67th to give the Seminoles their 11th ACC tournament crown and fifth in a row.
SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS
North Carolina is 7-2-0 on the season and 1-0-0 in ACC play. The Tar Heels are 5-0-0 at home and 2-2-0 on the road. UNC has won six in a row after starting the season 1-2-0. Carolina began the conference slate with a 2-1 win at Virginia Tech last Thursday. The visiting Tar Heels took a 1-0 lead in the 73rd minute before Virginia Tech tied it at 1-1 four minutes later. UNC won it in the 87th minute.
The Tar Heels are No. 19 in last week’s United Soccer Coaches poll, with this week’s rankings set to be released later on Tuesday afternoon. Carolina checks in at No. 11 in this week’s Top Drawer Soccer top-25.
UNC has scored 26 goals with 15 assists on 164 shots, 74 on goal. The Tar Heels have allowed six goals and made 48 saves for a 0.67 goals-against average and a .714 save percentage. Olivia Thomas leads the team with eight goals, 18 points, 50 shots and 20 shots on goal, while Linda Ullmark has a team-best five assists. In goal, Abby Gundry has played in seven games with six starts. She has allowed two goals with six saves for a 0.46 goals-against average and a .750 save percentage in nearly 400 minutes.
LAST TIME OUT: ROADTRIP BEGINS WITH SHUTOUT WIN
Florida State began its three-game ACC roadtrip with a 4-0 victory at Syracuse on Sunday afternoon. For the second consecutive game, FSU halted an unbeaten streak of at least six games by its opponent, as the Orange saw their seven-game unbeaten streak come to an end and were shut out for just the third time in 2025.
Hudson scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season and her fifth in the last four games, a score that made it 3-0 in the 61st minute. Fellow sophomore forward Solai Washington netted her first goal of the year with the eventual game-winner in the 43rd minute. Freshman defender Mya Brandon got her first career goal in the 53rd minute. Florida State’s fourth goal was an own-goal in the 66th minute. Dudley and senior forward/midfielder Enasia Colon both picked up a pair of assists.
In goal, a pair of freshmen each played 45 minutes. Evan O’Steen got the start and made one save in the first half, while Kate Ockene played the second half and did not face a shot on target. The defense held Syracuse to four total shots, two in each half, with just the one shot on goal. FSU registered 21 shots, eight on target. Corner kicks were 4-2 in favor of the visitors.
A total of 22 FSU players saw action in the Sunday afternoon affair. Everyone played at least 21 minutes, with all but one on the field for at least 35 minutes. No one played more than 63 minutes.
A complete recap from the win can be found here.
UP NEXT: ONE MORE IN NORTH CAROLINA
Florida State concludes its three-game roadtrip at NC State on Sunday, September 21. Kickoff in Raleigh is at 1 p.m. ET.
QUICK KICKS: NOTES TO KNOW
Kickoff at Dorrance Field is at 7 p.m. ET, and the game will air live on ACC Network.
Jenn Hildreth and Kacey White will have the call on ACC Network and live stats can be found at UNC.Statbroadcast.com. Direct links to watch and follow along can be found on the schedule page at Seminoles.com/Soccer and on social media on Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
Florida State is 6-0-1 on the season and 2-0-0 in the ACC after a 4-0 win at Syracuse on Sunday. The Seminoles are 4-0-0 at home and 2-0-1 on the road. FSU has shut out its opponent in six of seven games, and four matches in a row, with multi-goal victories in all six victories. Winners of six consecutive games, North Carolina is 1-0 in the ACC after a 2-1 win at Virginia Tech on September 11.
Both teams will be facing their first ranked opponent of the season on Wednesday night.
Florida State has scored 26 goals with 27 assists on 131 shots and 55 shots on goal. In seven games, the team has allowed one goal on 33 shots, 11 on target, with 10 saves, a 0.15 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage.
