No. 6 Wake Forest Set for Top-10 Showdown at No. 8 Duke, Hosts App State Sunday

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 6 Wake Forest field hockey team splits time on the road and at Kentner Stadium this weekend, battling No. 8 Duke in Durham on Friday, before returning home for a match with App State on Sunday afternoon.

The Demon Deacons open the weekend against the Blue Devils on Friday, October 24 at 5 p.m. ET on ACC Network Extra.

Wake Forest will look to cap a perfect regular season at Kentner Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 26 at noon ET against App State.

Following the match, the Demon Deacons will host their Senior & Graduates Day celebration, honoring Amelia Frey, Rachel Thetford and Ellie Todd postgame.

Opponent History
Wake Forest and Duke will meet for the 88th time on Friday, with the Blue Devils holding a 50-37 advantage against the Demon Deacons in the series. Wake looks to break a four-game skid to Duke and earn their first win in Durham since 2021.

The Deacs are 41-16-1 all-time against App State, having won the last 32-straight against the Mountaineers, dating back to the 1992 season.

Wake Forest Highlights

The Demon Deacons have climbed to their highest ranking since being ranked fourth in October of 2022.
Wake Forest (13-2, 6-0 ACC) holds its longest winning streak since 2006, a season that saw the Demon Deacons advance to the NCAA Finals, and sit at 7-0 at Kentner this season, entering tomorrow's match.
- The 13-game streak is tied with Harvard for the longest in the country.
- The 6-0 start to ACC play marks the first time since 2005 that the Deacs have earned six-straight wins to start conference play.
The Demon Deacons enter Friday having won 13 consecutive matches while outscoring their opponents 48-12 during that span.
Wake Forest has totaled 160 points, ranking third among all teams.
Wake's 57 goals this season are tied for third in the country and the Demon Deacons are one of just six teams to score over 50 goals as a team so far.
- Averaging 3.80 goals per game, Wake Forest ranks tied for fourth in the country in the category.
With 46 assists on the season, the Demon Deacons rank sixth in the nation.
Starting matches strong has been the theme of the season for Wake Forest, as the team is outscoring opponents 28-5 in the first half this season.
- The Demon Deacons have owned the first 15 minutes, outscoring opponents 16-1 in the opening quarter.
- Over the last five games, Wake Forest has allowed just one goal in the first half entering Friday's matchup.
Wake Forest leads the ACC in shots with 303, and are the only team in the conference averaging over 20 shots a game.
- The Deacs lead the ACC by 30 shots, with North Carolina the next closest at 273.
- Wake Forest is averaging the most shots on goal per game in the ACC with 11.60.
- Over the 13-game streak, the Demon Deacons are outshooting opponents 281 to 102.
  - The 40 shots against Queens marked the most in a game for Wake Forest since at least the 2018 season and was the third time this year the Demon Deacons have had 35 or more shots in a game.
    - It also marks the most shots by an ACC team in a match this season.
  - Additionally, Wake Forest has 10 or more shots in all but one game so far this season.
Wake ranks second in the ACC with 102 penalty corners so far this season.
- Wake Forest's attack corner unit has now found the back of the cage in every game during the 13-match streak, contributing 24 of the team's 57 goals this season.
Junior Mia Schoenbeck ranks second in the conference with 18 goals through the first 15 matches.
- The LaGrange, Ky. native's biggest goal of the season thus far came in double overtime to help the Demon Deacons take down No. 2 North Carolina for the first time since 2017.
- She added a trio of braces in Wake's wins against Davidson, Longwood and UMass Lowell.
- The junior clinched the win over Miami (OH) less than two minutes into the overtime period, sending a laser past the RedHawks keeper.
- She completed her first hat trick of the season against Queen.
- Scoring four goals for the first time in a game in her career, Cal had few answers for Schoenbeck last Sunday.
- Schoenbeck has scored in nine of the 13 games over the win streak, including eight goals in the last four matches for the Demon Deacons.
- She leads the ACC with six game-winning goals and is fourth in shots on goal (36) and fifth in shots (59) among ACC student-athletes.
Sophomore Lauren Storey leads the conference in both shots (79) and shots on goal (49).
- She netted her first hat trick of the year against Longwood and added another against UMass Lowell.
- She is one of just four ACC athletes to have multiple three-goal games so far this season, joining Schoenbeck.
- Additionally, she is one of just six in the conference to have scored double-digit goals so far this season, knocking home her 10th of the year against UNC.
- Over the last five games, Storey has added four goals and three assists to power the Deacs' offense.
- She and Schoenbeck are the first pair of Demon Deacon teammates to have double-digit goals since Grashoff and Nicola Pluta in the 2017 season.
Sophomore Mia Montag ranks second in the ACC with 14 assists on the year.
- She recorded three assists against Cal, connecting with Schoenbeck on three penalty corner goals, and now has 20 helpers for her career.
- Montag delivered a brace in the opener against Iowa and added two more goals against UMass Lowell.
- She netted her fifth goal of the season on a perfectly executed set piece against Stanford.
- She ranks eighth overall in points in the ACC with 24.
After scoring just one goal as a freshman, Sarah Mudd has come on strong this season for the Demon Deacons, contributing goals in three of the last six matches.
- The sophomore netted her first career hat trick against Queens to bring her total to seven on the year.
- She added her eighth of the year on a penalty corner against Delaware.
- The eight goals rank tied for eighth in the conference.
Of the 18 athletes with 15 or more points so far this season in the conference, Wake Forest holds four of them with Schoenbeck (39), Storey (34), Montag (24) and Mudd (16).
- The Demon Deacons are one of two ACC programs with three student-athletes over 20 points and four student-athletes over 15 points.
Senior goalkeeper Ellie Todd has been a force to be reckoned with inside the cage, with her 47 saves leading the ACC.
- Todd has turned it up a notch in conference play, averaging 5.67 saves per conference match, with the next closest ACC goal at 4.43.
- Her 34 saves in ACC also rank first in conference play, while her .850 save percentage ranks second.

Fan and Safety Information
The safety and well-being of our student-athletes, coaches, staff, and fans is Wake Forest University's top priority. In coordination with University leadership and law enforcement partners, Wake Forest Athletics has implemented enhanced safety measures for events in Kentner and Spry Stadiums and Varsity Arena to match those at our Allegacy Stadium district venues. These include:

Walkthrough metal detection at all fan entry points.
Elevated law enforcement and gameday staff presence at each venue.

Accessibility Information
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