Wake Forest University
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Lafayette
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Fast Start Propels No. 20 Wake Forest to 6-1 Win Over Lafayette
9/2/2022 7:39:00 PM | Field Hockey
Six different Deacs found the back of the net in the Friday victory, highlighted by four first-half goals.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The No. 20 Wake Forest field hockey team captured its first win of the 2022 season, defeating Lafayette, 6-1, Friday inside Kentner Stadium.
Wake Forest (1-2) took hold of a 4-1 first half lead and never looked back as preseason All-ACC honoree Meike Lanckohr (2nd minute), junior Anna Gwiazdzinski (7th minute), graduate student Sky Caron (11th minute) and junior Hannah Maxwell (29th minute) notched goals in the opening half.
Overall, the Deacs controlled the opening 30 minutes of action, holding a 12-3 advantage in shots over Lafayette (1-2) while taking the only six corners of the half.
A pair of Wake Forest's opening goals were scored on successful corner opportunities taken by Grace Delmotte. Both Delmotte and Lee Ann Gordon tallied two assists in the first half, tying their career highs.
Additionally, the Demon Deacons registered four goals in one half for the first time since Oct. 28, 2018 versus Davidson.
Wake Forest continued to apply pressure and control the match for the final 30 minutes of play. Sophomore Ashley Hart (39th minute) and senior Maggie Dickman (49th minute) added unanswered second half goals to ultimately secure the Deacs a 6-1 victory.
Freshman goalkeeper Ellie Todd made her second-straight start, tallying one save in 30 minutes before junior Tori Glaister took over in goal for the second half.
How It Happened
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Preseason All-ACC honoree Meike Lanckhor gave the Deacs an early 1-0 lead with her first goal of the season just two minutes into the match.
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The score came off applying consistent pressure early in the game resulting in a corner taken by Grace Delmotte. Lee Ann Gordon also picked up an assist on the goal, her first of the season.
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Wake Forest continued the pressure at the three-minute mark with a shot on goal by Brooke McCusker.
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Wake Forest struck again just moments later, taking a 2-0 advantage at the seven-minute mark of the match.
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The goal was scored by Anna Gwiazdzinski, her second on the season. Lanckohr was credited with the assist on the play, her first of the season.
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Sky Caron found the back of the net stretching the Demon Deacon lead to 3-0 in just 12 minutes of play.
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This was Caron's first goal of her Wake Forest career. Caron's score came off Grace Delmotte's 4th corner of the game. Both Delmotte and Gordon dished out their second assists of the match on this play, tying their career highs.
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Wake Forest ended the first period leading 3-0, successfully converting on two of their four corner opportunities and taking a total of six shots on goal.
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Lafayette cut the Demon Deacon lead to 3-1 with a score five minutes into the second period.
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Wake Forest goalkeeper Ellie Todd made her first save of the match just prior to the Leopards' successful shot.
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Sky Caron's booming shot missed just wide on her second attempt of the game. The shot on goal was the product of Delmotte's sixth corner of the first half.
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Hannah Maxwell broke away from the defense and pushed the ball past the Lafayette goalie for an unassisted goal with just two seconds remaining in the half, pushing the Demon Deacon lead to 4-1 at the intermission.
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This marked Maxwell's first goal of 2022.
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At the break, Wake Forest outshot the Leopards 12-3, while taking the only corners of the opening 30 minutes of play (six).
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After 10 minutes of back-and-forth play to start the second half, Ashley Hart got the second half scoring started as Wake Forest continued to pull away from Lafayette as they now led 5-1.
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This marked Hart's second goal of the 2022 season
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In the fourth period of play, Wake Forest continued to control the ball and the overall match. Hannah Maxwell assisted Maggie Dickman's first score of the 2022 season, furthering the Wake Forest lead to 6-1 and solidifying their first victory of the new season.
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This marked Maxwell's first assist of the season as the junior produced a game-high three points in the win.
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Quotables
Head Coach Jennifer Averill - "It was really nice to see the application we talked about pregame activated in the first quarter. That was by far our best performance of the season. It's nice for them to get results and some encouragement of being able to finish like we did. I'm super proud of every single member of the squad being able to contribute today."
Up Next
The Deacs head out on the road for the first time this season against UC Davis (Sept. 9) and Cal (Sept. 11) before returning home for their last home non-conference match of September against Richmond on Sept. 16.
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Team Stats
Meike Lanckohr (1)
Assisted By: Lee Ann Gordon , Grace Delmotte
GOAL by WAKE Meike Lanckohr (FIRST GOAL), Assist by Lee Ann Gordon and Grace Delmotte, goal number 1 for season.
2:13
Anna Gwiazdzinski (2)
Assisted By: Meike Lanckohr
GOAL by WAKE Anna Gwiazdzinski, Assist by Meike Lanckohr, goal number 2 for season.
7:10
Sky Caron (1)
Assisted By: Grace Delmotte , Lee Ann Gordon
GOAL by WAKE Sky Caron, Assist by Grace Delmotte and Lee Ann Gordon, goal number 1 for season.
11:26
Molly McAndrew (1)
GOAL by LAF Molly McAndrew, goal number 1 for season.
20:09
Hannah Maxwell (1)
GOAL by WAKE Hannah Maxwell, goal number 1 for season.
29:58
Ashley Hart (2)
GOAL by WAKE Ashley Hart, goal number 2 for season.
39:31
Maggie Dickman (1)
Assisted By: Hannah Maxwell
GOAL by WAKE Maggie Dickman, Assist by Hannah Maxwell, goal number 1 for season.
49:40
