Who: at Wofford When: Saturday, October 29 Where: Spartanburg, S.C. | Snyder Field Time: 7:00 p.m. Live Stats | ESPN+

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The No. 11 UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's soccer team travels to Spartanburg, South Carolina for its final game of the regular season to face the Wofford Terriers.
 
Currently the Spartans are tied for first with ETSU with 10 points, after the two teams played to a 1-1 draw. The Terriers are third with seven points. These three teams will be playing for the top three spots in the 2022 SoCon Men's Soccer Tournament, to begin next week.
 
RPI RANKINGS

• UNCG is No. 15 in RPI
• The Spartans are unbeaten against six teams in the top 40: Louisville (No. 7), SMU (No. 6), Clemson (No. 20), Elon (No. 31), Coastal Carolina (No. 37), and High Point (No. 40).
• UNCG is the top SoCon team in the rankings, as ETSU is next at No. 117.
• UNCG is the second school from North Carolina in the rankings as Duke is No. 2.
• UNCG is one of seven mid-major teams in the top 15 of RPI.

CLIMBING HIGH

• UNCG climbed to the top 15 in four polls this weed, including RPI.
• The Spartans climbed to No. 11 in the United Soccer Coaches national poll and remained No. 4 in the South Region.
• The squad also received a No. 12 ranking from TopDrawerSoccer and No. 13 ranking from College Soccer News.

MIDSEASON HONORS
J.C. Ngando & Marco Milanese were named to the TopDrawerSoccer Midseason Top 100 list.
 
Steven Hernandez (No. 25), Sami Lachekar (No. 71), and Colton Sessoms (No. 88) were named to the TopDrawerSoccer freshman college soccer player rankings.
 
AMONG THE NATIONAL RANKINGS

• 6th in goal differential (24)
• 10th in team goals against average (0.667)
• 11th in won-lost-tied percentage (0.800)
• 11th in shot accuracy (0.490)
• 14^th in corner kicks per game (6.93)
• 14th in total goals (34)
• 16th in total points (99)
• 22nd in scoring offense (6.60)
• 22nd in points per game (6.93)
• 23^rd in shots on goal per game (6.60)
• 24th in total assists (31)
• 25th in assists per game (2.07)

SPARTANS AMONG THE NATION

• Niclas Wild – 19th in goals against average (0.714), 33rd in shutouts (5), 42nd in goalie minutes played (1260:00),
• J.C. Ngando – 1st in total assists (11), 2^nd in assists per game (0.73), 33rd in total points (19), 49^th in points per game (1.27)
• Ismail El Harchi – 15th in game-winning goals (3), 44th in total goals (7),

AWARDS

• UNCG swept three-straight SoCon Offensive Player of the Week honors early in the season
  • Steven Hernandez (Sept. 6)
  • Marco Afonso (Sept. 13)
  • J.C. Ngando (Sept. 20)
  • Ismail El Harchi (Oct. 4 & Oct. 11)
  • J.C. Ngando (Oct. 25)
• The Spartans had Niclas Wild be named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 20 and Oct. 25 and Ethan Conley earn the honor on Oct. 18.
• Marco Afonso, Steven Hernandez, and Niclas Wild were each named to either TopDrawerSoccer or College Soccer News National Team of the Week this season.

LAST TIME OUT

• UNCG earned its sixth shutout of the season behind a 1-0 victory over Mercer last Saturday in Macon, Georiga.
• Ngando scored his fourth goal of the season and ninth of his career.
• Marco Milanese recorded his second assist of the season.
• Wild registered seven saves in his fifth shutout of the season.
• With the clean sheet, Wild now has 18 shutouts to sit in sole possession of third in school history.

SOCON PRESEASON POLL & AWARDS
UNCG was voted to take the title in the Southern Conference (SoCon) Preseason Coaches Poll after winning the 2021 Regular Season Title.
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J.C. Ngando, Emmanuel Hagan, Marco Milanese, and Niclas Wild all earned Preseason All-Conference recognition.
 
SCOUTING WOFFORD

• Wofford enters the game 6-7-2 overall and 2-1-1 in the SoCon.
• Wofford was voted to finish fifth in the SoCon Preseason Coaches Poll.
• The Terriers had Brandon Oddy and Amin Mohammedi named to the SoCon Preseason All-Conference Team.
• The Terriers are outshooting opponents 177-156 this season, and just edging their opponents in shots on goal (78-74).
• Jackson Wrobel is leading the offensive charge with 18 points (6 goals, 6 assists).
• Nikolai Rojel is second with 17 points (8 goals, 1 assist).
• Eight Terriers have totaled 23 goals this season.
• Cameron Victor has started and played in all 15 games this season, giving up 29 goals for 1.93 goals against. He has helped the Terriers to three shutouts.

ALL-TIME HISTORY

• UNCG leads the all-time record 27-7-1.
• The Spartans defeated the Terriers 3-0 in Greensboro, N.C. last year on Oct. 23.
• UNCG is on a four-game win streak against Wofford, which are all shutouts.