Monday, October 19
Winston-Salem, N.C.
12 PM
Wake Forest University
(1-5, 0-3ACC)
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Syracuse
(3-3, 2-3ACC)
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Syracuse
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Wake Forest
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Field Hockey Drops Heartbreaker in Overtime
10/19/2020 3:22:00 PM | Field Hockey
Nat Friedman scored her second goal of the season
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest field hockey out-shot Syracuse 21-8, but a penalty corner in the final minute and an overtime goal for the Orange lifted Syracuse over the Deacs 2-1 on Monday afternoon.
"We showed such grit and character," head coach Jen Averill said. "The whole demeanor of our squad today was so much stronger and so much more commanding. We had a flat spot in the third quarter, but other than that I am really impressed. It is unfortunate. We had the game and the circumstances changed."
The Deacon offense came out firing in the first quarter getting off 10 shots and Wake Forest (1-5, 0-3 ACC) controlled a 12-1 shot advantage at halftime, but Syracuse (3-3, 2-3 ACC) keeper Syd Taylor had a career day in the cage making six first half saves to keep the Demon Deacons off the board.
After three quarters of scoreless action, Wake Forest took a 1-0 lead as Nat Friedman worked past Taylor on a quick pass from Eleanor Winants, her fourth assist of the year. Friedman now leads the Deacs with two goals this season.
"We really need to capitalize on the shots that we take and the corners that we have, because we are so close," Winants said. "We just have to use that one extra percent moving forward and push ourselves even more."
Syracuse emptied its net as the clock was winding down and was awarded a penalty corner with under a minute remaining on the clock, trailing by one. Eefke Van Den Nieuwenhof became the hero for Syracuse converting the corner on a pass from Charlotte de Vries to send the game into overtime.
The Orange capitalized, scoring in the sudden death overtime period to seal the 2-1 victory to improve to 3-3 on the season.
Ally Butler earned her fourth start in goal for the Deacons, making two saves. She leads Wake Forest with eight saves on the year.
Wake Forest will close out its home season on Friday, Oct. 23 as it hosts Duke at 3 p.m. The game will be Senior Day as Alexis Grippo, Elisha Evans and Anne van Hoof will be honored.
"We showed such grit and character," head coach Jen Averill said. "The whole demeanor of our squad today was so much stronger and so much more commanding. We had a flat spot in the third quarter, but other than that I am really impressed. It is unfortunate. We had the game and the circumstances changed."
The Deacon offense came out firing in the first quarter getting off 10 shots and Wake Forest (1-5, 0-3 ACC) controlled a 12-1 shot advantage at halftime, but Syracuse (3-3, 2-3 ACC) keeper Syd Taylor had a career day in the cage making six first half saves to keep the Demon Deacons off the board.
After three quarters of scoreless action, Wake Forest took a 1-0 lead as Nat Friedman worked past Taylor on a quick pass from Eleanor Winants, her fourth assist of the year. Friedman now leads the Deacs with two goals this season.
"We really need to capitalize on the shots that we take and the corners that we have, because we are so close," Winants said. "We just have to use that one extra percent moving forward and push ourselves even more."
Syracuse emptied its net as the clock was winding down and was awarded a penalty corner with under a minute remaining on the clock, trailing by one. Eefke Van Den Nieuwenhof became the hero for Syracuse converting the corner on a pass from Charlotte de Vries to send the game into overtime.
The Orange capitalized, scoring in the sudden death overtime period to seal the 2-1 victory to improve to 3-3 on the season.
Ally Butler earned her fourth start in goal for the Deacons, making two saves. She leads Wake Forest with eight saves on the year.
Wake Forest will close out its home season on Friday, Oct. 23 as it hosts Duke at 3 p.m. The game will be Senior Day as Alexis Grippo, Elisha Evans and Anne van Hoof will be honored.
Team Stats
SU
WAKE
Goals
2
1
Shots
8
21
Shots on Goal
4
8
Saves
7
2
Corners
3
7
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Scoring Plays
Nat Friedman (2)
Assisted By: Eleanor Winants
GOAL by WAKE Nat Friedman (FIRST GOAL), Assist by Eleanor Winants, goal number 2 for season.
47:36
E. van den Niewenhof (1)
Assisted By: Charlotte de Vries
Penalty Corner with just seconds on the
59:28
SJ Quigley (2)
Assisted By: Carly Bothof
Pass from 14 right in front of goal
66:06
Game Leaders
Shots
5
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
3
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
3
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
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