Soccer Gameday: No. 1 Wake Forest vs. Louisville
11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMSoccer)
| ACC Championship | Wake Forest vs. Louisville | |
| vs. Louisville | Sunday, Nov. 8, 1 p.m. |
| Location | Winston-Salem, N.C. (Spry Stadium) Weather | Facility Info |
| Coverage | Tickets | | Live Video | Louisville Website | Twitter Updates  |
| Information | Wake Forest Notes (PDF)  | ACC Weekly Release | Louisville Notes (PDF) |
| ACC Info | ACC Championship Information | Bracket |
Deacs Open ACC Tourney Run against 9-seed Louisville
• For the second time in 10 days, Wake Forest will take on Louisville, this time with a berth in the ACC Championship Semifinals on the line.
• Friday's game marks the sixth meeting between the two programs. In the previous five going back to 2007, Wake Forest holds a slim 3-2 lead.
Last Time Out
• Hayden Partain notched two goals in the first 11 minutes of the game as Wake Forest rolled to a 4-2 victory on the road on Friday, Oct. 30, to win the ACC regular-season title.
• The win moved Wake Forest's unbeaten streak to 11 games in a row. The streak if the first double-digit unbeaten streak since Wake Forest put together a streak of 24 games unbeaten from 2007-08. It's also the 10th unbeaten streak of double digits in program history and only five streaks have gone longer than 11 games.
Scouting the Cardinals
• The preseason pick to win the ACC Atlantic this year, Louisville went 6-8-3 in the regular season and earned the No. 9-seed in the ACC Championship, beating Duke 2-1 in the first round. Five of the team's last six games have been one-goal contests, the exception being Wake Forest's 4-2 win on Oct. 30 at Lynn Stadium.
• Tate Schmitt leads Louisville with seven goals and four assists for 18 points. Daniel Johnson and Tim Kubel are close behind with five goals each. Kubel has scored in each of Louisville's last two games.
Attending the Game
• Ticketing for Sunday's game will follow the regular-season policy, meaning bleacher seats inside Spry Stadium will be $5 while spectators can catch the game on the Walt Chyzowych Alumni Hill along Polo Road for free. Additionally, students with a valid ACC college student ID and children three years of age or younger will be admitted free of charge.
Quick-Strike Offense
• On three occasions this season, Wake Forest scored three goals in the first 27 minutes of the game. Two of those occasions saw the Deacs up 3-0 less than 20 minutes into the game.
• Wake Forest had three goals 16:57 into last Friday's contest at Louisville, 19:16 into the Oct. 27 win against Davidson and 26:28 into the Oct. 20 win against Georgia State. Last time Wake Forest scored three goals less than 27 minutes into a game came on Dec. 6, 2008, in the NCAA Championship Quarterfinals against South Florida in the first 20:50 of game action. Last time it happened against an ACC opponents came on Oct. 4, 2008, against Virginia Tech just 24:47 into the contest.
• Last time Wake Forest scored three goals in a shorter period of time came on Oct. 16, 2007, in an 8-0 win over then-UNC Greensboro just 14:20 into the contest.
• Additionally, Wake Forest scored four goals in the first 39:39 of the Sept. 8 match against UNC Asheville. That marked the fastest four goals in a game for Wake Forest since scoring four in 28:56 against USF in the NCAA Championship on Dec. 6, 2008.
On the National Scene
• Wake Forest ranks in the top 8 nationally in 11 categories - assists per game (No. 1), points per game (No. 1), save percentage (No. 5), scoring offense (No. 2), shots on goal per game (No. 4), shutout percentage (No. 8), team goals against average (No. 5), total assists (No. 1), total goals (No. 2), total points (No. 1) and winning percentage (No. 3).
• With 11 assists this year, Jack Harrison ranks No. 3 in the nation in the category behind Joey Piatczyc of West Virginia and Fabian Herbers of Creighton, each of whom have 12 this year.
• Alec Ferrell's .849 save percentage ranks No. 8 in the nation. Drew Shepherd of Western Michigan leads the category with a .931 save percentage.
Defense Wins Titles
• Wake Forest has had two scoreless streaks of 300-plus minutes this season. The latest ended against Notre Dame at 542 scoreless minutes. It spanned the Sept. 26 match against Clemson to the Oct. 23 tilt against the Irish.
• The first streak spanned 327 minutes from Aug. 30 vs. FIU to Sept. 15 vs. Elon.
• With five-straight shutouts during the 542-minute streak, Wake Forest tied the 1991 and 2007 teams for the program record for most in a row.
• Wake Forest's longest shutout streak in program history spans 639:59 of game action. The mark was set early in the 1991 season over the course of seven games.
• Entering Sunday, the Deacs have a 0.52 GAA. The best mark at season's end in program history - 0.52 - was set during the 2007 national championship run.
Looking Ahead
• Should Wake Forest advance past Louisville, the Deacons will meet either fourth-seeded Notre Dame or fifth-seeded Virginia on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. The Irish and Cavaliers also play Sunday at 1 p.m. in South Bend, Indiana.
Media Policies
• All media planning to attend the ACC Quarterfinals in Winston-Salem must request a credential from Andrew Wilson of the Wake Forest Athletic Communications Office. All approved credentials will be left at Will Call at the ticket office next to the main gate and can be picked up on the day of the game. Space in the press box at Spry Stadium is limited, but there is a row of media seating reserved in front of the press box that runs the length of the box that will accommodate media members.
• Postgame interviews will be held in the hospitality tent on the practice field behind the press box. The winning head coach will have a 10-minute "cooling off" period before he and two players enter the interview area. The losing head coach and two players will be available to media approximately 10 minutes after the winning coach begins. While any request of a head coach by media will be granted, student-athletes are not required to make themselves available to media.
