Wake Forest Hosts Duke for Senior Day

Gameday Central \| Wake Forest vs. Duke
Game 7 Game 8	Friday, Oct. 23, 3:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, 12:00 p.m.
Coverage	Live Stats \| Watch on RSN Live Stats \| Watch on ACCNX
Location	Winston-Salem, N.C. (Kentner Stadium) - Facility Info Durham, N.C. (Williams Field) - Facility Info
Information	Wake Forest Notes \| @WakeHockey

The Matchup
• Wake Forest will host Duke on Friday, Oct. 23rd at 3 p.m. for Senior Day to cap its 2020 home season. The Deacs will travel to Durham on Sunday, Oct. 25th to close out the series with the Blue Devils at noon.
• Friday's match will count as an ACC contest and will air on RSN, while Sunday's game will air on ACC Network.
• At this time, we cannot accommodate fans at Kentner Stadium.

Last Time Out
• Wake Forest lost both matches against Syracuse last weekend, each by just one goal.
• The Demon Deacons held a 1-0 lead with under a minute remaining in Monday's match, but Syracuse was awarded a last minute penalty corner that tied the game and forced overtime. The Orange's game-winner was scored four minutes into the sudden death overtime.
• Nat Friedman and Anne van Hoof scored the goals for the Deacs while Eleanor Winants notched her team-best fourth assist.

Quick Hits
• Head coach Jen Averill returns for her 29th season. She is 384-200-3 (.654) during her tenure with the Deacs.
• The Deacons return 13 players from last year's squad and welcome eight freshmen and a sophomore.
• Wake returns its top-three goal scorers from last season. Laia Vancells led the Deacs in 2019 with 16 points off six goals and four assists. Anne van Hoof netted a team-best seven goals and Alexis Grippo tallied five goals and five assists.
• The ACC is the only conference participating in field hockey this fall. The Deacs will play most ACC schools twice, with only one game counting as a conference match. The NCAA Field Hockey Championship will take place in the spring.
• Elisha Evans, Alexis Grippo and Anne van Hoof return for their senior seasons to lead the Deacs and were all three voted captains for the 2020 campaign.
• Jen Averill is assisted by former Team USA teammates Melissa Gonzalez and Jackie Kintzer Briggs. It is the only all-female coaching staff at Wake Forest.
• Megan Anderson ('19) returns to her home turf as a volunteer assistant with the Demon Deacons.

Scouting the Blue Devils
• Duke makes the short drive to Winston-Salem still looking for its first win of the season. The Blue Devils dropped a high-scoring overtime affair against North Carolina last weekend.
• Hannah Miller leads the Blue Devils with two goals and two assists for a team-best six points.
• Piper Hampsch has played every minute in the cage for Duke allowing 19 goals and making 22 saves.

Looking Ahead
• The Deacons will wrap their 2020 fall regular season with a three-game road stretch.
• Wake will face Duke on Sunday in Durham and then will travel to North Carolina and Boston College for ACC matches before the ACC Tournament Nov. 5-8.

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Players Mentioned

Elisha Evans

Nat Friedman

Alexis Grippo

Anne van Hoof

Laia Vancells

Eleanor Winants

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