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Roald Mitchell Hat Trick Helps Lead No. 16 Wake Forest to 5-1 Victory
9/4/2023 9:55:00 PM | Men's Soccer
In the first midweek match of the season Wake Forest scored a 5-1 victory over Furman and dominated time of possession over the Paladins.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Four second half goals and the second-career hat trick for Roald Mitchell led No. 16 Wake Forest (2-0-2, 0-0-0 ACC) to a 5-1 victory over Furman (1-2-0, 0-0-0 SoCon) on Monday night at Spry Stadium.
Mitchell (vs. Furman on Sept. 4, 2023 and vs. Winthrop on Sept. 6, 2022) became the first Demon Deacon to record multiple hat tricks since Scott Sealy (vs. UCF Nov. 23, 2004 and vs. Gardner-Webb Oct. 22, 2003) and the sixth Wake Forest player in program history to achieve the feat.
Mitchell scored the first goal of the night and the 14th of his career, as the junior beat Furman goalkeeper Cameron Maung-Maung on a 15th-minute penalty kick try. Despite holding a 7-2 advantage in shots in the opening frame, the Demon Deacons would go into the halftime break level with the Paladins 1-1.
In the second half, Mitchell would add a second in the 54th minute, as he took advantage of a blocked Babacar Niang shot to beat the Furman keeper. He then stepped to the spot for the second time on the night in the 70th minute to record his third goal.
Just 38 seconds later, Jahlane Forbes took advantage of a perfectly placed pass from Liam O'Gara for the first of his senior campaign. Leo Guarino closed out the night's scoring in the 89th minute for the 5-1 victory.
In total, 26 Demon Deacons contributed to the victory.
Wake Forest will next turn its attention to ACC play with a pivotal conference opener on Saturday night at No. 8 Pitt. It will be the sixth all-time meeting between the two programs and first at the Panthers' Ambrose Urbanic Field since the 2019 season.
Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the match will air on ACC Network Extra.
A Hat Trick For Roald
With his two penalty kicks and a 54th-minute strike off a blocked shot, Mitchell recorded his second career hat trick as he also scored three goals against Winthrop last season.
Mitchell became just the sixth Demon Deacon in program history to record multiple hat tricks joining Scott Sealy, Erik Brandsma, John Duguid, Henry Riggs-Miller and Wake Forest Sports Hall of Famer Mark Erwin.
Home Field Advantage
Over the last nine seasons, Wake Forest has registered 96 home victories – most in the country by 20 victories.
Home Wins Since The Start Of The 2015 season
So far this season, Wake Forest is 2-0-1 at home:
"First I want to thank the fans that came out on Labor Day–what a great crowd for a Monday night and their energy was what we needed. We just came off a really tough game at Maryland and got in Saturday afternoon. Training has been hot and we were playing against a Furman team that had eight days rest. It was a tale of two halves. I thought the first half we were on top of them a little bit, but silly fouls led to a restart goal. We weren't matched up and halftime I was a little heated in terms of the expectations that we have to focus on details and do things the right way. In the second half, the guys came out and answered. It's scrappy play from us but we dominated possession and dominated the ball. Our reactions to win the ball back after turnovers were incredible. The highlight of today was that Prince Amponsah got some minutes for the first time this season, Cristian Escribano gave us good minutes for the first time this season and we got to see Jake Swallen for the first time in over a year and a half. It's a win on the score sheet, but it was a win emotionally and I think mentally for the group as a whole just to see those guys back on the field and how much they mean to the program."
Up Next
Wake Forest will play in its ACC opener on Saturday night, facing current No. 8 Pitt in the first meeting with the Panthers at Ambrose Urbanic Field since Sept. 13, 2019.
Kick-off will be at 7 p.m. and the match will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.
Mitchell (vs. Furman on Sept. 4, 2023 and vs. Winthrop on Sept. 6, 2022) became the first Demon Deacon to record multiple hat tricks since Scott Sealy (vs. UCF Nov. 23, 2004 and vs. Gardner-Webb Oct. 22, 2003) and the sixth Wake Forest player in program history to achieve the feat.
Mitchell scored the first goal of the night and the 14th of his career, as the junior beat Furman goalkeeper Cameron Maung-Maung on a 15th-minute penalty kick try. Despite holding a 7-2 advantage in shots in the opening frame, the Demon Deacons would go into the halftime break level with the Paladins 1-1.
In the second half, Mitchell would add a second in the 54th minute, as he took advantage of a blocked Babacar Niang shot to beat the Furman keeper. He then stepped to the spot for the second time on the night in the 70th minute to record his third goal.
Just 38 seconds later, Jahlane Forbes took advantage of a perfectly placed pass from Liam O'Gara for the first of his senior campaign. Leo Guarino closed out the night's scoring in the 89th minute for the 5-1 victory.
In total, 26 Demon Deacons contributed to the victory.
Wake Forest will next turn its attention to ACC play with a pivotal conference opener on Saturday night at No. 8 Pitt. It will be the sixth all-time meeting between the two programs and first at the Panthers' Ambrose Urbanic Field since the 2019 season.
Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the match will air on ACC Network Extra.
A Hat Trick For Roald
With his two penalty kicks and a 54th-minute strike off a blocked shot, Mitchell recorded his second career hat trick as he also scored three goals against Winthrop last season.
Mitchell became just the sixth Demon Deacon in program history to record multiple hat tricks joining Scott Sealy, Erik Brandsma, John Duguid, Henry Riggs-Miller and Wake Forest Sports Hall of Famer Mark Erwin.
