Wake Forest Athletics
Deacs Set to Play at NC State
10/7/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 7, 2013
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Wake Forest Travels on Tuesday to Play NC State
• Wake Forest will play its second of three straight conference games on Tuesday night when it travels to play NC State at Dial Soccer Stadium at 7 p.m.
• The Deacs will be looking for their 400th win in program history.
How to Catch the Games
• The game will be broadcast live on ESPN3, while live stats will be available at WakeForestSports.com.
• In addition, live updates of the game can be found by following the team on Twitter (@WakeMSoccer).
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest shut out Virginia Tech at home 3-0 on Friday night at Spry Stadium.
• Freshman Jacori Hayes earned his first-career points, picking up both a goal and an assist in the win. Hayes scored the Deacs' second goal and assists on Sean Okoli's goal that capped the scoring.
• Jared Watts scored Wake Forest's first goal of the game in just the 7th minute, flicking home a free kick from Ian Harkes.
• Andrew Harris made his third start of the season and picked up his second shutout of the year by making two first-half saves.
NC State Notes
• NC State is 1-3-2 in its last six contests after opening up the season with three-consecutive victories.
• Nick Surkamp (4) and Clement Simonin (3) are the only two players on the Wolfpack roster with more than one goal on the season. Simonin also has a pair of assists, while Alex Martinez holds the team lead in assists with four.
• Fabian Otte has started eight of the nine games in goal and has 29 saves with a 1.42 goals against average. He is 4-3-1 on the year.
Series History
• Wake Forest has had the upper hand the majority of the time, owning a 23-11-3 all-time record against NC State.
• The Demon Deacons have won the last two matchups and are unbeaten against the Wolfpack in the last eight meetings. NC State last won in Raleigh 2-1 on Oct. 20, 2005.
• That win in 2005 is the only NC State victory in the last 21 meetings. Wake Forest is 19-1-1 against the Wolfpack during that stretch, dating back to Oct. 8, 1995.
Next Up...
• The Demon Deacons will return home to host Clemson on Friday at 7 p.m.
• Wake Forest will then travel to Akron and Maryland next week to play a pair of Top 25 teams.
