Wake Forest Wins Double Overtime Thriller Over Louisville

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Battling for nearly 80 minutes, sophomore Faye Janse found the back of the cage midway through the second overtime period to give the Wake Forest (5-7, 1-3 ACC) field hockey team a thrilling come-from-behind victory over Louisville (5-9, 1-5 ACC) on Sunday afternoon at Kentner Stadium.

Janse found herself in space along the right side of the circle and fired a laser into the top right corner of the cage for her fourth goal of the 2024 season. The sophomore also added an assist on the Deacs second goal, making a great individual run before feeding fellow second-year Ana Franco to tie the match at 2-2 going into halftime.

Wake Forest got on the scoreboard first in the 11th minute off a penalty corner goal by freshman Lena Keller on assists from Mia Montag and Lauren Storey. Overall for the match, the Deacs outshot the Cardinal 10-6.

In goal, junior Ellie Todd added four saves and now has 48 over the Deacs 12 contests. Todd has started in net for every game this season and now holds a record of 5-7 between the pipes this season.

Through 12 games, Todd has the lowest goals against average of her career, posting a 1.20 GAA this season while also having a career-best .762 save percentage. She now has 173 saves in 48 career games.

How It Happened

Wake Forest put pressure on the Louisville backline immediately, as junior Rachel Thetford put a shot just wide of the cage within the first minute of the game.
Junior goalkeeper Ellie Todd was forced into action in the tenth minute of the first quarter, making a diving save to keep the game scoreless.
The Deacs broke the deadlock two minutes later off a penalty corner from freshman Mia Montag, as freshman Lena Keller scored her second goal of the season from the top of the circle after the ball was stopped by freshman Lauren Storey.
Wake Forest defended a Cardinal penalty corner to preserve the early lead through 15 minutes of action.
Louisville equalized within the first minute of the second quarter.
The Deacs restored their lead in the fourth minute of the second after sophomore Anastasia Franco tapped in a cross from sophomore Faye Janse after a beautiful run from Janse.
Louisville equalized on a penalty stroke with one minute left in the first half, sending the game to the half at 2-2.
The Demon Deacons earned a penalty corner with two minutes left in the third quarter, but Janse's shot went wide of the cage.
Janse came close to breaking the tie as her shot with six minutes remaining in regulation went wide.
Todd made her second save of the game with less than three minutes left to keep the game tied.
Graduate student Annabelle Brodeur had a chance to win the game in the dying seconds, but her shot went high of the cage, sending the game to overtime tied at 2-2.
Todd made another crucial save for the Deacs, stopping a close range shot off a penalty corner four minutes into the overtime period
Lauren Storey's diving effort went just wide as the Deacs looked for the winner in the last two minutes of the first overtime period.
The Deacs defended back-to-back corners in the final minute of the first overtime period, including Todd making her fourth save of the game.
Storey had another chance to win the game for the Deacs, but her shot off of a penalty corner with 20 seconds remaining was saved, sending the contest to a second overtime period.
Wake continued to push for the winner in the second overtime, as sophomore Ava Moore's shot was blocked.
Janse scored the winning goal for the Deacs four minutes into the second overtime period, giving Wake Forest the 3-2 win and their first ACC win of the season.

Quotables
"The first and second quarter was just awesome to see our press. It was really functional. The theme for us was to be more united both offensively and defensively. In the first half, we certainly did that very well. The third quarter got away from us a little bit and we rebounded in the fourth quarter. I just want to give credit to the players. As a coach, you can only say so much. At the end of the day, they really owned the resiliency. I thought Faye really stood out for us today. She was epic. It wasn't just the goal but she was on fire as a leader of our team and that really showed this afternoon." - head coach Jen Averill

Up Next
Wake Forest stays in conference action with a road trip to take on No. 1 North Carolina on Friday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. on the ACC Network.

Follow The Deacs:
GoDeacs.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Wake Forest Wins Double Overtime Thriller Over Louisville

Next Event

Team Stats

Faye Janse

Ana Franco

Lena Keller

Lauren Storey

Players Mentioned

Ana Franco

Faye Janse

Lena Keller

Mia Montag

Ava Moore

Lauren Storey

Rachel Thetford

Ellie Todd

Wake Forest Athletics