Nov. 2, 2005
Final Stats
Cary, N.C. - The Wake Forest women's soccer team lost to No. 8 Virginia, 2-1, on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship in Cary, N.C. With the loss, the seventh-seeded Deacons fall to 9-8-1 and the second-seeded Cavaliers improve to 14-4-1.
Virginia took a 1-0 lead at the 13:39 mark of the match when Jen Redmond fired a shot from 10 yards out into the lower left corner of the goal past a diving Kaitlyn Doe. Redmond's third goal of the season was set up by Sarah Huffman and Shannon Foley.
In the 33rd minute, Redmond broke through the defense and had an apparent one-on-one opportunity against Doe, but senior All-ACC midfielder Melanie Schneider poked the ball away from behind to prevent a shot on goal.
In the 53rd minute, Wake Forest had just its second shot of the match when sophomore Nichole Lecznar took a header shot off a Kristen Kemp corner kick. The shot sailed high over the crossbar.
Virginia took a 2-0 lead at the 55:20 mark when Redmond served a ball through the defense and found Huffman for her a shot from 12 yards out.
The Demon Deacons answered just 21 seconds later when junior forward Elizabeth Remy netted her seventh goal of the season. Kemp served a ball into the box where junior Jayme Leigh Cargnoni hit a one-time chest pass to Remy who fired a shot from 10 yards out.
In the 70th minute, Remy had another scoring opportunity as she pushed deep into the Virginia box. Senior Sarah Kozey passed the ball to Remy who dribbled towards the goal and fired a shot that Virginia goalkeeper Christina de Vries saved.
With 7:26 left in the match, Kemp fired a shot from the right side of the box towards the upper left corner of the goal, but de Vries made a diving save on the shot preserving the 2-1 Virginia lead.
For the match, Virginia outshot Wake Forest by a 13-7 margin including a 7-5 advantage of shots on goal. Doe made five saves in the loss.
Deacon sophomore Kristina Hanley saw her first action since fracturing her clavicle in practice the day before the Virginia Tech match. Hanley started the first eight games of the season before missing the next nine contests.
Wake Forest freshman Whitney Berry, who left the Miami game with an injured knee, will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL and lateral meniscus. The forward from Lenoir, N.C., had scored two goals on the season.
Wake Forest will next wait to for the NCAA Championship bracket to be unveiled. The NCAA Soccer Championship Selection show will air on ESPNews on Monday between 5:00 and 5:30 pm.
