Soccer Gameday: No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 Clemson

Gameday Central \| No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 Clemson
Game 7	Friday, Oct. 30, at 5:00 p.m.
Coverage	Live Stats \| Watch on Fox Sports South
Location	Winston-Salem, N.C. (Spry Stadium) - Facility Info
Information	Wake Forest Notes \| @Wake M Soccer

The Matchup

The No. 2 ranked Demon Deacons will host No. 3 Clemson in a Friday evening clash at Spry Stadium.
The match will start at 5 p.m. and be televised on Fox Sports South.
Wake Forest will honor a senior class that has won 15 more matches than any other NCAA Division I program over the last four years in Michael DeShields, Machop Chol, Justin McMaster, Kyle McCurley and Tyrrell Moore along with redshirt junior Dominic Peters.
For the second-straight week, Wake Forest and Clemson check in at Nos. 2 and 3 in the latest United Soccer Coaches rankings.
Wake Forest's last outing was a 2-1 victory over Duke, while Clemson was locked in a battle with North Carolina on Tuesday night, drawing 3-3.
This will be the 50th matchup between the ACC rivals, with the Demon Deacons holding a 23-19-7 record against the Tigers.
Wake Forest had won five-straight against Clemson before dropping a 2-1 decision to the Tigers earlier this month.
Wake Forest has not lost back-to-back games against the Tigers since dropping three in a row between 1998-00.

Last Time Out

The Demon Deacons last Friday traveled to Durham, N.C., to face Duke in an ACC South Region matchup where Wake Forest pulled out a 2-1 victory.
Calvin Harris and Omar Hernandez scored two dramatic goals to give Wake Forest the victory, while Andrew Pannenberg tied a career-high in saves (six) as Duke recorded 18 shots including 13 in the second half.
Hernandez made his first start of the season.
His game-winning goal came in the 85th minute, scoring off a direct free kick just outside of the 18-yard box.
For his efforts, the Dalton, Ga., native was named ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week.
It was the third time this season a Demon Deacon won the award.

Quick Hits

Four of the ACC's top 10 scorers are from Wake Forest in Kyle Holcomb (four), Machop Chol (three), Calvin Harris (three) and David Wrona (three).
Holcomb (two) is the only player in the conference with multiple game-winning goals this year.
Holcomb (eight) and Harris (eight) are tied for fifth in the conference in points.
Despite not playing against Duke, Isaiah Parente still ranks third in the conference in assists (four).
Andrew Pannenberg currently leads all ACC goalkeepers in goals against average (.912) while ranking second in save percentage (.750).

Scouting the Tigers

Clemson enters the game with a 5-1-1 overall record and currently leads the South Region with 10 points at a 3-1-1 record.
The Tigers are led in scoring by Kimarni Smith, who scored a pair of goals in the 59th minute of Clemson's 3-3 draw against North Carolina earlier this week. 􏰎􏰈􏰒􏰔􏰢􏰝 􏰷􏰒􏰈􏰕􏰐􏰋􏰒
George Marks has been the Tigers' starting goalkeeper this season, as he has recorded 16 saves in seven appearances so far this season. Marks has allowed just six goals this season with a goals against average of 0.92.
The Tigers are 2-1-0 away from Historic Riggs Field this season, defeating South Carolina and NC State and falling to North Carolina in a last-second loss earlier this month.

Looking Ahead

The Demon Deacons will close out the regular season next Saturday against NC State in Raleigh, N.C.
It will be the only game on the ACC schedule that night.

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