Wake Forest Headed Home with Double Overtime Victory at Cal

BERKELEY, Calif. – Battling for over 70 minutes, the Wake Forest field hockey team triumphed, 3-2, over the California Golden Bears in double overtime on Sunday afternoon.

Offensively the Demon Deacons (7-9, 2-5 ACC) finished with 22 shots, marking the third time this season Wake Forest has finished with 20 or more shots in a match. This also marked the most shots the Demon Deacons have recorded in an ACC match this season and the most since at least the 2012 season.

With the help of the game-winner from sophomore Faye Janse in the second overtime, the Deacs have now secured their spot in postseason play, qualifying for the ACC Tournament. The Demon Deacons will have home field advantage for the ACC Tournament as it will be hosted at historic Kentner Field from Nov. 5-8.

The Wake Forest back line was strong once again, holding California (7-8, 1-6 ACC) to just four shots on goal and one goal coming in the run of play.

The youth of Wake Forest continues to shine as goals from sophomore Ava Moore, freshman Lauren Storey and Janse improve the mark of 59 of the Demon Deacon's 75 points coming from underclassmen this season.

Storey's 17 points as a freshman mark the most by a first-year Wake Forest student-athlete since 2016 ACC Freshman of the Year Nicola Pluta's 41 points.

Janse now has five goals on the season and 12 total points while Moore tallied her first goal of the season and third point overall.

How It Happened

Wake Forest successfully defended the first penalty corner of the match, blocking an attempt by the Golden Bears.
Graduate transfer Anabelle Brodeur ripped the first shot for the Deacs, having her shot blocked with 3:55 remaining in the first period.
Sophomore Faye Janse sent a pair of shots wide as Wake Forest looked to break the deadlock early in the second quarter.
Freshman Lauren Storey got loose in the circle, but the Cal defense blocked her shot attempt.
Wake Forest earned their first penalty corner with 7:40 left on the clock in the second.
- Junior Amelia Frey had her shot blocked and Storey ripped a shot just wide.
California took a 1-0 lead with just under five minutes left in the half.
With just 24 seconds left in the first half, sophomore Ava Moore struck for her first goal of the season to tie the match at 1-1.
- The goal marked the third of Moore's career.
The Bears took advantage of three straight penalty corners to grab a 2-1 lead in the third quarter.
A shot by freshman Mia Montag was sent away by Cal on the Deacs' second penalty corner of the match.
Looking for an equalizer, Wake Forest drew a pair of early penalty corners to start the fourth quarter, but Moore's shot attempt was blocked.
Wake Forest looked to have equalized on a beautifully executed penalty corner with freshman Lena Keller feeding Montag. After review, the goal was disallowed.
Drawing a penalty stroke with 6:50 left in the match, Storey looked to equalize from the spot. However, a save from the Cal goalkeeper kept the match at 2-1.
Storey found the back of the cage with less than three minutes remaining in the game to send the Deacs into OT.
- The goal marked the seventh of her freshman campaign for the Auckland, New Zealand native.
Wake looked to strike quickly in the first overtime period with a penalty corner just 1:30 into the frame.
- Sophomore Mia Schoenbeck's shot sailed just wide to keep the match knotted at 2-2.
The Deacs defended a pair of penalty corners by Cal to keep the match alive.
- Junior goalkeeper Ellie Todd came up with her second save of the match to send the match to a second overtime period.
Moore nearly struck again, putting a shot on goal early in the second overtime.
After a turnover by the Bears, Janse made a great run into the circle and fired a rocket from the right side into the back of the cage to seal the 3-2 victory for the Demon Deacons.
- For Janse, it marked her fifth goal of the season and the second time this year with an overtime goal to cap a Wake Forest victory.

Quotables
"Our ability to rebound after a challenging loss on Friday night was remarkable. I'm extremely proud of not only the outcome, but the fight the players showed throughout. We created many more opportunities from the field today, contested more shots and played better as a team. It's a great win against a very talented Cal squad." - head coach Jen Averill

Up Next
Wake Forest returns home to Kentner Stadium on Friday, Nov. 1 for Seniors and Graduates Night against Virginia. First touch on ACC Network Extra is set for 5 p.m.

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Wake Forest Headed Home with Double Overtime Victory at Cal

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Team Stats

Faye Janse

Lauren Storey

Ava Moore

Mia Schoenbeck

Players Mentioned

Anabelle Brodeur

Amelia Frey

Faye Janse

Lena Keller

Mia Montag

Ava Moore

Mia Schoenbeck

Lauren Storey

Ellie Todd

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