Demon Deacons Travel to Blue Devils for ACC Tilt
10/24/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 24, 2013
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| Wake Forest | 0 | (2OT) |
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Deacs Tie Duke, 0-0, in Front of 10th-Largest Crowd No. 16 Wake Forest recorded its third-straight tie to begin the Atlantic Coast Conference season, playing to a 0-0 draw with Duke on Friday night in front of 4,142 fans at Spry Stadium. |
• No. 15 Wake Forest will begin the final three-game stretch of the regular season on Friday when it travels to Duke at 7 p.m.
How to Catch the Games
• The game will be broadcast live on NSCAATV.com. Dean Linke and Keith Tabatznik will share the call.
• Live stats for the game will be available at GoDuke.com.
• In addition, live updates of the game can be found by following the team on Twitter (@WakeMSoccer).
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest put together a dominant performance at home against Davidson on Tuesday, shutting out the Wildcats 4-0. The Deacs got two goals from Andy Lubahn and a goal apiece from Sean Okoli and Shane Powell.
• Philip Parker had an excellent game distributing the ball with a career-best three assists. Ross Tomaselli also had two assists on the night.
• For Lubahn, the goals were numbers 26 and 27 of his career, as he now sits in ninth place all-time in Wake Forest history for goals scored.
Duke Notes
• The Blue Devils enter Friday night having gone unbeaten in their last five contests at 2-0-3. That includes back-to-back wins against Elon (3-0) on Tuesday at Boston College (1-0) last Friday.
• Duke is led offensively by Brody Huitema, who has scored six goals, and Sean Davis, who has scored five goals. Seo-in Kim is the team leader with four assists.
• Alex Long has played every minute in goal so far this season and has posted a 0.99 goals against average. He also has six shutouts and has made 65 saves.
Series History
• Duke owns the all-time series lead over Wake Forest 23-13-7.
• Last season, Anthony Arena had a header go off the post in the waning seconds of double overtime, leading to a 0-0 tie between the two schools.
• Wake Forest last defeated the Blue Devils 4-2 on Nov. 29, 2009 to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals. Zack Schilawski scored twice in that game, while Sam Redmond and Austin da Luz each scored once.
Next Up...
• The Demon Deacons will wrap up the regular season with a pair of ACC home games. Wake Forest will first host Notre Dame on Nov. 2 and then Syracuse on Nov. 8. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m. at Spry Stadium.
