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#14 Women's Soccer Falls To Clemson, 3-1
10/21/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Oct. 21, 2003
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Clemson freshman Amanda Garcia scored a pair of goals to lead the Tigers past 14th-ranked Wake Forest, 3-1, in ACC women's soccer action from Spry Stadium Tuesday night. With the loss, the Demon Deacons fall to 9-4-3, 0-3-2 in the ACC, while Clemson improves to 8-5-2, 2-3-0 in the league.
Garcia opened the scoring just over eight minutes into the match. The attacking midfielder picked up her second of the season at the 8:11 mark to give the Tigers an early 1-0 lead.
Despite trailing on the scoreboard, Wake Forest seemed to have the better of play in the opening 45 minutes. The Demon Deacons had a trio of excellent scoring chances in the first half. Just over a minute after the Garcia tally, Sarah Kozey nearly equalized. The sophomore intercepted a poor distribution from Clemson goalkeeper Lauren Whitt, but her attempt from the top of the penalty box sailed high.
Katherine Winstead appeared to have tied the match, 1-1, but the senior was whistled offside. Her goal was correctly disallowed. Then at 27:23 of the opening stanza, Elizabeth Remy had a golden scoring opportunity. Taylor Toombs sent a ball across the goal mouth to Remy, who was all alone on the backside of the Tiger defense, but Remy's attempt also sailed over the crossbar.
Clemson pushed its lead to 2-0 on a well earned goal from Courtney Foster. Paige Ledford sent in a beautiful arching cross that Foster headed home past a diving Kenna Healy. The goal was Foster's team leading eighth of the season.
Kristen Kemp cut the deficit to a single goal with the first goal of her career. Kemp, who missed the first 14 games of the season after rehabbing from a knee injury, thundered home a shot at 68:10 of the match. Katherine Winstead was credited with the assist.
Despite the definite switch in momentum, Garcia would put the match away with her second tally of the match and third of the season at 77:48. The freshman beat a Wake Forest defender and blasted a shot from 25 yards out - beating an out-stretched Healy into the upper far corner.
The Demon Deacons got off 13 shots compared to the Tigers nine and Wake Forest had five corner kicks to Clemson's one.
The Demon Deacons return to action this weekend with another critical ACC match. Wake Forest will travel to College Park to face the Maryland Terrapins. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Deacs, 0-3-2 in the league, are in a tight battle with Maryland (1-4-0) and NC State (1-4-0) for seeding in the ACC Tournament.
Wake Forest trails the all-time series with the Terps, 5-6-0, but has captured the previous four meetings. In fact, since losing the first four matches with Maryland the Demon Deacons have won six of seven.
Scoring by PeriodsClemson 1 2 - 3#14 Wake Forest 0 1 - 1
Shots: Wake Forest 13, Clemson 9Corners: Wake Forest 5, Clemson 1Saves: Wake Forest 3, Clemson 2Fouls: Wake Forest 10, Clemson 8Offsides: Wake Forest 1, Clemson 3
Scoring Summary8:11 Garcia 2 (none)62:48 Foster 8 (Ledford)68:10 Kemp 1 (Winstead)77:48 Garcia 3 (none)
