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No. 24 Wake Forest Falters at Kansas
8/31/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
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By Jay Garneau, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeWSoccer)
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Defensive miscues proved to be costly, as No. 24 Wake Forest women's soccer fell 4-1 to Kansas at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex on Sunday afternoon.
The Jayhawks (4-0) scored the first three goals of the contest. Ali Kimura scored the first and third goals, the first on a breakaway in which she beat keeper Lindsay Preston one-on-one, and the third in which she tapped in a cross far post.
Early in the second half, Liana Salazar scored the first of her two goals when a KU attacker went down in the box. Salazar executed the penalty kick, making it 3-0.
For the Demon Deacons (1-2), Riley Ridgik scored her first goal of the season, the 15th of her career, when her low-line drive shot on a free kick beat the keeper far post from 25 yards out.
Though the Deacs were the aggressors in the final third of the game, Kansas closed it out by scoring on another defensive breakdown, as both Salazar and Kimura found their way behind the defense, and Salazar beat Preston two-on-one to make it 4-1 with less than a minute remaining.
Wake Forest again held the advantage in shots, this time by a 12-11 margin, including 9-4 in the second half.
BY THE NUMBERS
• 24: Wake Forest has taken 24 more corner kicks than opponents, totaling 27 and conceding three. The Deacs have yet to score off a corner.
• 7: Less than seven percent (6.5) of Wake Forest's shots have found the back of the net. Out of the Deacs' 46 shots, three have been goals. Contrastingly...
• 30: Six of the 20 opponents' shots have gone in, good for 30 percent.
• 2011: Wake Forest allowed four goals for the first time in more than two full seasons. The last time was a 4-1 loss to Duke in the 2011 College Cup.
STILL SEARCHING FOR 250
• With 249 wins in program history, the Demon Deacons will head into their next game in search of the program's 250th win for the third straight contest.
ON DECK
• Wake Forest will compete in its lone tournament of the regular season, traveling to Virginia Tech to take on UNC Wilmington (Sept. 5) and No. 20 Georgetown (Sept. 7).
