Friday, September 16
Winston-Salem, N.C.
4:00 p.m.
Wake Forest University
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No. 17 Wake Forest Posts Fourth-Straight Win; Averill Earns 400th Win at Wake Forest
9/16/2022 6:37:00 PM | Field Hockey
The Friday victory marked head coach Jennifer Averill’s 400th win as the head coach of the Wake Forest field hockey program.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The No. 17 Wake Forest field hockey team earned its fourth-straight win with a 4-3 victory against Richmond inside Kentner Stadium Friday evening.
The victory marked head coach Jennifer Averill's 400th win as the head coach of the field hockey program. Overall, Averill holds an overall record of 420-252-6 including three National Championships, all coming during her time in Winston-Salem.
Over the course of Wake Forest's (4-2) win-streak, the Deacs have outscored opponents 22-5. Additionally, Wake Forest has scored 13 of its 22 goals in the first half in those victories.
In a back-and-forth affair on Friday afternoon, Wake Forest jumped up to an early 1-0 lead when Anna Gwiazdzinski scored her third goal of the season with 33 seconds left in the first quarter.
After Richmond knotted the match at a goal apiece in the second period, the score remained tied headed into intermission despite a flurry of shots in the final two minutes by the Deacs.
The Demon Deacons scored a pair of goals in the third period when Ashley Hart and Hannah Maxwell tallied their fourth scores of the season, respectively.
The Spiders answered with a pair of goals in the first-five minutes of the fourth period to knot the match at three apiece.
Undaunted, Sky Caron netted the go-ahead score as she successfully converted a penalty stroke giving the Deacs a 4-3 lead with seven and change left to play.
Wake Forest outshot Richmond 28-11 on Friday and the Demon Deacons offensive attack led to 12 penalty corners.
The win over the Spiders also extends the Deacs' winning streak over Richmond to 11-straight matches, dating back to 1998. Additionally over this streak, the Demon Deacons are +38 in goal differential against Richmond.
How It Happened
Head Coach Jennifer Averill - "Give credit to Richmond. They played extremely well and definitely came in here and showed purpose. I'm really proud of my team. It was a challenging game for both teams throughout each quarter. It was great to see the resilience and camaraderie of contributions on and off the pitch as a unit. They really won this game themselves.
"The 400 wins at Wake Forest is a reflection of my team. Not me. I'm really really proud to be a part of their journey."
Up Next
The Deacs open a three-match road swing on Sunday, Sept. 18 against Ohio State at 1 p.m. in Columbus. The match can be streamed on Big Ten Plus with a paid subscription.
Wake Forest then travels to Chapel Hill for its ACC Opener on Friday, Sept. 23 against North Carolina at 4 p.m. before finishing off the road trip with a non-conference matchup at Appalachian State on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 12:00 p.m.
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The victory marked head coach Jennifer Averill's 400th win as the head coach of the field hockey program. Overall, Averill holds an overall record of 420-252-6 including three National Championships, all coming during her time in Winston-Salem.
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— Wake Forest Hockey (@WakeHockey) September 16, 2022
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Over the course of Wake Forest's (4-2) win-streak, the Deacs have outscored opponents 22-5. Additionally, Wake Forest has scored 13 of its 22 goals in the first half in those victories.
In a back-and-forth affair on Friday afternoon, Wake Forest jumped up to an early 1-0 lead when Anna Gwiazdzinski scored her third goal of the season with 33 seconds left in the first quarter.
After Richmond knotted the match at a goal apiece in the second period, the score remained tied headed into intermission despite a flurry of shots in the final two minutes by the Deacs.
The Demon Deacons scored a pair of goals in the third period when Ashley Hart and Hannah Maxwell tallied their fourth scores of the season, respectively.
The Spiders answered with a pair of goals in the first-five minutes of the fourth period to knot the match at three apiece.
Undaunted, Sky Caron netted the go-ahead score as she successfully converted a penalty stroke giving the Deacs a 4-3 lead with seven and change left to play.
Wake Forest outshot Richmond 28-11 on Friday and the Demon Deacons offensive attack led to 12 penalty corners.
The win over the Spiders also extends the Deacs' winning streak over Richmond to 11-straight matches, dating back to 1998. Additionally over this streak, the Demon Deacons are +38 in goal differential against Richmond.
How It Happened
- Through five minutes of back-and-forth play, Richmond had two corner opportunities, one of which resulted in a shot saved by Ellie Todd and the other missed wide left.
- Wake Forest responded with a corner of their own taken by Grace Delmotte, which led to a booming strike by Maggie Dickman.
- Dickman's strike was saved by the Richmond goalkeeper as the match remained scoreless.
