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Four Goals in Second Half Leads Wake Forest to Victory Over UNCW
10/15/2024 8:37:00 PM | Men's Soccer
The Demon Deacons recorded three goals in the first 20 minutes of the second half to extend their unbeaten streak to six-straight matches.
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Despite a one-goal deficit at halftime, the Wake Forest men's soccer team (6-3-5, 2-1-2 ACC) tallied three goals in the first 20 minutes of the second half before recording a 4-1 victory over UNCW (3-6-4, 2-3-0 CAA) on Tuesday night.
Wake Forest is now unbeaten in six-straight matches, with victories over Syracuse, ETSU, Boston College and UNCW along with draws against Wofford and current No. 11 Duke.
UNCW did take a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute, marking the first goal Wake Forest had conceded in 394 consecutive minutes of action dating back to the Deacs' 2-1 comeback victory over Syracuse on Sept. 27. It would ultimately be the Seahawks' only shot on goal in the match.
The Deacs eventually responded with a goal less than two minutes into the second half, as junior Basit Umar logged his second goal of the season. Then in a 73-second span between the 63rd and 65th minutes, freshmen Daniel Krueger and Dylan Borso notched the game-winning and insurance goals.
In the 79th minute, senior Nicolas Mancilla scored his first career goal as the Deacs beat UNCW keeper Trey Smiley for the fourth time in the second half.
Wake Forest will focus its attention to ACC action for the remainder of the regular season, first facing Virginia Tech on Saturday evening at Spry Stadium.
The contest will serve as the program's annual Genna Wiley Memorial Match and bidding has begun for this year's pink jerseys with proceeds benefiting the Cancer Health Equity Patient Care fund at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the match will stream on ACC Network Extra.
Six-Straight Unbeaten
With the victory against UNCW, Wake Forest's current unbeaten streak has reached a season-high six matches. During this run, Wake Forest is 4-0-2 and has outscored opponents 10-2.
The Deacs' six-match unbeaten streak is the third-longest in the ACC, trailing only No. 2 Stanford's 10-match unbeaten stretch and No. 10 SMU's seven matches without losing.
How It Happened
"A great win on the road tonight for the group. After going down early, the guys kept playing and stuck together and were able to come out in the second half to find the tying goal and took over from there. A complete team win. Now all focus is trying to get healthy and recharged for a great and highly ranked Virginia Tech team."
Up Next
Wake Forest will return to Spry Stadium on Saturday evening hosting Virginia Tech in the program's annual Genna Wiley Memorial Match.
Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the match will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.
Wake Forest is now unbeaten in six-straight matches, with victories over Syracuse, ETSU, Boston College and UNCW along with draws against Wofford and current No. 11 Duke.
UNCW did take a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute, marking the first goal Wake Forest had conceded in 394 consecutive minutes of action dating back to the Deacs' 2-1 comeback victory over Syracuse on Sept. 27. It would ultimately be the Seahawks' only shot on goal in the match.
The Deacs eventually responded with a goal less than two minutes into the second half, as junior Basit Umar logged his second goal of the season. Then in a 73-second span between the 63rd and 65th minutes, freshmen Daniel Krueger and Dylan Borso notched the game-winning and insurance goals.
In the 79th minute, senior Nicolas Mancilla scored his first career goal as the Deacs beat UNCW keeper Trey Smiley for the fourth time in the second half.
Wake Forest will focus its attention to ACC action for the remainder of the regular season, first facing Virginia Tech on Saturday evening at Spry Stadium.
The contest will serve as the program's annual Genna Wiley Memorial Match and bidding has begun for this year's pink jerseys with proceeds benefiting the Cancer Health Equity Patient Care fund at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the match will stream on ACC Network Extra.
Six-Straight Unbeaten
With the victory against UNCW, Wake Forest's current unbeaten streak has reached a season-high six matches. During this run, Wake Forest is 4-0-2 and has outscored opponents 10-2.
The Deacs' six-match unbeaten streak is the third-longest in the ACC, trailing only No. 2 Stanford's 10-match unbeaten stretch and No. 10 SMU's seven matches without losing.