Home Field Advantage
Over the last nine seasons, Wake Forest has registered 96 home victories – most in the country by 20 victories.
Home Wins Since The Start Of The 2015 season
- Wake Forest (96 home victories)
- Indiana (76 home victories)
- Kentucky (74 home victories)
- Clemson (72 home victories)
- Georgetown (71 home victories)
So far this season, Wake Forest is 2-0-1 at home:
- Wake Forest 3, Grand Canyon 1 (Aug. 24)
- Wake Forest 1, Cal 1 (Aug. 27)
- Wake Forest 5, Furman 1 (Sept. 4)
- Jahlane Forbes recorded the first shot of the match in the seventh minute, but the senior was unable to register the attempt on frame.
- In the 15th minute, the Demon Deacons were awarded a penalty kick as Babacar Niang was taken down in the box by Furman goalkeeper Cameron Maung-Maung.
- Roald Mitchell stepped up to the spot and perfectly hit the penalty kick for his second goal of the season and the 14th of his career.
- A turnover created by the Demon Deacons nearly led to a 25th-minute goal, but Cooper Flax's shot was headed away by Furman's Dylan Lane.
- Furman made it 1-1 in the 37th minute, recording a goal off a free kick on the team's first shot of the evening.
- Liam O'Gara nearly got a second Deacon goal in the 43rd minute, but his free kick just missed the frame.
- Wake Forest finished the first half with a 7-2 advantage in shots.
- Mitchell nearly recorded a brace in the 53rd minute, but his connection off a well placed Colin Thomas cross was off target.
- The Montclair, N.J., native would get that brace just one minute later, however, as a cross from Chase Oliver found Niang as his shot attempt was blocked before Mitchell found the back of the net.
- Another placed cross from Thomas found the foot of Jeffrey White but the freshman's shot went wide.
- After Furman was assessed a red card, Mitchell stepped to the spot again where he successfully hit on his penalty kick to record the second hat trick of his career.
- It marks the third multi-goal game of his career, as he scored three against Winthrop and two against Fairleigh Dickinson in 2022.
- Then just 38 seconds later, Jahlane Forbes recorded his first goal of the season – and Liam O'Gara registered the first assist of his career – to make it a 4-1 game.
- Just 38 seconds apart, the two Demon Deacon goals were the 10th quickest between goals in program history.
- Jake Swallen, who was making his first appearance since the 2021 season, recorded the Deacs' 16th shot of the night before Leo Guarino finished the scoring in the 89th minute.
- Jahlane Forbes earned his 45th career start in his 55th appearance.
- Colin Thomas earned his 25th career start.
- Roald Mitchell made his 45th career appearance.
- Trace Alphin made his 40th career appearance.
- Aethan Yohannes, Cristian Escribano, Prince Amponsah, Jake Swallen and Nicolas Mancilla made their season debuts while Pranav DuBroff made his collegiate debut.
- With the victory, Wake Forest now leads the all-time series against Furman 10-6-4 with winning results in each of the last two meetings.
- Six of those victories against the Paladins have come in Winston-Salem.
- This was the first meeting between the two schools since a 1-0 Demon Deacon victory during the program's 2007 National Championship season.
"First I want to thank the fans that came out on Labor Day–what a great crowd for a Monday night and their energy was what we needed. We just came off a really tough game at Maryland and got in Saturday afternoon. Training has been hot and we were playing against a Furman team that had eight days rest. It was a tale of two halves. I thought the first half we were on top of them a little bit, but silly fouls led to a restart goal. We weren't matched up and halftime I was a little heated in terms of the expectations that we have to focus on details and do things the right way. In the second half, the guys came out and answered. It's scrappy play from us but we dominated possession and dominated the ball. Our reactions to win the ball back after turnovers were incredible. The highlight of today was that Prince Amponsah got some minutes for the first time this season, Cristian Escribano gave us good minutes for the first time this season and we got to see Jake Swallen for the first time in over a year and a half. It's a win on the score sheet, but it was a win emotionally and I think mentally for the group as a whole just to see those guys back on the field and how much they mean to the program."
Up Next
Wake Forest will play in its ACC opener on Saturday night, facing current No. 8 Pitt in the first meeting with the Panthers at Ambrose Urbanic Field since Sept. 13, 2019.
Kick-off will be at 7 p.m. and the match will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.
Team Stats
FUR
WFU
Goals
1
5
Shots
3
17
Shots on Goal
1
7
Saves
1
0
Corners
3
2
Fouls
13
14
Scoring Plays
Roald Mitchell (2)
WFU Roald Mitchell PENALTY KICK GOAL.
14:28
Alfredo Diaz-Santillan (1)
Assisted By: Callum Holland
GOAL by FUR Diaz-Santillan, Alfredo Assist by Holland, Callum.
36:02
Roald Mitchell (2)
Assisted By: Chase Oliver
GOAL by WFU Mitchell, Roald Assist by Oliver, Chase.
53:47
Roald Mitchell (2)
WFU Roald Mitchell PENALTY KICK GOAL.
69:43
Jahlane Forbes (1)
Assisted By: Liam O'Gara
GOAL by WFU Forbes, Jahlane Assist by O'Gara, Liam.
70:21
Leo Guarino (1)
Assisted By: Cooper Flax
GOAL by WFU Guarino, Leo Assist by Flax, Cooper.
88:43
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Players
Shots
4
SOG
3
Goals
3
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
3
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
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