No. 7 Wake Forest Faces No. 13 UConn to Open NCAA Tournament

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 7 Wake Forest (15-4) field hockey team travels to Cambridge, Mass. to take on No. 13 UConn (11-8) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, Nov. 14 at 2:30 p.m. ET.

In the other first-round game, host Harvard (17-1), the overall No. 3 seed in the tournament, will face New Hampshire (12-6) on Friday at noon. The winners of the first-round matches will meet on Sunday, November 16.

Sunday's quarterfinal winner will advance to the NCAA semifinals, which will take place Nov. 21 at noon and 2:30 p.m. at Duke's Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium. The national championship game will be held on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 1 p.m.

2025 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Tournament

First round and second rounds: Friday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 16 | at Harvard
Semifinals: Noon or 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 | on ESPNU | at Duke
National championship: 1:00 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23 | on ESPNU | at Duke

The full 2025 NCAA Division I Field Hockey bracket can be found here.

Demon Deacons in the NCAA Tournament
NCAA Championships (3)
2002, 2003, 2004
NCAA Semifinal Appearances (10)
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2018
NCAA Tournament Appearances (19)
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2025

Opponent History
Wake Forest and UConn's only other meeting came during the Demon Deacons run to an NCAA Championship in 2003, with Wake taking a 3-0 victory in the second round of the tournament.

Wake Forest Highlights

The 2025 Wake Forest field hockey team put together one of the most successful campaigns in program history, improving its win total by eight from a year ago — tied for the largest increase in the nation — and capturing a share of the ACC regular-season title for the first time since 2006.
The Demon Deacons pieced together a remarkable 15-game winning streak, the third longest in school history, while defeating six ranked opponents and remaining unbeaten at Kentner Stadium.
Wake Forest took four of the five ACC Yearly Awards, earning Coach of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.
Wake Forest has totaled 189 points, ranking seventh among all teams.
- It marks the most points for the Demon Deacons since the 2018 squad had 194.
Wake's 67 goals this season are tied for sixth in the country and the Demon Deacons are one of just nine teams to score over 60 goals as a team.
- Averaging 3.53 goals per game, Wake Forest ranks seventh in the country in the category.
With 55 assists on the season, the Demon Deacons rank seventh in the nation, and are one of just 11 teams with 50 or more helpers.
Defensively, Wake Forest has allowed just 74 points to their opponents this season, marking the fewest since the 2023 squad held the opposition to 66 points in 17 matches.
Starting matches strong has been the theme of the season for Wake Forest, as the team is outscoring opponents 31-10 in the first half this season.
- The Demon Deacons have owned the first 15 minutes, outscoring opponents 18-3 in the opening quarter.
Wake Forest leads the ACC in shots with 367, and is the only team in the conference averaging over 19 shots a game.
- Wake Forest is averaging the most shots on goal per game in the ACC with 11.37.
- Over the 15-game win streak, the Demon Deacons outshot opponents 309 to 113.
  - 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 two games this season.
Wake ranks second in the ACC with 132 penalty corners this season.
- Wake Forest's attack corner unit has now found the back of the cage in all but two matches, contributing 29 of the team's 67 goals this season.
ACC Offensive Player of the Year Mia Schoenbeck has been a dominant force in the attacking circle, leading the ACC and ranking tied for second nationally with 23 goals.
- Her 51 points rank fifth in the country as she is the first Demon Deacon with over 50 points in a single season since Jule Grashoff's 54 during the 2018 campaign.
The LaGrange, Ky., native recorded six multi-goal games, including two hat tricks and a four-goal performance against Cal.
Schoenbeck's 23 goals rank fifth in program history, and she needs just four more points to move into the top five in a single season.
Additionally, she has tallied seven game-winning goals, the most by a Demon Deacon since Wake Forest Hall of Famer Kelly Dostal had eight during the 2004 national championship season.
Schoenbeck has scored in all but six matches this season, including nine goals over Wake's last five contests.
- 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 Queens.
- Scoring four goals for the first time in a game in her career, Cal had few answers for Schoenbeck.
- She added her second hat trick of the year to lead Wake Forest past No. 8 Duke to clinch a share of the ACC Regular Season Title.
- Schoenbeck and Storey are the first pair of Demon Deacon teammates to have double-digit goals since Jule Grashoff and Nicola Pluta in the 2017 season.
Sophomore Mia Montag ranks tied for fourth in the country and second in the ACC with 18 assists on the year.
- The 18 assists are the most helpers by a Wake Forest player since 2018.
Her 10 assists in ACC play led the league, with the next-closest student-athlete at six.
Montag has added five goals this season to go along with her 18 assists, providing a spark on both ends of the field for Wake Forest, as she ranks ninth in the ACC with 28 points.
Defensively, she helped Wake Forest hold opponents to just 1.5 goals per game during conference play while limiting 13 opponents to a single score or fewer throughout the season.
- She recorded three assists against Cal, connecting with Schoenbeck on three penalty corner goals, and now has 23 helpers for her career.
- The Berlin, Germany native has at least one assist in each of the last four matches for the Demon Deacons.
- 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.
After scoring just one goal as a freshman, Sarah Mudd has come on strong this season for the Demon Deacons, contributing nine goals in the last 14 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.
- Her ninth came on a deflection to cap the scoring against App State.
- The nine goals rank 10th in the conference.
Junior Faye Janse became the fifth Demon Deacon to reach double-digit points with a pair of goals against App State.
- Janse's brace against the Mountaineers marked the second of her Wake career.
- The junior has scored in two of the last three matches, adding another goal against UVA.
- She ranks in the top 10 in the ACC in both shots (50) and shots on goals (27).
Senior goalkeeper Ellie Todd has been a force inside the cage, with her 61 saves ranking tied for second in the ACC.
- Todd elevated her play in conference action, averaging 5.25 saves per match, with the next-closest ACC goalkeeper at 4.13.
- A two-time ACC Defensive Player of the Week, Todd recorded four shutouts during Wake's 15-game winning streak.
- Her 42 saves in ACC play led the conference, while her .792 save percentage ranks third.
- Defensively, she helped Wake Forest hold opponents to just 1.5 goals per game in league play while limiting 13 opponents to a single goal or fewer this season.
A vital member of Wake Forest's backline, ACC Freshman of the Year Rea Phume started every match in her debut season, immediately establishing herself as one of the ACC's most reliable defenders.
- Phume anchored a backline that allowed just 1.0 goals per game in the team's seven ACC victories during the 2025 campaign.
- She was instrumental in marking and shutting down some of the league's most dangerous offensive players, holding a North Carolina offense averaging four goals per game to just one tally and limiting a Syracuse squad averaging over three goals per match to a single score.

Junior midfielder Ava Moore earned her first career All-ACC honor after serving as the engine of Wake's transition game. Moore tallied one goal and five assists while being one of three Demon Deacons to start every match this season.
Sophomore forward Lauren Storey enjoyed a breakout season as one of the ACC's most potent scorers, ranking second on the team with 14 goals and six assists.
- A dynamic finisher around the cage, Storey was a central figure in Wake's nationally ranked offensive attack, recording points in 13 of 15 matches played this season.
- She finished the regular season tied for fourth in the ACC with 34 points.

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