Demon Deacons Comeback Effort Falls Short at UMass Lowell

LOWELL, Mass. - Despite outshooting UMass Lowell 20 to six, Wake Forest dropped a 1-0 battle on Sunday afternoon at Wicked Blue Field.

The Deacs (2-5, 0-1 ACC) generated nine penalty corners, including six in the final quarter of play, as they pushed for an equalizer while holding the River Hawks (4-3, 0-0 AEC) to just one in the first five minutes of the match.

The 20 shots for Wake Forest marked the most for the Demon Deacons since taking 24 against Colgate a season ago. Freshman Lauren Storey led the Deacs with four shots while Mia Montag and Faye Janse each had three apiece.

Defensively, it marked the second time this season that the Deacs have held an opponent to under six shots as Wake Forest held App State to just three attempts.

How It Happened

The Wake Forest corner defense blocked the match's first shot five minutes into the action.
Both teams fought to find their footing with just the one shot on the River Hawks penalty between the two teams in the first quarter.
The Deacs drew a penalty corner just under two minutes into the second quarter for the first offensive chance of the afternoon.
- Freshman Mia Montag got a pair of shots on cage that generated another corner for the Deacs.
- Senior Ashley Hart nearly got the Deacs on the board as her shot on the corner went just wide off the right of the cage.
Wake stayed on the front foot in the opening minutes of the second quarter with sophomore Mia Schoenbeck sending the Deacs fourth shot of the quarter wide left.
Junior goalkepper Ellie Todd got into the action late in the second quarter with a great save for her first of the match to keep things scoreless.
Taking advantage of a UMass Lowell yellow card, Wake Forest earned their third penalty corner with under eight minutes to go in the third quarter.
- Sophomore Georgia Leary rocketed a pair of shots that were both blocked by River Hawk defenders.
UMass Lowell took a 1-0 lead with 6:15 left in the third quarter.
Wake nearly answered less than a minute later with a shot from sophomore Faye Janse.
With six seconds left in the third, freshman Lauren Storey sent a shot off the top of the cage just missing tying the match at 1-1.
Graduate transfer Anabelle Brodeur came within inches of her second-straight game with a goal, but a stick save from the River Hawk goalie kept the Deacs off the board.
The Deacs continued to push for an equalizer with four corners in the first ten minutes of the fourth quarter and five shots.
Despite a flurry of chances, Wake Forest could not find an equalizer, dropping the match 1-0.

Quotables
"Tough loss. I'm proud of the second-half performance we generated a tremendous amount of opportunities in open play and set pieces. Unfortunately, none of those prevailed. We will rebound and continue to build." - head coach Jen Averill

Up Next
Wake Forest returns to Kentner Stadium next weekend for a pair of matches against ACC-foe Syracuse and Kent State. The Deacs will take on the Orange on Friday at 6 p.m. on the ACC Network and battle the Flashes on Sunday at 12 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

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Demon Deacons Comeback Effort Falls Short at UMass Lowell

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Team Stats

Lauren Storey

Faye Janse

Mia Montag

Mia Schoenbeck

Players Mentioned

Anabelle Brodeur

Ashley Hart

Faye Janse

Georgia Leary

Mia Montag

Mia Schoenbeck

Lauren Storey

Ellie Todd

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