Wake Forest Travels to Akron for Midweek Tilt
10/14/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 14, 2013
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| Wake Forest | 2 | |
| Akron | 2 | (2OT) |
Akron, Ohio
Demon Deacons Draw Against No. 7 Zips, 2-2 The Wake Forest men's soccer team fought to a 2-2 tie in double overtime against No. 7 Akron on Saturday, October 29 at FirstEnergy Stadium. |
Deacs Travel to Buckeye State to Face Akron
• Wake Forest and Akron will face each other for the sixth time overall and the third time in the last four years on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at FirstEnergy Stadium.
How to Catch the Games
• Live stats and a live stream of the game will be shown on GoZips.com.
• In addition, live updates of the game can be found by following the team on Twitter (@WakeMSoccer).
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest tied Clemson 1-1 on Friday night at Spry Stadium to stay in a tie atop the ACC table.
• Luca Gimenez scored in the 16th minute, collecting a rebound from his own shot and putting the ball into the top right corner of the net.
• Clemson answered with a goal in the 37th minute, and neither team was able to find the go-ahead goal through two overtime periods.
• Deacon goalkeeper Andrew Harris earned his fourth start of the season and made a career-high seven saves.
Akron Notes
• Akron has an 8-3-0 record on the season, including a 6-2-0 record against non-conference opponents.
• The Zips earned a 2-1 road win at Cleveland State last Wednesday in the team's most recent outing.
• Reinaldo Brenes is the team's leading goal scorer with four scores on the year, while Eric Stevenson has three goals and four assists for a team-best 10 points.
• Fernando Pina has played every minute in goal and has posted a 0.70 goals against average and has made 24 saves.
Series History
• Wake Forest and Akron have each won twice and tied once in the all-time series between the two schools.
• The Demon Deacons and the Zips tied on Oct. 28, 2011 at FirstEnergy Stadium 2-2. Sean Okoli tied the game at 1-1 in the 65th minute, but Akron went on top in the 75th minute. Sam Fink then scored in the 87th minute to help the Deacs get the tie.
• Wake Forest's last win over Akron came at home on Sept. 7, 2007 by a score of 3-1.
Next Up...
• The Demon Deacons will stay on the road this weekend when they travel to College Park to face ACC-rival Maryland at 7 p.m.
• Wake Forest returns home on Tuesday to host Davidson at 7 p.m.
