Demon Deacons Prevail in Overtime at James Madison

HARRISONBURG, Va. - Just thirty seconds into the overtime period, freshman Lauren Storey struck for her second goal of the match to lead Wake Forest (6-8, 1-4 ACC) over James Madison (10-4, 5-0 MAC) on Sunday afternoon at the JMU Field Hockey Complex.

Storey's special freshman season continues as she becomes the first Demon Deacon with 15 or more points since the 2022 season.

Graduate transfer Lotte Smorenburg opened the scoring for Wake Forest with her first goal as a Demon Deacon and seventh of her collegiate career.

Wake Forest had one of its best performances offensively, outshooting James Madison 18-7 (12-6 shots on goal) and generating 11 penalty corners while holding the Dukes to just one.

In goal, junior Ellie Todd added four saves and now has 59 on the season. For the fifth time this season, Todd finished with five or more saves. She now has 184 saves in 50 career games.

How It Happened

Both teams fought to find their footing with James Madison taking the lone shot of the first 15 minutes that was saved by junior goalkeeper Ellie Todd.
James Madison opened the scoring with a goal two minutes into the second period.
The Deacs answered less than four minutes later on the first goal of the season by graduate transfer Lotte Smorenburg.
- Sophomore Faye Janse was credited with the assist for her second of the season.
  - With the assist, Janse moves into double digits with 10 points on the year.

Todd made her second save of the afternoon with five minutes remaining in the period to keep things level at 1-1.
Right before the half, Janse and fellow sophomore Georgia Leary both put shots on cage, but a pair of saves keep the match tied going into halftime.
Wake Forest came out of the half looking to break the tie with a shot by midfielder Ava Moore that was saved by the JMU goalie.
Todd was tested again early in the frame but came up with back-to-back saves to keep the match tied early through the third quarter.
The Dukes took advantage of a Wake Forest green card to grab a 2-1 lead.
Wake stayed on the attack with the final three shots of the quarter as the Deacs looked for an equalizer.
The Deacs opened the fourth quarter with back-to-back penalty corners forcing the James Madison keeper into two more saves.
After a foul inside the circle by JMU, freshman Lauren Storey converted from the spot to tie the match at 2-2 with just over five minutes remaining in the match.
- The goal marked the fifth of the year for the forward and the second penalty stroke goal.
Storey ripped a pair of shots on cage in the final two minutes but two more saves from JMU sent the match to overtime at 2-2.
Wake Forest found the winner just 30 seconds into the overtime period to take home a 3-2 victory.
- Moore fed a pass into the circle that Storey maneuvered passed the JMU goalie to seal the win.
  - The brace from Storey marked the second time this year that the freshman has scored two goals in a match.
  - She paces the Deacs with 15 points this season.

Quotables
"We are incredibly proud of this hard-fought battle. The score represents an overtime victory, but equally as significant were the non-quantifiable victories and growth that we won today. The team showed tremendous resilience today." - head coach Jen Averill

Up Next
Wake Forest closes the road portion of the regular season at Stanford and Cal next weekend in California.

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Team Stats

Lauren Storey

Lotte Smorenberg

Faye Janse

Ava Moore

Players Mentioned

Faye Janse

Georgia Leary

Ava Moore

Lotte Smorenburg

Lauren Storey

Ellie Todd

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