Women's Soccer Hosts No. 3 North Carolina, Miami

10/27/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Oct. 27, 2005

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Deacons host Heels, Hurricanes

The Wake Forest women's soccer team returns to Winston-Salem to host in-state ACC rival North Carolina on Friday and then Miami on Sunday. The Deacons will kick off against the No. 3 Tar Heels at 7 pm and at 10:30 am against the Hurricanes. Both matches will be held at Spry Stadium on the Wake Forest campus.

North Carolina leads the all-time series lead 18-1. The Deacons' lone victory came in 2000 when converted goalkeeper Tracy Chao made 13 saves to help the Deacs become the first team to shutout the Tar Heels in an ACC regular season match.

Last year, the Tar Heels scored three second half goals to down the Deacons, 3-0.

The match between the Deacs and `Canes was originally scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 23, in Miami. However, due to the projected path of Hurricane Wilma, the two schools decided to postpone the match. With Miami traveling to Duke on Friday, the teams and the ACC decided to hold the match in Winston-Salem and switch Wake Forest to the home team.

Wake Forest took the victory in the first ever meeting with Miami last season, 5-0. Jayme Leigh Cargnoni scored just 40 seconds into the match, and the Deacs did not let up scoring two more first half goals, both by Elizabeth Remy.

Melanie Schneider and Kristen Kemp added the final two tallies as Heather Currie shutdown the Hurricanes in the first meeting between the new conference foe.

Last time out

The No. 23 Demon Deacons took an early 1-0 lead against No. 9 Florida State just 3:03 into the match when senior Melanie Schneider netted her third goal on the season. Junior forward Elizabeth Remy and junior defender Jayme Leigh Cargnoni assisted the goal. Remy's assist marked her record-tying 10th of the season.

The Deacons took the 1-0 lead into halftime. In the second half, Florida State tied the match at 1-1 in the 76th minute when Kelly Rowland headed in a shot past Wake Forest keeper Kaitlyn Doe. Teresa Rivera recorded an assist on the corner kick to Rowland.

Less than two minutes later, the Seminoles took a 2-1 lead when Sarah Wagenfuhr collected a loose ball and fired a shot past Doe for her first goal of the season.

The `Noles extended the lead to 3-1 in the 87th minute when Viola Odebrecht took a shot from inside the box that found the back of the net. India Trotter dribbled the ball into the box and centered the ball to Odebrecht who netted her sixth goal of the year.

Florida State added the final tally with 1:03 remaining in the match when Odebrecht fired a shot at the goal. Kristen van de Ven collected the rebound and scored her fifth goal of the year.

da Luz reaches the century mark, closes in on 150

With the win against Boston College, Wake Forest head coach Tony da Luz recorded his 100th win with the Deacons. da Luz is also closing in on career win number 150. da Luz previously coached at San Diego from 1992-96.

da Luz has a record of 101-66-15, as the Deacons' head coach. da Luz has also yet to experience a losing season at the helm of the women's soccer team.

For his career, da Luz has a record of 147-108-19. His 147 wins place him 48th all-time among active NCAA Division I coaches.

Cargnoni on the offensive

Junior Jayme Leigh Cargnoni leads the team in points in conference games. The defender has registered two goals and four assists, for a total of seven points.

For her performance against Boston College, Cargnoni was named to the Soccer America Team of the Week on October 5th.

Cargnoni scored the first goal of the match in the 56th minute when she redirected in a shot from Amy Smerdzinski past the Boston College keeper.

After Boston College evened the match in the 82nd minute, Cargnoni beat the BC defense to the endline and sent a crossing pass into the box where junior Lindsey Jaco netted the gamewinner with just 1:20 remaining in the match.

Cargnoni assisted on Kozey's gamewinning goal against NC State. She also recorded her first goal and assist in the shutout win over Virginia Tech.

Remy continues to shine

Deacon forward Elizabeth Remy has continued her stellar season after her blazing start. The junior Norman, Okla., native leads the Demon Deacons with 16 points. Remy has scored four times and assisted on eight other tallies.

Remy played a role in seven of the first nine Deacon goals scored. In recognition of her great start, the ACC named Remy its ACC Player of the Week for August 30.

Remy also earned national honors from Buzz Magazine and Soccer America as both publications named Remy to their weekly teams of the week (Aug. 30).
In the ACC/WCC Challenge, Remy was named the Offensive MVP as well as named to the all-tournament team. She netted her third goal of the season.

Against Washington State, Remy recorded two assists. She set up Melanie Schneider's goal which gave Wake Forest an early 1-0 lead, and later in the game created the scoring opportunity for Sarah Kozey's recordbreaking goal.

Remy added her fourth goal in the win over Virginia Tech. She recorded a goal and an assist in the loss to Clemson.

