NC State Men’s Soccer season kicked off this past weekend. On Friday night, the Wolfpack defeated Loyola 2-1, but fell to 2-1 to St. John’s last night in 2OT. Both games were at home.
Loyola
Junior Jamie Smith scored the first goal of the season 58 minutes into the first game off an assist by Tyler Gabarra and David Loera, breaking a 0-0 halftime score.
Sophomore Kuda Muskwe scored the Wolfpack’s second goal roughly 10 minutes later.
Loyola scored their only goal with less than 6 minutes left, but it wasn’t enough.
The Wolfpack dominated the match, with 17 shots compared to Loyola’s 5.