How It Happened
- After the Demon Deacons held all of the possession in the opening minutes of the match, junior Basit Umar registered the first shot of the evening in the fourth minute.
- Freshman Daniel Krueger had a tremendous opportunity inside the box in the eighth minute, but the UNCW goalkeeper made a diving effort to keep the ball out.
- UNCW took a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute off a corner kick.
- It was the first goal Wake Forest had given up since the Deacs' 2-1 win over Syracuse back in September.
- Krueger once again nearly logged his first goal as a Deac, heading in a free kick from sophomore Jose Perez that was stymied.
- Wake Forest generated a pair of opportunities in the 42nd minute, first from graduate Colin Thomas before sophomore Travis Smith Jr. logged an attempt that went across the goalmouth.
- The Demon Deacons finished the first half with eight shots to UNCW's two and controlled 69 percent of the possession.
- Wake Forest leveled the match less than two minutes into the second half, as Umar tallied his second goal of the season after his game-winning strike against Syracuse.
- Thomas logged the first assist of his graduate campaign and the ninth of his career while freshman Dylan Borso tallied the second assist of his debut season.
- In the 63rd minute, Wake Forest took its first lead of the evening as Krueger headed home his first career goal.
- Just 1:13 later, Borso scored his second career goal, completing a beautiful Wake Forest run through the center of the Seahawk defense.
- Flax tallied his seventh career assist and first of 2024 while redshirt sophomore Nico Rabiu collected his second assist of the year.
- Less than 11 minutes after entering the match, senior Nicolas Mancilla scored his first career goal with a 79th-minute tally.
- Redshirt freshman keeper Jonah Mednard made his second appearance of the season in the 81st minute, as he saw out the last nine minutes in a 4-1 Wake Forest victory.
- Graduate Prince Amponsah earned his 75th career start, 22nd-most in program history. His 83 appearances also ranks tied for 13th in program history alongside Andy Lubhan (2009-13), Scott Sealy (2001-04) and Wake Forest Sports Hall of Famer Mark Erwin (1980-83).
- Junior Cooper Flax earned his 40th career start.
- Graduate Sidney Paris earned his 10th start at Wake Forest.
- Sophomore Jose Perez made his 25th career appearance.
- Sophomore Travis Smith Jr. made his 25th career appearance.
- Freshman Ryan Belal earned his first career start.
- He is the sixth Demon Deacon freshman this year to make a start, joining Pariss Mitchell, Daniel Krueger, Amoni Thomas, Dylan Borso and Will Jackson.
- Wake Forest now leads the all-time series with UNCW 6-2-1 and have won four-straight matches against the Seahawks.
"A great win on the road tonight for the group. After going down early, the guys kept playing and stuck together and were able to come out in the second half to find the tying goal and took over from there. A complete team win. Now all focus is trying to get healthy and recharged for a great and highly ranked Virginia Tech team."
Up Next
Wake Forest will return to Spry Stadium on Saturday evening hosting Virginia Tech in the program's annual Genna Wiley Memorial Match.
Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the match will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.
Team Stats
Wake
UNCW
Goals
4
1
Shots
13
8
Shots on Goal
9
1
Saves
0
5
Corners
7
4
Fouls
11
9
Scoring Plays
Jake Shannon (1)
Assisted By: Jack Clarkson
GOAL by UNCW Shannon, Jake Assist by Clarkson, Jack.
09:36
Basit Umar (2)
Assisted By: Dylan Borso , Colin Thomas
GOAL by Wake Umar, Basit Assist by Borso, Dylan and Thomas, Colin.
46:47
Daniel Krueger (1)
Assisted By: Travis Smith Jr.
GOAL by Wake Krueger, Daniel Assist by Smith Jr., Travis.
62:53
Dylan Borso (2)
Assisted By: Nico Rabiu , Cooper Flax
GOAL by Wake Borso, Dylan Assist by Rabiu, Nico and Flax, Cooper.
64:06
Nicolas Mancilla (1)
GOAL by Wake Mancilla, Nicolas.
78:27
Game Leaders
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Shots
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SOG
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Goals
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Assists
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Shots
3
SOG
3
Goals
1
Assists
0
mid
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
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