Friday, October 14
Chapel Hill, NC
7 P.M.
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#2 North Carolina
Demon Deacons Drop Hard Fought 1-0 Decision to No. 2 North Carolina
10/14/2022 10:17:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Wake Forest became one of only three teams to hold the Tar Heels to one goal or less this season.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Despite holding No. 2 North Carolina to a season-low 10 shot attempts, the Wake Forest women's soccer team (9-4-2, 3-4 ACC) fell to the Tar Heels (12-3, 5-2 ACC), 1-0, Friday night at Dorrance Field.
The two sides battled to a scoreless tie over the first 48 minutes of action, before North Carolina broke the even ledger on a penalty kick goal. Wake Forest applied pressure offensively down the stretch but was unable to find the equalizer.
Friday marked the first time North Carolina had been held scoreless in the first half of any ACC match this season. Additionally, Wake Forest joined No. 1 UCLA, Syracuse and Virginia Tech as the only teams to hold North Carolina to one goal or less this season.
Wake Forest held North Carolina to a season-low one corner kick for the match, including zero in the second half. Of note, the Deacs attempted six shots in the second half compared to only four for the Tar Heels.
Goalkeeper Kaitlyn Parks tallied four saves in goal for the Demon Deacons.
Wake Forest will look to bounce back when the Demon Deacons travel to face Virginia on Oct. 20. Three days later, the Deacs will return to Spry Stadium for the regular season home finale against Notre Dame.
How It Happened
Demon Deacon Details of Note
Tony Time with Coach da Luz
"We achieved many of our tactical objectives tonight. We competed extremely well and played bravely with, and without, the ball. Kaitlyn Parks made three fantastic saves to keep us in it, and we used her performance to motivate us and gain a good amount of control in the second half. We passed the ball well, we fought and we pressed. It was a solid performance for 86 minutes, but we need to get 90 minutes of focus in these big games. We have a good young team that's still making progress. I like where we are heading down the stretch." - head coach Tony da Luz
Up Next
The Demon Deacons will travel to face Virginia on Oct. 20, before returning to Spry Stadium for their last home match of the 2022 campaign on Oct. 23 against Notre Dame.
The two sides battled to a scoreless tie over the first 48 minutes of action, before North Carolina broke the even ledger on a penalty kick goal. Wake Forest applied pressure offensively down the stretch but was unable to find the equalizer.
Friday marked the first time North Carolina had been held scoreless in the first half of any ACC match this season. Additionally, Wake Forest joined No. 1 UCLA, Syracuse and Virginia Tech as the only teams to hold North Carolina to one goal or less this season.
Wake Forest held North Carolina to a season-low one corner kick for the match, including zero in the second half. Of note, the Deacs attempted six shots in the second half compared to only four for the Tar Heels.
Goalkeeper Kaitlyn Parks tallied four saves in goal for the Demon Deacons.
Wake Forest will look to bounce back when the Demon Deacons travel to face Virginia on Oct. 20. Three days later, the Deacs will return to Spry Stadium for the regular season home finale against Notre Dame.
How It Happened
- The Tar Heels fired the first shot of the game in the fourth minute, as Maddie Dahlien fired it over the bar for a Wake Forest goal kick.
- Liv Stowell cut inside from the right flank with a nice bit of dribbling to fire a shot inside the box in the seventh minute.
- Parks was forced into action for the first time in the ninth minute to keep Avery Patterson off of the score sheet.
- The redshirt junior goalkeeper handled her second shot of the game with ease as Ally Sentnor tested her from distance in the 22nd minute.
- Parks made a fantastic point-blank save in the 34th minute to keep the game level.
- Both teams went into the locker room scoreless.
- It was just the third time the Tar Heels had been shutout in the first half all season, and the first time it had happened in ACC play.
- Shots in the first half favored North Carolina 6-1 (3-0 on target), with the lone corner going the Tar Heels' way as well.
- North Carolina broke the deadlock in the 49th minute as Tori Hansen converted from the penalty spot.
- The Deacs earned their first corner of the game in the 60th minute.
- Hannah Johnson got on the end of it and collected the first shot on goal for Wake Forest.
- Wake Forest then grew into the game as Johnson, Giovanna DeMarco, Emily Morris and Alex Wood all attempted to level the score over the next 15 minutes of play but none were able to hit the target.
- Morris had the final chance of the game for the Demon Deacons in the 86th minute but was unable to slip it by the North Carolina keeper.
- The Demon Deacons had six total shots in the second half to North Carolina's four.
Demon Deacon Details of Note
- Kristin Johnson and Laurel Ansbrow played the full 90 minutes for a team-high 11th time this season.
- Ansbrow leads all outfield players with 1,219 minutes played with Johnson right behind her with 1,194.
- Malaika Meena and Caiya Hanks became the fifth and sixth outfield players to break the 1,000 minute mark this season
- Zara Chavoshi made her 30th appearance.
- Sophie Faircloth made her 40th career start.
- Johnson made her 35th career appearance.
- Stowell made her 20th career start.
Tony Time with Coach da Luz
"We achieved many of our tactical objectives tonight. We competed extremely well and played bravely with, and without, the ball. Kaitlyn Parks made three fantastic saves to keep us in it, and we used her performance to motivate us and gain a good amount of control in the second half. We passed the ball well, we fought and we pressed. It was a solid performance for 86 minutes, but we need to get 90 minutes of focus in these big games. We have a good young team that's still making progress. I like where we are heading down the stretch." - head coach Tony da Luz
Up Next
The Demon Deacons will travel to face Virginia on Oct. 20, before returning to Spry Stadium for their last home match of the 2022 campaign on Oct. 23 against Notre Dame.
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