Prior to this season, Remy had scored 13 goals and registered six assists. Through just 15 games of her junior campaign, the forward already has five goals and 10 assists. The 10 assists places Remy in a tie for the most in one season. She shares the single season record held by Anne Shropshire and Stefanie Matthews.

Kozey rewriting the record books

With her gamewinning goal against Washington State, senior Sarah Kozey broke Emily Taggart's career goals scored record with 30. Taggart, who played for the Deacons from 1998-2001, scored 29 career goals. Kozey, a forward from Halifax, Nova Scotia, added yet another goal against the Hokies and the gamewinner over NC State to give her 33 career goals. Kozey added her 34th career tally against Clemson.

Kozey also moved into second place in career points with 84. She passed Taggart (76 points) and trails Anne Shropshire (85 points). Kozey also ranks second on thecareer shots list with 199.

Spreading the wealth

This season, 11 players have scored 24 goals. Three more Deacons who have not scored a goal have registered assists, including freshman Camelyn Dillon who has three.

Garrick earns Soccer Buzz honors

Defender Keisha Garrick became the second Deacon this season to be named to the Soccer Buzz Magazine Elite Team of the Week. The publication honored the junior from Toronto for her stellar play against Santa Clara and San Diego. Garrick also was named the Defensive MVP of the Wake Forest/ACC/WCC Challenge. Junior Jayme Leigh Cargnoni, junior Elizabeth Remy, freshman Camelyn Dillon, and senior Melanie Schneider joined Garrick on the all-tournament team.

Hanley out indefinitely

Deacon midfielder Kristina Hanley is out indefinitely with a collar bone injury. The
sophomore had started the first eight games of the season in the midfield and had recorded a goal and an assist. Last season, Hanley missed the last seven games after tearing an ACL.

Fearless freshmen setting records

In their first career game, the Deacon freshmen stepped up when it mattered most. Trailing 1-0 in the match, midfielder Amanda Lebo netted a goal in the 25th-minute tying the game. Lebo collected a blocked Elizabeth Remy shot and fired a shot past the keeper. In the second half, midfielder Amy Smerdzinski knocked in a shot from 20-yards out into the upper right corner of the goal. In the 83rd-minute, forward Whitney Berry rebounded her own missed shot and rocketed a shot past the Seahawks' goalie. Freshman midfielder Camelyn Dillon recorded an assist on Berry's goal.

The three goals scored marked a Demon Deacon record. Three freshman had never scored a goal in their first career game before this season. The last time three freshman scored a goal in a game came last season when current sophomores Maggie Horne, Kristina Hanley, and Amber Bettenhausen each netted a goal versus Davidson.

So far this season, the freshmen have recorded four goals and six assists.

Changing places

Several Deacons have changed positions from last year. Most notably is junior Kaitlyn Doe. Doe moved from her defensive spot in the field into the goalkeeper position.

Junior Jayme Leigh Cargnoni moved from the midfield to the back and has started every contest as an attacking defender.

Sophomores Ashley Spooner, defender to forward, and Megan Upchurch, forward to defender, also changed positions from 2004.

Wake returns top scorers

Out of the 34 goals scored last year, the Deacs return players that accounted for 33 of the scores. Sarah Kozey (12 goals), Elizabeth Remy (seven goals) and Melanie Schneider (six goals) finished 2004 as the leading scorers. Juniors Jayme Leigh Cargnoni and Kristen Kemp netted two goals last season.

Deacs again picked to finish seventh
Wake Forest was selected to finish seventh in the ACC coaches poll. Last season, the Deacons finished in a tie for fifth with a 4-4-1 conference record. The Deacons' overall record stood at 10-7-2.

Another talented class

Each of the last two seasons, da Luz has brought in record numbers of players in recruiting classes. While this season only six players are new faces, the talent level is very high. Soccer Buzz ranked the Deacons freshmen class 29th nationally.

Amanda Lebo was a top-25 selection, while Amy Smerdzinski was ranked in the top-100 players. The class is rounded out by Erin Baldwin, Whitney Berry, Christy Carter and Camelyn Dillon.

Nine in a row

In 2004, the Demon Deacons earned their ninth straight trip to the NCAA tournament. Facing UAB in the first round, the Deacs fell 2-0.

They come from all around

The Wake Forest women's soccer team has players from all across the nation, representing 12 different states and Canada. North Carolina has five representatives and California has four girls. Three Deacons hail from Texas. Georgia, Colorado, Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania each have two players. Kansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Michigan each have one player. Two players hail from Canada, one from Nova Scotia and the other from Ontario.

Up next

Wake Forest will next play in the ACC Championship in Cary, N.C. The tournament begins Wednesday, with semifinals on Friday and the finals on Sunday at the SAS Soccer Complex.