Wake Forest Athletics
No. 2 Wake Hosts UNC for Senior Night
11/2/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Nov. 2, 2007
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The No. 2 Wake Forest men's soccer team will play host to in-state conference rival North Carolina this Saturday at 7 p.m.
The Demon Deacons are 12-1-2 (4-1-1), and enter the contest with recent loss 1-0 to Boston College in Chestnut Hill. Despite the setback against the Eagles last Saturday night, Wake Forest still leads the nation in scoring offense, posting an incredible 25 goals through the last six matches, while allowing only 1 goal against. The Deacs are also the national leader in shutout percentage, holding opponents scoreless through 10 matches in 2007.
North Carolina is 6-5-5 (3-3-0) and recently fell to Campbell 2-1 on Halloween night. The Tar Heels are 1-1 through their last two conference match ups, posting a 3-2 win over Clemson and a 2-1 loss to Virginia Tech.
The Tar Heels lead the all-time series with the Deacons 19-7-7.
The match will serve as Wake's senior night for the four Demon Deacon seniors: Alimer Gonzalez, Brian Edwards, Pat Phelan and Julian Valentin.
Halftime of the match will feature the final round of the KickAIDS 3v3 tournament, a charity event to benefit Grassroot Soccer.
