Wake Forest Entertains Coastal Carolina Friday Night At Spry
9/27/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Sept. 27, 2006
No. 8 Demon Deacons vs. Coastal Carolina...
The Wake Forest men's soccer team is seeking its ninth win of the season when it hosts non-conference rival Coastal Carolina at Spry Stadium on Friday night. The Demon Deacons are coming off a 2-1 home win against Appalachian State Tuesday night. The Chanticleers broke a five-game winless streak with a 1-0 win against UNC Asheville on Tuesday.
A Win This Evening Would...
improve the Demon Deacons to 9-2 overall ... give the Deacs' two-game winning streak ... give Wake Forest a 4-2 record at Spry Stadium in 2006 ... improve the Deacs' record against CCU to 3-0 ... give the Deacs an 8-0 record against non-conference foes this season ... give head coach Jay Vidovich his 157th career victory.
A Loss This Evening Would...
drop the Demon Deacons to 8-3 overall ... give Wake Forest two losses in its last three games ... snap the Deacs' 2-game winning streak in the all-time series ... give the Deacs their first loss to a runanked opponent this season ... deny head coach Jay Vidovich his 157th career victory.
Wake Forest Trends
- Sophomore Marcus Tracy has scored a goal in three of the Demon Deacons' last four contests. After not recording a single goal or assist last fall, Tracy is tied for the team lead with nine points in 2006. He has scored a team-best five goals so far this season.
- Three players are tied for the team lead in points -- seniors Steven Curfman and Wells Thompson and sophomore Marcus Tracy. Curfman has scored two goals and dished out a team-best five assists. Thompson and Tracy both have four goals with one assist.
- Wake Forest has out-shot its opponents 148-79, including a 79-46 second-half margin. As a result, the Deacs have out-scored the opposition 24-11 overall and 13-7 in the second half. The Demon Deacons have taken 20 more corner kicks than their opponents at 54-34.
- Redshirt junior Brian Edwards upped his own school record for career shutouts to 23 last week at Davidson. Edwards has started all of the Deacons last 53 matches and has five shutouts this season. Edwards enters Tuesday's game with a 1.08 goals-against-average.
- Wake Forest had nine different players score its first nine goals this season. The Demon Deacons currently have 11 different players with goals this season, matching total number of all of the 2005 season.
Scouting Coastal Carolina...
The Chanticleers have broke a five-match winless streak with a 1-0 win against UNC Asheville on Tuesday. Luke Ibbetson scored his team-leading eighth goal of the season in the 57th minute. It was his fourth game-winning goal of the year. Coastal used two different keepers in the contest. Earlier this year, the Chants had a four-match winning streak including victories against at Michigan, home against Bowling Green, Richmond and against Stetson in a match played in Greenville, S.C.
Next Up...
The Demon Deacons travel to Clemson next Tuesday to play the Tigers at Riggs Field. Wake Forest's next home match is a week from Friday against new ACC rival Boston College.
