<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3ecQZI_0vl71BB600" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3ecQZI_0vl71BB600" width="800" height="480" >CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - Week 4 of Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer play consists of seven matches from Friday through Sunday, September 27-29. The new No. 1 team in the nation and winner of four straight, Pitt travels to No. 17 Virginia Tech Friday night in a top-25 clash. At 3-0 in league play, the Panthers join 2-0 North Carolina as the only ACC teams to still have an unblemished conference record.Six ACC teams are ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, including each of the top three. The ACC's six teams in the top 25 marks the most of any conference. Pitt ascended to the No. 1 spot this week and is followed by Stanford (2), North Carolina (3), Clemson (12), SMU (16) and Virginia Tech (17).ACC teams have held the No. 1 national ranking in four of the six national polls this season (Clemson 2, Pitt 1, Stanford 1).A pair of ACC matches will be broadcast on Friday evening. Clemson and Notre Dame square off at 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU in a rematch of the 2023 NCAA Championship game. Stanford and Virginia play at 7:30 p.m. ET on ACC Network.Results/Upcoming Schedule Tuesday, Sept. 24Boston College 1, at Boston U. 1Cornell 1, at Syracuse 0at No. 12 Clemson 1, Liberty 0at No. 12 North Carolina 0, Mercer 0at Notre Dame 3, Detroit Mercy 1UAB 2, at Louisville 1Wednesday, Sept. 25at No. 16 SMU 1, FIU 1Friday, Sept. 27Duke at NC State | 6 p.m. | ACCNXNo. 12 Clemson at Notre Dame | 7 p.m. | ESPNUNo. 1 Pitt at No. 17 Virginia Tech | 7 p.m. | ACCNXWake Forest at Syracuse | 7 p.m. | ACCNXNo. 2 Stanford at Virginia | 7:30 p.m. | ACCNSaturday, Sept. 28California at No. 3 North Carolina | 7 p.m. | ACCNXSunday, Sept. 29Louisville at Boston College | 3 p.m. | ACCNXUTRGV at No. 16 SMU | 8 p.m. | ACCNXMonday, Sept. 30UNC Greensboro at Virginia | 7 p.m. | ACCNXTuesday, Oct. 1Queens at Virginia Tech | 6 p.m. | ACCNXSyracuse at Albany | 7 p.m. | ESPN+Trine at Notre Dame | 7 p.m. | ACCNXETSU at Wake Forest | 7 p.m. | ACCNXWednesday, Oct. 2Howard at Pitt | 7 p.m. | ACCNXAll times EasternRanking is current United Soccer Coaches pollNoting ACC Men's Soccer• ACC teams are 47-11-22 (72.5%) in non-conference play, best of any league this season.• Already this season, 13 of the 15 ACC teams have been ranked for at least one week.• In the first NCAA RPI, seven ACC teams rank among the top 30, led by Pitt at No. 1 and followed by Stanford (6), Virginia Tech (13), UNC (18), SMU (20), NC State (27) and Clemson (29).• Five ACC teams rank among the top 25 nationally in scoring offense: Duke (1st, 3.57), NC State (9th, 2.5), Stanford (19th, 2.33) and Clemson and Pitt (T21st, 2.25). • North Carolina ranks second nationally in scoring defense (0.5), while Pitt is seventh (0.63), Virginia and Virginia Tech are tied for 15th (0.72) and Stanford is 25th (0.78).• Duke's Ulfur Bjornsson, Notre Dame's Matthew Roou and Pitt's Luis Sahmkow are tied for eighth nationally in goals with seven. UNC's Martin Vician is 14th with six.• Clemson won its fourth national championship to cap the 2023 season – its second title in three years – downing ACC rival Notre Dame, 2-1, in the title game of the NCAA Men's College Cup. • ACC teams have won 20 NCAA men’s soccer championships, with 11 since 2001, including the last three (Clemson 2021, Syracuse 2022, Clemson 2023).• Eight active ACC programs have won at least one national championship, the most of any conference. The 15 active ACC schools have combined for 20 titles.• Virginia has won seven NCAA men's soccer championships, which is third most all-time. Clemson (4), Stanford (3), North Carolina (2), Duke (1), Notre Dame (1), Syracuse (1) and Wake Forest (1) also have won titles.• Six active ACC head coaches have won D-I national championships as a head coach: Mike Noonan (Clemson), Carlos Somoano (UNC), Jay Vidovich (Pitt), Jeremy Gunn (Stanford), Ian McIntyre (Syracuse) and George Gelnovatch (Virginia). NC State's Marc Hubbard won a Division II national title in 2013.• Thirteen of the 15 active league programs have reached the Men's College Cup. Sixty-five ACC teams have reached the Men's College Cup all-time.• Two ACC teams advanced to the Men's College Cup in each of the last five tournaments. The ACC has had at least one team in the College Cup in 22 of the last 23 seasons.• Nine ACC teams earned bids to the 2023 NCAA Championship, most of any conference in the 2023 tournament. Stanford (Quarterfinals) and SMU (Third Round) also competed in the 2023 tournament.• The ACC also claimed six of the 16 national seeds: Notre Dame (2), North Carolina (3), Virginia (7), Clemson (9), Wake Forest (10) and Duke (15).• 2023 marked the 11th straight season in which the ACC placed the most teams in the tournament and the 23rd consecutive season that at least five league teams earned a bid. </div></body>

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - Week 4 of Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer play consists of seven matches from Friday through Sunday, September 27-29. The new No. 1 team in the nation and winner of four straight, Pitt travels to No. 17 Virginia Tech Friday night in a top-25 clash. At 3-0 in league play, the Panthers join 2-0 North Carolina as the only ACC teams to still have an unblemished conference record.