Friday, November 5
Cary, N.C.
8 P.M.
Wake Forest University
15-5-0, 6-4-0
1
vs
2
Florida State (Semifinals)
15-1-2, 7-1-2
1
2
3
F
Wake Forest
1
0
0
1
Florida St.
1
0
1
2
No. 25 Wake Forest Falls Short in ACC Semifinals to No. 2 Florida State
11/5/2021 11:32:00 PM | Women's Soccer
CARY, N.C. -- The 25th-ranked Wake Forest soccer team (15-5) fell short in the ACC Semifinal to the No. 2nd-ranked Florida State (15-1-2) in a 2-1 overtime defeat at WakeMed Soccer Park on Friday night.
Playing in their first ACC semifinal since 2012, the Demon Deacons opened the scoring through Sofia Rossi's eighth strike of the season. Jenna Menta held off two Seminole defenders before laying the ball off for Rossi to find the top right corner. It marked just the fifth time this season that FSU's opponent scored the game's first goal.
The Seminoles tied the game with a goal from Lauren Flynn, the second of the season for her and the second of her career. It all got set up after Yujie Zhao forced a corner kick and then served in a nice ball to the back post off the corner for her eighth assist of the season.
Through the first 45 minutes of play, the Deacs recorded four shots to the Seminoles two and put three on frame compared to Florida State's first.
The Seminoles outshot Wake Forest 6-2 in the second half but neither team could score as the Wake Forest headed to overtime for the third time this season.
Florida State would come away victorious as Maria Alagoa came through in the 97th minute with her fifth goal of the season.
Demon Deacon Details
"Congrat to Florida State. Even though they played a great game I thought our team played an awesome game. Tactically both teams were trying to get an edge here and there with whatever they could. I thought we got some good chances as we were organized pressing wise. If you don't press well against Florida State you will suffer. I think we played that team as well as they have been played all year. It is a shame we couldn't get to penalties and solve it that way. We had our chances and I am very proud of this team about the performances we have had down the stretch. I am looking forward to the NCAA tournament because if we perform like this consistently we are probably going to win some games."
Up Next
Wake Forest will tune into the NCAA Women's Soccer Selection Show on Monday, Nov. 8th at 4:30 p.m. on NCAA.com website.
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Playing in their first ACC semifinal since 2012, the Demon Deacons opened the scoring through Sofia Rossi's eighth strike of the season. Jenna Menta held off two Seminole defenders before laying the ball off for Rossi to find the top right corner. It marked just the fifth time this season that FSU's opponent scored the game's first goal.
The Seminoles tied the game with a goal from Lauren Flynn, the second of the season for her and the second of her career. It all got set up after Yujie Zhao forced a corner kick and then served in a nice ball to the back post off the corner for her eighth assist of the season.
Through the first 45 minutes of play, the Deacs recorded four shots to the Seminoles two and put three on frame compared to Florida State's first.
The Seminoles outshot Wake Forest 6-2 in the second half but neither team could score as the Wake Forest headed to overtime for the third time this season.
Florida State would come away victorious as Maria Alagoa came through in the 97th minute with her fifth goal of the season.
Demon Deacon Details
- The 2021 season marks the 25th at Wake Forest for head coach Tony da Luz, where he is now 283-185-53.
- Two Demon Deacons garnered ACC honors. Senior Shayla Smart earned Third Team All-ACC honors while freshman Nikayla Small landed on the ACC All-Freshman Team. It is the 20th time Wake Forest has earned two or more All-ACC accolades.
- The Wake Forest women's soccer team is ranked No. 25 in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll this week for the first time since September 5, 2019.
- Wake Forest is 14-1 when scoring the first goal and 13-1 when outshooting their opponents. When the Deacs score two or more goals they are a perfect 12-0.
- This is the quickest any Wake Forest team has made it to 15 wins in program history.
- Twelve different Deacs have scored at least one goal this season, and six of Deac's 12 goal scorers have scored two or more goals.
- Wake Forest is outscoring opponents 25-6 in the first half and has scored 10 goals during the first 15 minutes of regulation.
- Through 20 games, Wake Forest has scored 40 goals which is the most goals a Wake Forest team has scored since 2011 (52).
- Sofia Rossi netted her eighth goal of the season, the most in a single season for her career.
- Jenna Menta recorded her sixth assist as she set up Rossi's first half strike.
"Congrat to Florida State. Even though they played a great game I thought our team played an awesome game. Tactically both teams were trying to get an edge here and there with whatever they could. I thought we got some good chances as we were organized pressing wise. If you don't press well against Florida State you will suffer. I think we played that team as well as they have been played all year. It is a shame we couldn't get to penalties and solve it that way. We had our chances and I am very proud of this team about the performances we have had down the stretch. I am looking forward to the NCAA tournament because if we perform like this consistently we are probably going to win some games."
Up Next
Wake Forest will tune into the NCAA Women's Soccer Selection Show on Monday, Nov. 8th at 4:30 p.m. on NCAA.com website.
FOLLOW THE DEACS
Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | #GoDeacs
Team Stats
Wake
Noles
Goals
1
2
Shots
6
10
Shots on Goal
4
3
Saves
1
3
Corners
4
4
Fouls
8
8
Scoring Plays
Sofia Rossi (8)
Assisted By: Jenna Menta
GOAL by Wake Rossi, Sofia Assist by Menta, Jenna.
30:27
Lauren Flynn (2)
Assisted By: Yujie Zhao
GOAL by Noles Flynn, Lauren Assist by Zhao, Yujie.
41:29
Maria Alagoa (5)
Assisted By: Jody Brown , Kirsten Pavlisko
GOAL by Noles Alagoa, Maria Assist by Brown, Jody and Pavlisko, Kirsten.
96:27
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
3
SOG
3
Goals
1
Assists
0
fwd
Shots
0
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
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