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Wake Forest Hosts Virginia in ACC Quarterfinals
11/11/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Nov. 11, 2013
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No. 15 Deacs Beat Virginia 3-2 at Spry No. 15 Wake Forest scored three goals in the first 55 minutes of the game and held off a Virginia comeback attempt in the final 10 minutes, as the Demon Deacons defeated the Cavaliers 3-2 on Friday night at Spry Stadium. |
Wake Forest Hosts Virginia in ACC Quarterfinals
• Wake Forest will host Virginia in the ACC Men's Soccer Championship quarterfinals on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Spry Stadium.
• The Demon Deacons earned the No. 3 seed, while the Cavaliers earned the No. 6 seed. This marks the second straight year the two schools will meet at Spry Stadium as the No. 3 & No. 6 seeds in the ACC Championship.
How to Catch the Games
• Live stats and a live stream of the game will be available on WakeForestSports.com. Ty Collins will have the call.
• In addition, live updates of the game can be found by following the team on Twitter (@WakeMSoccer).
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest ended the regular season on a high note with a convincing 4-1 win over ACC newcomer Syracuse.
• Ian Harkes, Sean Okoli, Luca Gimenez and Kovi Konowiecki each scored a goal for the Deacs in the win. Chris Duvall, Ross Tomaselli, Teddy Mullin and Tane Gent recorded assists.
• Harkes got the Demon Deacons on the board with his first-career goal in the 19th minute, and Okoli made it 2-0 in the 29th minute.
• Gimenez put Wake Forest on top 3-0 in the 68th minute before `Cuse got on the board in the 77th minute. Konowiecki answered with his first-career goal in the 80th minute to cap the scoring.
Virginia Notes
• Virginia has only lost one time since they last played the Demon Deacons on Sept. 13. Since then, the Cavaliers are 8-1-4 with their lone loss coming at home to North Carolina on Nov. 1.
• The Cavaliers have a balanced attack. Eric Bird leads the team with six goals, while Darius Madison and Riggs Lennon each have five goals apiece.
• Jeff Gal has started all but one game in the net and has a 1.02 goals against average to go along with 35 saves.
Series History
• Wake Forest and Virginia are no strangers, as the teams have met at least two times in each of the last five seasons and six of the last seven seasons.
• The Cavaliers lead the all-time series 35-10-7, but since 2006 (the Deacs first year at the College Cup) Wake Forest is 7-5-3 vs. Virginia.
• The two squads have also met in the ACC Tournament every since 2006 except for 2007, as Virginia has advanced five out of those six meetings.
Next Up...
• The winner of Tuesday's ACC quarterfinal matchup will move on to play the winner of No. 2-seed Notre Dame and No. 7-seed Duke on Friday at 8 p.m. at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md.
