Deacs Host Coastal Carolina in NCAA Second Round
11/16/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Nov. 16, 2012
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Wake Forest Notes
| Coastal Carolina Notes
Deacs Host Chanticleers in Second Round
• Wake Forest earned the No. 15 seed in the 2012 ACC Men's Soccer Championship and will host Coastal Carolina on Sunday at 5 p.m. at Spry Stadium in the Second Round.
• The Chanticleers defeated Elon 3-0 on Thursday night to advance in the Second Round.
Ticket Information
• Tickets for Sunday night's game will be $7 for adults and $3 for youth, seniors and Wake Forest students. Children three and under will be admitted into the game for free.
• Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling the Wake Forest ticket office at (336) 758-3322 and will also be available at the Spry Stadium box office on the day of the game.
How to Catch the Games
• The game will be streamed live on WakeForestSports.com and will be free for all viewers. Steven Wright will have the call.
• Also, be sure to follow the Wake Forest men's soccer on Twitter (@WakeMensSoccer) for updates throughout the game.
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest was able to take a one-goal lead two separate times in the ACC Championship Quarterfinals against Virginia, but the Cavaliers tied it up both times and eventually advanced past the Demon Deacons 5-3 in PKs.
• Michael Gamble got the Deacs on the board in the 22nd minute on a nice pass from Sean Okoli before Virginia tied it up before half in the 33rd minute.
• Okoli then put Wake Forest on top when he headed home a nice cross by Chris Duvall in the 51st minute. Just over five minutes later, Virginia again tied the scored.
• After two scoreless overtime periods, Virginia was perfect on penalty kicks and moved on to the ACC Championship Semifinals.
Sunday's Opponent
• Coastal Carolina ended the regular season ranked No. 13 in the NSCAA poll.
• The Chanticleers have an impressive 19-2-2 record and went a perfect 10-0-0 in the Big South. CCU also won its first two games of the Big South Tournament before being upset by Winthrop 3-2 in the championship match.
• Pedro Ribeiro scored twice and Matt Risher scored once in Coastal's 3-0 win over Elon in the First Round on Thursday.
• Ashton Bennett and Ricky Garbanzo have led the Chanticleers on the season with 15 goals and 13 goals, respectively.
Series History
• Wake Forest and Coastal Carolina have met just four times in school history and have never met in the postseason.
• The Demon Deacons are a perfect 4-0 against the Chanticleers, with two of those wins coming at Spry Stadium.
• In the last meeting, Wake Forest was victorious 5-0 on Oct. 23, 2007. The Deacs got a pair of goals from Marcus Tracy and one goal apiece from Julian Valentin, Lyle Adams and Austin da Luz en route to the win.
Next Up
• The winner of Sunday night's game will advance to the Third Round and will play the winner of No. 2-seed Maryland and Brown on Sunday, Nov. 25.
