No. 18 Wake Forest Battles No. 8 Harvard in 1-0 Defeat

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Creating a multitude of late chances in the fourth quarter, Wake Forest was unable to find an equalizer, falling 1-0 to No. 8 Harvard on Sunday afternoon at Kentner Stadium.

Freshman Lena Keller led the Demon Deacons (0-3, 0-0 ACC) with three shots, while senior Brooke McCusker and sophomore Faye Janse each took a pair of shots. Wake Forest generated six corners in the contest.

Harvard (2-0, 0-0 Ivy League) scored their lone goal on a penalty stroke in the third quarter and finished the match with eight penalty corners.

How It Happened

Harvard earned the first corner of the contest six minutes into the contest, but the Wake Forest defense blocked the Crimson shot attempt.
Wake answered quickly with a corner of their own but were unable to get a shot off.
The Crimson countered to earn their second corner.
- Wake was able to block the shot attempt to stop the attack.
Sophomore Georgia Leary put the first shot on cage for the Demon Deacons, forcing the Harvard goalkeeper into a save to keep the match scoreless.
The match remained scoreless after the first 15 minutes of play.
Harvard earned a pair of corners early in the second quarter with both attempts being sent away by Wake Forest.
With 1:42 left in the half, the Demon Deacons put together a string of three straight corners but could not put a shot on goal.
The match went into the half knotted at 0-0.
Graduate transfer Anabelle Brodeur created a quick chance, sending a shot wide of the frame to start the third period.
Harvard took a 1-0 lead on a penalty stroke from Emily Guckian with just over eight minutes left in the third quarter.
Goalkeeper Ellie Todd made her fourth save of the match to keep the deficit at 1-0.
Sophomore Faye Janse nearly tied the match at 1-1 with a great individual effort, forcing a save by the Crimson keeper.
Wake Forest stayed on the front foot in the quarter with a corner at the 10:39 mark.
- Brooke McCusker ripped a shot that earned the Deacs another corner.
- Wake again fed the corner to McCusker, who had her shot blocked over to the stick of freshman Lena Keller.
  - Keller put a shot on the cage, but Harvard's keeper came up with her third save of the afternoon.
Harvard held on to take the match, 1-0.

Quotables
"I felt like we played two opponents today, Harvard and ourselves. We're going to take a look at the film and make some minor tweaks. We don't need to change much. We just need to see some of the things we stubbed our toe with against Iowa, Michigan and now Harvard is not allowing this team, who is uber talented, to showcase everything that they have. I'm optimistic. I know that we have growth and better production out of this squad." - head coach Jen Averill

Up Next
Wake Forest is back on the road, on Friday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. against App State. The contest between the Deacs and the Mountaineers in Boone will stream live on Twitch.

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No. 18 Wake Forest Battles No. 8 Harvard in 1-0 Defeat

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Team Stats

Lena Keller

Brooke McCusker

Faye Janse

Anabelle Brodeur

Players Mentioned

Anabelle Brodeur

Faye Janse

Lena Keller

Georgia Leary

Brooke McCusker

Ellie Todd

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