Wake Forest Defeats James Madison in Sunday Showdown

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The No. 12 Wake Forest field hockey team beat the James Madison Dukes, 1-0, on Sunday afternoon inside Kentner Stadium.

Wake Forest (2-2, 0-0 ACC) outshot James Madison (2-2, 0-0 MAC) by a margin of 17-3 (7-3 on goal) and 5-0 in the first half. The Deacs also recorded seven corners to JMU's zero.

The Deacs went into the half with the shot advantage, 5-0. Wake started the second half getting inside the Dukes' attacking third right away. The Deacs earned a corner less than four minutes into the half, taken by Grace Delmotte and resulted in a shot by Brooke McCusker. Faye Janse rattled off a shot nine minutes into the half that resulted in a corner for the Deacs, which was taken by Delmotte. Off Delmotte's insert, Nat Friedman fired one at the cage and Georgia Leary was right there to tap it in to give the Deacs the 1-0 advantage with less than six minutes remaining in the third quarter.

Janse led Wake Forest with four shots and two on goal. Friedman had three shots, followed by Amelia Frey and McCusker with two. Six other Deacs recorded at least one shot. In goal, Ellie Todd made three saves on all three JMU shots for her second shutout of the season.

How It Happened

The Deacs got going offensively early, pushing inside the Dukes' circle early within the first two minutes of action.
The Wake Forest defense did not allow James Madison inside the circle until six minutes into the first quarter.
Ava Moore took the ball all the way in the sixth minute before a JMU defender cut her off at the front of the right side of the cage.
Amelia Frey got a shot off in the seventh minute but was stopped by the JMU keeper and followed with a second attempt five minutes later.
Before the end of the first quarter, Anna Gwiazdzinski also got inside the circle for a shot that went just wide.
Wake started the second quarter strong, getting inside the JMU circle twice within the first five minutes.
With less than a minute remaining, the Deacs got back-to-back corners, both taken by Grace Delmotte.
- Mia Schoenbeck and Faye Janse each got a shot off.
The Deacs went into the half with the shot advantage, 5-0.
Wake started the second half getting inside the Dukes' attacking third right away.
The Deacs earned a corner less than four minutes into the half, taken by Delmotte and resulted in a shot by Brooke McCusker.
Janse rattled off a shot nine minutes into the half that resulted in a corner for the Deacs, which was taken by Delmotte.
- Off Delmotte's insert, Nat Friedman fired one at the cage and Georgia Leary was right there to tap it in to give the Deacs the 1-0 advantage with less than six minutes remaining in the third quarter.
Moore and Immie Gillgrass each got a shot off before the end of the quarter.
The fourth and final quarter started off with a Wake Forest corner and back-to-back shots by Friedman and Delmotte.
- Five minutes later Janse got back-to-back shot opportunities.
The Deacs had their seventh and final corner of the game with five minutes left to play that resulted in a shot by McCusker off the insert from Janse.
The Deacs went on to win the game, 1-0.

Quotables
"We had a tough task today. We came in knowing we had to really work on our connections, and part of communication is listening. So, can we listen, and can we do? We have three A's today. I'm not going to get into it and give my secrets away, but we did a much better job working together as a unit. Unfortunately, on Friday we tried to be a hero and do everything alone, and that's a hard lesson to learn.

Today, we shared the ball, we moved the ball, we played some really good hockey and possessed, and we got the result. Any time you can out-corner and out-shoot your opposition you're putting yourself in a good position to win the game." - head coach Jen Averill

Up Next
Starting on Thursday, Sept. 7, the Wake Forest field hockey program will be hosting a celebration weekend in honor of the three-peat national titles Coach Averill and the Deacs won from 2002-2004. The weekend will begin with a social hour on Thursday ahead of the official reunion celebration party on Friday the 8th.

Saturday, Sept. 9, there will be a Reunion tailgate ahead of the football game against Vanderbilt and the weekend will conclude with a tailgate on Sunday the 10th for the Wake Forest vs. App State field hockey game at 12 p.m. inside Kentner Stadium.

Next Event

Team Stats

Georgia Leary

Nat Friedman

Faye Janse

Brooke McCusker

Players Mentioned

Grace Delmotte

Amelia Frey

Nat Friedman

Immie Gillgrass

Anna Gwiazdzinski

Faye Janse

Georgia Leary

Brooke McCusker

Ava Moore

Mia Schoenbeck

Ellie Todd

Wake Forest Athletics