With five goals in the last four games, sophomore forward Wrianna Hudson leads the team with seven goals, 14 points, 21 shots and 13 shots on goal. Senior defender Heather Gilchrist and junior midfielder Yuna McCormack are second with three goals, while junior forward Jordynn Dudley has a squad-best five assists and is second with nine points. In goal, redshirt sophomore Addie Todd has eight saves in her five appearances for a .889 save percentage and a 0.23 goals-against average.
In the national rankings, FSU is No. 2 in the country in assists per game (3.86), No. 3 in goals per game (3.71), points per game (11.29) and goal differential (+25), No. 4 in goals-against average (0.145) and shutout percentage (.857), No. 11 in save percentage (.909) and No. 18 in shots per game (18.71).
Individually, Hudson ranks No. 4 nationally in goals per game (1.00) and No. 14 in points per game (2.00), Todd is No. 6 in goals-against average (0.231) and No. 22 in save percentage (.889), Dudley is No. 12 in assists per game (0.71) and fifth-year midfielder Marianyela Jiménez is No. 21 in assists per game (0.67).
In the national polls, Florida State is No. 7 for a second consecutive week in the latest United Soccer Coaches top-25, released on September 9. The Seminoles are No. 2 in this week’s Top Drawer Soccer rankings.
SERIES HISTORY VS. NORTH CAROLINA
Florida State is 14-31-6 all-time against North Carolina, including 5-10-0 at home, 2-10-5 on the road and 7-11-1 at a neutral site. The two teams have met 22 times in the postseason, 20 times at the ACC Championship and twice at the College Cup, including the 2018 championship game where the Seminoles earned a 1-0 win for their second of four NCAA titles. FSU’s 14 victories are the most of any program in the country against UNC. Florida State has 20 combined wins (14) and draws (6) against the Tar Heels, also the most in the country and almost double the only other two teams with double-digit combined wins and draws, Duke (6 wins, 5 draws) and Notre Dame (7 wins, 4 draws), both with 11.
In the all-time series that began in 1995, FSU is 12-7-4 since a 1-0, double-overtime win in the 2011 ACC Championship when the team won its first of 11 conference tournament titles. The two teams have played every year since 1995, with multiple meetings in 19 of the 30 seasons leading into 2025. That includes three matchups in 2018, with a 3-2 win in the ACC Championships before the national championship victory. The other College Cup matchup was in the 2022 semifinals, a 3-2 UNC win.
FSU is unbeaten in four of the last five meetings and has won two in a row, both in 2024, with a 4-2 victory in Tallahassee and 3-2 triumph in the ACC title game. In the 2024 regular-season meeting on October 25, Dudley and Solai Washington gave the 17th-ranked home side a 2-0 lead by the 23rd minute, but the fourth-ranked visitors answered to tie it with goals in the 34th and 36th minutes. In the second half, Washington and Dudley secured braces, with Washington’s game-winner coming in the 52nd minute and Dudley’s insurance score in the 67th. FSU out-shot UNC 26-11 and Todd made three saves. In the 2024 ACC championship game on November 10, No. 6-ranked Florida State rallied twice, as Taylor Suarez tied the game at 1-1 in the 34th minute, three minutes after No. 8-ranked North Carolina opened the scoring. The Tar Heels regained the lead less than 10 minutes later, but Taylor Huff tied it in the 63rd minute and Hudson won it in the 67th to give the Seminoles their 11th ACC tournament crown and fifth in a row.
SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS
North Carolina is 7-2-0 on the season and 1-0-0 in ACC play. The Tar Heels are 5-0-0 at home and 2-2-0 on the road. UNC has won six in a row after starting the season 1-2-0. Carolina began the conference slate with a 2-1 win at Virginia Tech last Thursday. The visiting Tar Heels took a 1-0 lead in the 73rd minute before Virginia Tech tied it at 1-1 four minutes later. UNC won it in the 87th minute.
The Tar Heels are No. 19 in last week’s United Soccer Coaches poll, with this week’s rankings set to be released later on Tuesday afternoon. Carolina checks in at No. 11 in this week’s Top Drawer Soccer top-25.