- The Demon Deacons took strong control of possession battle in the later half of the first period resulting in three shots.
- With just 33 seconds remaining in the first period, Wake Forest capitalized on its consistent pressure as Anna Gwiazdzinski produced an unassisted goal to give the Deacs a 1-0 advantage after the opening 15 minutes.
- All of Gwiazdzinski's three goals have come inside Kentner Stadium.
- With 11 minutes remaining in the first half, Richmond tied the match at 1-1 with an unassisted goal.
- Hannah Maxwell and Brooke McCusker added to the Wake Forest shot total as they fired three attempts on goal within a two minute span at the midway point of the second period.
- The Deacs strung together one last surge going into halftime as Delmotte took Wake Forest's second corner opportunity of the match.
- The resulting shot by Lee Ann Gordon was blocked as the Spiders and Demon Deacons headed into halftime locked at one.
- Wake Forest doubled Richmond's shot attempts (12-6) in the first 30 minutes, with both teams firing a trio of shots on goal.
- The Demon Deacons earned three subsequent corner opportunities early in the third period, all taken by Grace Delmotte.
- Wake Forest was unable to convert on the first two corner opportunities.
- The third corner resulted in a score by Ashley Hart, tallying her fourth score of the season as she was assisted by Lee Ann Gordon (fourth) and Sky Caron (third).
- The pressure continued as Wake Forest found themselves in the same situation less than a minute later as Hannah Maxwell initiated another corner.
- Lee Ann Gordon's resulting shot was saved.
- Wake Forest tallied their fifth and sixth corner of the third period with five minutes left in the period.
- The Deacs' resulting shots were unsuccessful as Caron, McCusker, and Delmotte all challenged the goalkeeper.
- The Deacons were finally able to crack the Richmond defense as Hannah Maxwell scored her fourth goal of the season off Maggie Dickman's first assist in 2022.
- This score extended the Wake Forest lead to 3-1.
- Overall, Wake Forest played a commanding third period as the Deacs tallied 13 shots, seven corners and two scores.
- Richmond found the back of the net twice in the opening five minutes of the fourth period to tie the match at three with 11 minutes to go.
- Sky Caron netted the go-ahead score as she successfully converted a penalty stroke giving the Deacs a 4-3 lead with seven and change left to play.
- A strong defensive effort by Wake Forest held off Richmond's final push, successfully stopping two corner opportunities in the concluding four minutes of the match.
Head Coach Jennifer Averill - "Give credit to Richmond. They played extremely well and definitely came in here and showed purpose. I'm really proud of my team. It was a challenging game for both teams throughout each quarter. It was great to see the resilience and camaraderie of contributions on and off the pitch as a unit. They really won this game themselves.
"The 400 wins at Wake Forest is a reflection of my team. Not me. I'm really really proud to be a part of their journey."
Up Next
The Deacs open a three-match road swing on Sunday, Sept. 18 against Ohio State at 1 p.m. in Columbus. The match can be streamed on Big Ten Plus with a paid subscription.
Wake Forest then travels to Chapel Hill for its ACC Opener on Friday, Sept. 23 against North Carolina at 4 p.m. before finishing off the road trip with a non-conference matchup at Appalachian State on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 12:00 p.m.
Follow The Deacs:
GoDeacs.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Team Stats
UR
WAKE
Goals
3
4
Shots
11
28
Shots on Goal
6
13
Saves
9
3
Corners
6
12
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Scoring Plays
Anna Gwiazdzinski (3)
GOAL by WAKE Anna Gwiazdzinski (FIRST GOAL), goal number 3 for season.
14:27
FRANK, Lindsey
GOAL by UR FRANK, Lindsey.
18:48
Ashley Hart (4)
Assisted By: Sky Caron , Lee Ann Gordon
GOAL by WAKE Ashley Hart, Assist by Sky Caron and Lee Ann Gordon, goal number 4 for season.
32:20
Hannah Maxwell (4)
Assisted By: Maggie Dickman
GOAL by WAKE Hannah Maxwell, Assist by Maggie Dickman, goal number 4 for season.
40:50
HYATT, Madi (2)
Assisted By: FRANK, Lindsey
GOAL by UR HYATT, Madi, Assist by FRANK, Lindsey, goal number 2 for season.
45:44
LAVELLE, Alexandria (1)
Assisted By: McMEEKING, Jess
GOAL by UR LAVELLE, Alexandria, Assist by McMEEKING, Jess, goal number 1 for season.
48:50
Sky Caron (3)
WAKE Sky Caron PENALTY STROKE GOAL, goal number 3 for season.
52:11
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
5
SOG
3
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
3
SOG
3
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
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