Wake Forest Athletics
Wake Forest University
Virginia
#2 Deacons Slip at Virginia, 2-1
9/13/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Sept. 13, 2003
Charlottesville, Va. -- The second-ranked Wake Forest men's soccer team lost 2-1 at Virginia on Saturday in the ACC opener for both teams. The Deacons saw their 18-game regular season unbeaten streak come to an end. It was Wake Forest's first regular season loss since October 2001.
The Deacons fell behind 2-0 on goals in the 39th minute by Matt Oliver and the 55th minute by Adam Cristman. But Wake Forest didn't go down without a fight. Midway through the second half in the 70th minute, Stephen Keel crossed the ball into the penalty area where 6-foot-3 Adam Hakes headed home his first goal of the year, cutting the lead in half.
Hakes became the sixth different goal scorer for Wake Forest this year through just four games.
But that was all the goals Wake Forest could muster. Wake Forest, who had outshot its first three opponents by a combined 52-18 margin, was heavily outshot 17-7. Senior All-American goalkeeper William Hesmer needed to make five saves to keep Wake Forest within striking distance.
It was the Deacons' first regular loss of any kind since October 13, 2001, a 1-0 loss at Clemson, a stretch of 18 games, and it snapped Wake Forest's six-game regular season unbeaten streak in the ACC.
The Deacons slip to 3-1 on the season, 0-1 in the ACC. Virginia improves to 2-3, 1-0 in in the conference.
Wake Forest returns home to play George Mason on Tuesday. It will be the only home game in the month of September for the Deacons. Next weekend, Wake Forest travels to the Virginia coast to play on the road at William & Mary and at sixth-ranked Old Dominion.
1 2 - F#2 Wake Forest 0 1 - 1Virginia 1 1 - 2
38:30 UVA Matt Oliver (2) (Phillip Long)54:03 UVA Adam Tristman (2) (Kirk Dinnal)69:11 WF Adam Hakes (1) (Stephen Keel)
Shots: Wake Forest 7, Virginia 17Saves: Wake Forest 5 (Hesmer), Virginia 1 (Best)Corners: Wake Forest 1, Virginia 5Fouls: Wake Forest 12, Virginia 17Offsides: Wake Forest 1, Virginia 7Attendance: 1794
