No. 6 Wake Forest Opens 2025 ACC Field Hockey Championship against No. 9 Syracuse

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 6 Wake Forest field hockey team opens postseason play taking on No. 9 Syracuse on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. ET at Trager Field in Louisville, Ky. in the opening round of the 2025 ACC Field Hockey Championship.

The Demon Deacons look to start a new win streak, having their 15-game streak snapped on Friday at No. 3 Virginia. The 15-straight wins marked the third-longest streak in program history.

Opponent History
Wake Forest and Syracuse will meet for the 18th time on Tuesday, with the Cavaliers holding a 9-8 advantage against the Demon Deacons in the series. The two teams last met at the ACC Tournament in 2016, with Wake coming away with a 4-3 victory in Winston-Salem.

Wake Forest Highlights

Wake Forest (15-3, 7-1 ACC) increased its win total by eight from a season ago, tied for the largest improvement in the nation this fall.
Head coach Jen Averill earned her ninth ACC Coach of the Year honor, also capturing the award in 2022, 2014, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002 and 1999.
Rea Phume's ACC Freshman of the Year award is the first for the Deacs since Nicola Pluta in 2016, while the Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year honors by Mia Schoenback and Mia Montag are the first for Wake Forest since Anna Kozniuk (Offensive) and Georgia Holland (Defensive) in 2014.
Wake Forest has totaled 187 points, ranking fourth among all teams.
- It marks the most points for the Demon Deacons since the 2018 squad had 194.
Wake's 66 goals this season are fourth in the country and the Demon Deacons are one of just seven teams to score over 60 goals as a team.
- Averaging 3.67 goals per game, Wake Forest ranks fifth in the country in the category.
With 55 assists on the season, the Demon Deacons rank fifth in the nation, and are one of just eight teams with 50 or more helpers.
Defensively, Wake Forest has allowed just 65 points to their opponents this season, marking the fewest since the 2006 squad held the opposition to 54 points in 24 matches.
Starting matches strong has been the theme of the season for Wake Forest, as the team is outscoring opponents 31-9 in the first half this season.
- The Demon Deacons have owned the first 15 minutes, outscoring opponents 18-2 in the opening quarter.
Wake Forest leads the ACC in shots with 352, and is the only team in the conference averaging over 19 shots a game.
- The Deacs lead the ACC by 39 shots, with North Carolina the next closest at 313.
- Wake Forest is averaging the most shots on goal per game in the ACC with 11.33.
- 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 128 penalty corners this season.
- Wake Forest's attack corner unit has now found the back of the cage in 16 straight matches, contributing 29 of the team's 66 goals this season.
Junior Mia Schoenbeck has been a dominant force in the attacking circle, leading the ACC and ranks second nationally with 22 goals and 49 points during the regular season.
The LaGrange, Ky., native recorded six multi-goal games, including two hat tricks and a four-goal performance against Cal.
- Her 22 goals are three more than the next-closest ACC student-athlete.
Schoenbeck's 22 goals rank tied for fifth in program history, and she needs just six 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 eight 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 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 tied for eighth 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 eight goals in the last 11 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 back-to-back matches, adding another goal against UVA.
- She ranks in the top 10 in the ACC in both shots (48) and shots in goals (26).
Senior goalkeeper Ellie Todd has been a force inside the cage, with her 56 saves ranking 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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