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Three ACC Teams Battle for Spots in 2024 NCAA Men's College Cup on Saturday

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com)
– Pitt, SMU and Wake Forest ACC teams will compete in the quarterfinals of the 2024 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship on Saturday, December 7, with berths in the NCAA College Cup on the line.

No. 2 seed Pitt plays host to Vermont at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, followed by No. 8 seed Wake Forest traveling to top-seeded Ohio State at 5 p.m. and No. 12 seed SMU entertaining No. 13 seed Marshall at 7 p.m. The other quarterfinal match features UMass at No. 3 seed Denver at 3 p.m. ET. Each quarterfinal match will be broadcast on ESPN+.

ACC teams are 10-4-3 in the 2024 NCAA Championship. The ACC is the only league to have multiple teams remaining in the field.

This marks the sixth straight season and the ninth time in the last 10 years in which at least three ACC teams have advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals.

The NCAA College Cup begins on Friday, December 13, with semifinal matches at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. The championship game is slated for Monday, December 16, in Cary. ESPNU has the broadcast of all three College Cup matches.

2024 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Schedule
Thursday, Nov. 21 - First Round

at NC State 2, Charlotte 1 (2OT)
Furman 0, North Carolina 0 (2OT; Furman advances on PK, 5-3)

Sunday, Nov. 24 - Second Round
NC State 2, at No. 4 Georgetown 0
San Diego 1, at No. 10 Duke 0
at No. 2 Pitt 1, Cornell 0
at No. 11 Virginia 2, West Virginia 1
at No. 8 Wake Forest 2, Maryland 1
at No. 9 Clemson 2, Providence 0
at No. 12 SMU 2, Washington 1
at No. 16 Stanford 2, UC Santa Barbara 2 (2OT; Stanford advances on PK, 6-5)

Saturday, Nov. 30 - Third Round
at No. 13 Marshall 2, NC State 1
UMass 1, at No. 11 Virginia 0
No. 12 SMU 3, at No. 5 Dayton 1

Sunday, Dec. 1 – Third Round
at No. 2 Pitt 3, Kansas City 2 (OT)
at No. 8 Wake Forest 2, No. 9 Clemson 1 (OT)
at No. 1 Ohio State 0, No. 16 Stanford 0 (2OT; OSU 4-2 PK)

Saturday, Dec. 7 - Quarterfinals
Vermont at No. 2 Pitt | 3 p.m. | ESPN+
No. 8 Wake Forest at No. 1 Ohio State | 5 p.m. | ESPN+
No. 13 Marshall at No. 12 SMU | 7 p.m. | ESPN+

Friday, Dec. 13 and Monday, Dec. 16
NCAA College Cup, Cary, N.C.

All times Eastern

Noting ACC Men's Soccer
• ACC teams are 10-4-3 in the 2024 NCAA Championship. The ACC is the only league to have multiple teams remaining in the field.
• This marks the sixth straight season and the ninth time in the last 10 years in which at least three ACC teams have advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals.
• The ACC had seven teams in the round of 16, more than three times any other conference. 
• With seven teams in the Sweet 16, the ACC had its most teams since sending eight to the round of 16 in 2016. The next closest conference this season had two (A-10, Big Ten, Summit).
• Nine ACC teams earned berths in the 2024 NCAA Championship, including seven teams among the 16 seeded teams. 
• Pitt (2), Wake Forest (8), Clemson (9), Duke (10), Virginia (11), SMU (12) and Stanford (16) earned national seeds as well as first-round byes. North Carolina and NC State also picked up bids. All nine ACC teams started the tournament on their home pitches.
• This marks the 12th straight season in which the ACC placed the most teams in the tournament and the 24th consecutive season that at least five league teams earned a bid. 
• The ACC’s total of nine bids is tied for the second most in tournament history, matching the league’s totals in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2023 and one shy of the conference’s total in 2019.
• Two ACC teams advanced to the Men's College Cup in each of the last five tournaments, including Clemson and Notre Dame playing in the national championship game in 2023. The ACC has had at least one team in the College Cup in 22 of the last 23 seasons.
• 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.
• Wake Forest won the 2024 ACC Championship on Nov. 17, outlasting Clemson following 1-1 draw and a eight rounds of penalty-kick shootout in Cary, N.C. It was Wake's fourth ACC crown and first since 2017.
• Pitt was the ACC Tournament's No. 1 seed for the second time in program history (2021).
• ACC teams finished 76-16-27 (75.2%) in non-conference play during the regular season, best of any league.
• The ACC finished with the nation's top conference RPI. In the final RPI, 12 ACC teams were among the top 50, led by Pitt at No. 4 and followed by Duke (10), Stanford (11), Clemson (12), Virginia (14), SMU (15), North Carolina (22), California (33), NC State (36), Virginia Tech (44) and Notre Dame (48).
• All 15 ACC teams ranked among the final top 75 in the RPI.