Sunday, October 23
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Wake Forest University
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Wake Forest Falls to No. 5 Notre Dame in Regular Season Home Finale
10/23/2022 7:12:00 PM | Women's Soccer
The Demon Deacons will look to bounce back Thursday against Boston College.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Wake Forest women's soccer team (9-6-2, 3-6 ACC) fell to No. 5 Notre Dame (14-2, 7-2 ACC), 3-0, Sunday evening at Spry Stadium.
After battling to a 0-0 ledger over the first 28 minutes of action, Notre Dame struck first in the 29th as Kiki Van Zanten fired a shot towards the near post that deflected off the hand of sophomore defender Laurel Ansbrow inside the box. As a result, the Fighting Irish were awarded a penalty kick, which they capitalized on to take a 1-0 lead.
Notre Dame carried its 1-0 advantage into the halftime break and doubled its lead in the 67th minute on a goal from Korbin Albert.
The Demon Deacons had several near scoring opportunities down the stretch, including a Faircloth free kick and a goalmouth scramble, but were unable to find the net.
With just under four minutes remaining, the Irish scored on a breakaway goal to take a 3-0 lead and held on for the victory.
Redshirt junior goalkeeper Kaitlyn Parks showcased her ability to play as a sweeper-keeper, as she came out of her goal to cut out several Notre Dame attacks. The Upper Marlboro, Md., native finished the match with four saves. Of note, Parks is only four saves shy of reaching the 150-save mark for her career.
Wake Forest will conclude its 2022 regular season slate Thursday (Oct. 27) when the Demon Deacons travel to face Boston College.
How it Happened
Demon Deacon Details of Note
Tony Time with Coach da Luz
"Tonight was the end of a tough stretch. North Carolina, Virginia and Notre Dame are all top level teams. We can take a lot of good from tonight's game. Overall, we learned lessons from all three games. We were in the game, passing well and competing well. The penalty for a handball was questionable and unlucky. We created a few good chances off corners and had some really sequences of passing combinations. Our attacking players have to improve their one-on-one game, shooting and crossing for us to reach an elite level. Now we prepare for a must win game at Boston College on Thursday. We can still earn an NCAA bid and, if we do, I don't think there are many teams that would want to draw us in their bracket." - head coach Tony da Luz
Up Next
Wake Forest will conclude its 2022 regular season slate Thursday (Oct. 27) when the Demon Deacons travel to face Boston College.
After battling to a 0-0 ledger over the first 28 minutes of action, Notre Dame struck first in the 29th as Kiki Van Zanten fired a shot towards the near post that deflected off the hand of sophomore defender Laurel Ansbrow inside the box. As a result, the Fighting Irish were awarded a penalty kick, which they capitalized on to take a 1-0 lead.
Notre Dame carried its 1-0 advantage into the halftime break and doubled its lead in the 67th minute on a goal from Korbin Albert.
The Demon Deacons had several near scoring opportunities down the stretch, including a Faircloth free kick and a goalmouth scramble, but were unable to find the net.
With just under four minutes remaining, the Irish scored on a breakaway goal to take a 3-0 lead and held on for the victory.
Redshirt junior goalkeeper Kaitlyn Parks showcased her ability to play as a sweeper-keeper, as she came out of her goal to cut out several Notre Dame attacks. The Upper Marlboro, Md., native finished the match with four saves. Of note, Parks is only four saves shy of reaching the 150-save mark for her career.
Wake Forest will conclude its 2022 regular season slate Thursday (Oct. 27) when the Demon Deacons travel to face Boston College.
How it Happened
- Notre Dame earned the first chance of the game courtesy of Berkley Mensik as Parks came out of her goal to deny the midfielder in the seventh minute.
- Kiki Van Zanten fired a follow-up shot wide of the net for a Wake Forest goal kick.
- Liv Stowell earned the Demon Deacons the first corner of the match in the 10th minute.
- Caiya Hanks fired a couple of long distance shots in the 16th and 17th minutes.
- The first of the two forced Notre Dame goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood into action and the second went behind for the second Wake Forest corner of the game.
- Notre Dame took the lead in the 29th minute, as Korbin Albert converted from the penalty spot.
- Some nice work from Hanks earned another corner for the Demon Deacons in the 33rd minute.
- Morris came close to equalizing in the 35th minute, as her shot forced Wood into a diving save that went behind for the fourth Wake Forest corner of the half.
- Parks claimed her second save of the game a few seconds before the half as Erin Hohnstein tested the redshirt junior on the end of a corner, but she handled it with ease.
- Despite facing a one goal deficit at halftime, the Demon Deacons showed plenty of promising play in the first 45 minutes.
- The Deacs controlled 57 percent of the ball, had four shots and earned four corners.
- Parks continued to be a phenomenal sweeper-keeper as she came out of the net to deny Olivia Wingate during a one-on-one situation.
- Parks followed up the spectacular stop a few seconds later and controlled another Wingate shot for her fourth save of the game.
- Albert doubled Notre Dame's lead with her second goal of the game in the 67th minute.
- She fired in a direct free kick from Parks' right side on her near post.
- Faircloth came close to getting one back from a free kick but she just missed the target high. Meena then forced Wood into her third save of the game with a shot from distance in the 73rd minute.
- The Demon Deacons had a chance on the end of a corner in the 74th minute, but Johnson was unable to find a clear shooting lane in the scramble.
- Wingate scored in the 87th minute to close out the scoring.
Demon Deacon Details of Note
- Parks started her 45th career game.
- Johnson started her 35th career game.
- Chavoshi started her 30th career game.
- Ansbrow started her 15th career game.
- Ansbrow played the full 90 minutes for a team-high 13th time this season. She also leads all outfield players in minutes played with 1,399.
Tony Time with Coach da Luz
"Tonight was the end of a tough stretch. North Carolina, Virginia and Notre Dame are all top level teams. We can take a lot of good from tonight's game. Overall, we learned lessons from all three games. We were in the game, passing well and competing well. The penalty for a handball was questionable and unlucky. We created a few good chances off corners and had some really sequences of passing combinations. Our attacking players have to improve their one-on-one game, shooting and crossing for us to reach an elite level. Now we prepare for a must win game at Boston College on Thursday. We can still earn an NCAA bid and, if we do, I don't think there are many teams that would want to draw us in their bracket." - head coach Tony da Luz
Up Next
Wake Forest will conclude its 2022 regular season slate Thursday (Oct. 27) when the Demon Deacons travel to face Boston College.
Team Stats
UND
WFU
Goals
3
0
Shots
13
11
Shots on Goal
7
3
Saves
3
4
Corners
2
7
Fouls
15
12
Scoring Plays
Korbin Albert (7)
UND Korbin Albert PENALTY KICK GOAL.
28:45
Korbin Albert (7)
GOAL by UND Albert, Korbin.
66:18
Olivia Wingate (11)
GOAL by UND Wingate, Olivia.
86:34
Game Leaders
mid
Shots
3
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
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