UNC has scored 26 goals with 15 assists on 164 shots, 74 on goal. The Tar Heels have allowed six goals and made 48 saves for a 0.67 goals-against average and a .714 save percentage. Olivia Thomas leads the team with eight goals, 18 points, 50 shots and 20 shots on goal, while Linda Ullmark has a team-best five assists. In goal, Abby Gundry has played in seven games with six starts. She has allowed two goals with six saves for a 0.46 goals-against average and a .750 save percentage in nearly 400 minutes.
LAST TIME OUT: ROADTRIP BEGINS WITH SHUTOUT WIN
Florida State began its three-game ACC roadtrip with a 4-0 victory at Syracuse on Sunday afternoon. For the second consecutive game, FSU halted an unbeaten streak of at least six games by its opponent, as the Orange saw their seven-game unbeaten streak come to an end and were shut out for just the third time in 2025.
Hudson scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season and her fifth in the last four games, a score that made it 3-0 in the 61st minute. Fellow sophomore forward Solai Washington netted her first goal of the year with the eventual game-winner in the 43rd minute. Freshman defender Mya Brandon got her first career goal in the 53rd minute. Florida State’s fourth goal was an own-goal in the 66th minute. Dudley and senior forward/midfielder Enasia Colon both picked up a pair of assists.
In goal, a pair of freshmen each played 45 minutes. Evan O’Steen got the start and made one save in the first half, while Kate Ockene played the second half and did not face a shot on target. The defense held Syracuse to four total shots, two in each half, with just the one shot on goal. FSU registered 21 shots, eight on target. Corner kicks were 4-2 in favor of the visitors.
A total of 22 FSU players saw action in the Sunday afternoon affair. Everyone played at least 21 minutes, with all but one on the field for at least 35 minutes. No one played more than 63 minutes.
A complete recap from the win can be found here.
UP NEXT: ONE MORE IN NORTH CAROLINA
Florida State concludes its three-game roadtrip at NC State on Sunday, September 21. Kickoff in Raleigh is at 1 p.m. ET.
QUICK KICKS: NOTES TO KNOW
- Florida State is in its 31st season in 2025 and owns a 481-163-58 (.724) overall record since the team’s first season in 1995
- Head coach Brian Pensky is in his fourth season at FSU (60-5-9, .906) and his 21st as a collegiate head coach (245-116-54, .651), and has led the Seminoles to a national championship in 2023, another NCAA College Cup berth in 2022 and five ACC titles, two regular season and three tournament
- Florida State currently is on a 17 game unbeaten streak, averaging more than three goals per game during that span
- The Seminoles are on a 32-game unbeaten streak at home in regulation or overtime, having gone 30-0-2 at the Seminole Soccer Complex since their last home defeat in the middle of the 2022 season, which includes a 10-0-2 record in 2024 and a 4-0-0 mark in 2025
- FSU finished unbeaten in regular-season non-conference play for a fifth consecutive season, going 29-0-4 since the middle of the 2019 non-conference season after a 4-0-1 mark in 2025
- Florida State holds a 62 game scoring streak dating back to 2022, the longest stretch in school history
- 8 of 11 starters are returning in 2025, with all three departing players having graduated FSU and two currently playing professionally in the NWSL
- 154 of 231 (66.6%) starts from 2024 return in 2025
- The Seminoles’ 11 newcomers feature 8 freshmen and three transfers, and the incoming class is ranked No. 1 in the country by Top Drawer Soccer
- FSU has won five consecutive ACC Tournament championships and 11 overall, along with six regular season titles (most recently 2022 and 2023)
- Florida State has made 25 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, every year since 2000, and is coming off a second-round berth in 2024 after winning its fourth NCAA championship in 2023
For more information on Florida State soccer, check Seminoles.com for the latest news and scheduling information, and keep up with the team on social media through Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
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