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Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Wake Forest University
5-7-2, 3-4-1
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Boston College
3-9-1, 1-7-0
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Wake Forest
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Wake Forest Scores Late to Draw with Boston College
4/8/2021 4:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Liv Stowell’s 90th-minute equalizer drew the Deacs level in a 1-1 draw.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The Wake Forest women's soccer team provided fans with late drama, scoring a 90th-minute equalizer in a 1-1 draw with Boston College on Thursday at Spry Stadium.
Wake Forest (5-7-2, 3-4-1 ACC) fired 25 shots in the 110 minute extra time contest, but did not break through until their 19th shot of the game, when Liv Stowell found the back of the net off a corner kick from Sophie Faircloth in the 90th minute.
Boston College (3-9-1, 1-7-0 ACC) scored the go-ahead goal with just five minutes left in regular time, but the late effort from the Deacs pushed the game into a pair of overtime periods, where neither team could find a winner.
The Deacs outshot the Eagles 25-11 on the day, led by seven shots from Sofia Rossi. Carrie McIntire led Wake Forest with three shots on goal. Kaitlyn Parks earned seven saves in net for the Deacs while handling myriad dangerous Boston College crosses with ease.
How It Happened
"I'm super proud of them for coming back and getting the tying goal, because I thought we deserved at least a result from the game. We generated some good chances and we played well defensively. The midfield played well, and we put some players in a really good positions to score. We earned a lot of corners, so from an attacking standpoint, it was a really good, complete performance for us.
And defensively, against a really good front three, we did a pretty good job of keeping them wide and not being too dangerous. They had their chances and (Kaitlyn Parks) did a good job. I thought Ryanne did a really good job getting back on the weak side help on quite a few of the counters and crosses. She did a really good job of covering for us. Rossi was unbelievable on the day. In attack, we want to give her a touch on almost every possession, and I thought we were really conscious of that and did as much of that as we could."
Up Next
The Demon Deacons will play in the regular season finale at a neutral site against Louisville, battling the Cardinals at 12 p.m. next Saturday in Johnson City, TN.
This will mark the sixth matchup between Wake Forest and Louisville, as Wake Forest took a 2-1 loss in Louisville on Oct. 3, 2019.
Wake Forest (5-7-2, 3-4-1 ACC) fired 25 shots in the 110 minute extra time contest, but did not break through until their 19th shot of the game, when Liv Stowell found the back of the net off a corner kick from Sophie Faircloth in the 90th minute.
Boston College (3-9-1, 1-7-0 ACC) scored the go-ahead goal with just five minutes left in regular time, but the late effort from the Deacs pushed the game into a pair of overtime periods, where neither team could find a winner.
The Deacs outshot the Eagles 25-11 on the day, led by seven shots from Sofia Rossi. Carrie McIntire led Wake Forest with three shots on goal. Kaitlyn Parks earned seven saves in net for the Deacs while handling myriad dangerous Boston College crosses with ease.
How It Happened
- The Deacs got off to a strong start in the opening 15 minutes, outshooting the Eagles 3-0 to open the game.
- Liv Stowell earned an early chance in the 17th minute, receiving a cross from Carrie McIntire in the box, dribbling the ball onto her right foot for a shot just outside the six-yard box. Boston College keeper Allie Augur parried the shot wide for Demon Deacon corner.
- Faith Adams struck a shot outside the 18-yard box just over the bar in the 29th minute from a pass from Sofia Rossi.
- Rebecca Groseibl would get the Eagles on the shot sheet in the 30th minute, with her shot in the box hitting both the crossbar and left post. Kaitlyn Parks secured the rebound from Groseibl to end the threat.
- Carrie McIntire earned a shot of her own on a counter in the 31st minute, but just missed the angle as Augur made the save well off her touchline.
- The Eagles would earn one final chance in the closing seconds of the half when Emily Knous put a shot on frame with under 10 seconds left on the clock. But keeper Kaitlyn Parks was there to tap the shot over the crossbar and preserve the scoreline.
- The teams went into halftime tied 0-0
- Wake Forest outshot Boston College 8-5 (3-2 on goal) in the first 45 minutes.
- Wake Forest continued to put pressure on the Boston College defense, adding five more shots in the first 30 minutes of the half, but failed to put any on goal.
- Sofia Rossi earned the Deacs' best chance with a breakaway in the 72nd minute, but a late challenge blocked the shot wide for a corner kick.
- The Eagles broke through in the 85th minute when Sam Smith took a deflection off a tackle into space and slotted the shot past Parks for the opening goal of the game.
- Wake Forest struck back in the 90th minute, when a Sophie Faircloth corner kick found the boot of Liv Stowell, who blasted the close range shot past the Boston College keeper to force overtime.
- The teams entered overtime tied 1-1.
- Wake Forest outshot Boston College 11-4 in the second half, but the Eagles were able to outshoot the Deacs from on frame 4-3.
- Wake Forest outshot Boston College 3-1 in the first overtime, but the score remained 1-1.
- Wake Forest held the Eagles without a shot in the second period of overtime but could not breakthrough for the winner as the match ended in a draw in 1-1.
"I'm super proud of them for coming back and getting the tying goal, because I thought we deserved at least a result from the game. We generated some good chances and we played well defensively. The midfield played well, and we put some players in a really good positions to score. We earned a lot of corners, so from an attacking standpoint, it was a really good, complete performance for us.
And defensively, against a really good front three, we did a pretty good job of keeping them wide and not being too dangerous. They had their chances and (Kaitlyn Parks) did a good job. I thought Ryanne did a really good job getting back on the weak side help on quite a few of the counters and crosses. She did a really good job of covering for us. Rossi was unbelievable on the day. In attack, we want to give her a touch on almost every possession, and I thought we were really conscious of that and did as much of that as we could."
Up Next
The Demon Deacons will play in the regular season finale at a neutral site against Louisville, battling the Cardinals at 12 p.m. next Saturday in Johnson City, TN.
This will mark the sixth matchup between Wake Forest and Louisville, as Wake Forest took a 2-1 loss in Louisville on Oct. 3, 2019.
Team Stats
BC
WF
Goals
1
1
Shots
11
25
Shots on Goal
8
7
Saves
6
7
Corners
5
14
Fouls
15
5
Scoring Plays
Sam Smith (5)
Assisted By: Jillian Jennings
GOAL by BC Smith, Sam Assist by Jennings, Jillian.
84:31
Olivia Stowell (1)
Assisted By: Sophie Faircloth
GOAL by WF Stowell, Olivia Assist by Faircloth, Sophie.
88:48
Game Leaders
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
7
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
5
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
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Goalkeeper
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