Sunday, August 31
Winston-Salem, N.C.
7 p.m.
Wake Forest University
vs
St. John's
Photo by: Seth Seebaugh / Wake Forest Athletics
No. 5 Wake Forest Looks to Remain Perfect Against St. John’s
8/30/2025 10:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
This will mark the fourth all-time meeting between the two programs and first since 2003.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Looking to open the season with three-consecutive wins for the sixth time under head coach Bobby Muuss, the No. 5-ranked Wake Forest men's soccer team is set to host St. John's at Spry Stadium Sunday evening.
The match against the Red Storm is slated for 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra with live stats available here.
Sunday will also serve as Wake Forest men's soccer's Tourette Syndrome Awareness Match presented by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Those looking to donate to the cause can do so here.
Fan Information
Parking is encouraged in lots A, B, Q, W1 & W2. A complete parking map of campus is here.
Gates open one hour prior to kickoff for all home matches.
Season Ticket Information
2025 Wake Forest soccer season and single game tickets are on-sale now giving fans the opportunity to witness The Best Fan Experience In North Carolina from a number of unique seating options!
Adult season tickets start as low as $70 for general admission and $50 for youth while reserved chairbacks are $130 for fans and $110 for Wake Forest University faculty and staff.
Fans can catch all of Demon Deacon home action this fall as well by purchasing combo season tickets to see both men's and women's soccer starting as low as $90 for general admission and $180 for reserved chairbacks for fans and $150 for Wake Forest University faculty and staff.
Accessibility Information
Wake Forest Athletics strives to provide content at games, social media and on GoDeacs.com that is accessible to all people. In the continued effort to improve accessibility of the technology and digital content at tomorrow's game, fans can access closed captions here for the public address announcer and in-venue content.
Wake Forest Athletics is always open to learning about new ideas and ways we can improve. Please report accessibility challenges, identify content you find inaccessible, or give us general feedback at pantagw@wfu.edu.
The Matchup
Series History vs. St. John's
Scouting the Red Storm
Last Time Out (vs. Oral Roberts)
Battle Tested
Demon Deacons Preseason Honors
Veteran Presence In 2025
New Kids On The Block
National Leader In Wins
Total Wins Since 2015
Consecutive Seasons With 10+ Victories
The Spry Advantage
Home Wins Since 2015
Home Winning Percentage Since 2015
Consistent Threat In The Toughest Conference In The Country
Looking Ahead
The match against the Red Storm is slated for 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra with live stats available here.
Sunday will also serve as Wake Forest men's soccer's Tourette Syndrome Awareness Match presented by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Those looking to donate to the cause can do so here.
Fan Information
Parking is encouraged in lots A, B, Q, W1 & W2. A complete parking map of campus is here.
Gates open one hour prior to kickoff for all home matches.
Season Ticket Information
2025 Wake Forest soccer season and single game tickets are on-sale now giving fans the opportunity to witness The Best Fan Experience In North Carolina from a number of unique seating options!
Adult season tickets start as low as $70 for general admission and $50 for youth while reserved chairbacks are $130 for fans and $110 for Wake Forest University faculty and staff.
Fans can catch all of Demon Deacon home action this fall as well by purchasing combo season tickets to see both men's and women's soccer starting as low as $90 for general admission and $180 for reserved chairbacks for fans and $150 for Wake Forest University faculty and staff.
Accessibility Information
Wake Forest Athletics strives to provide content at games, social media and on GoDeacs.com that is accessible to all people. In the continued effort to improve accessibility of the technology and digital content at tomorrow's game, fans can access closed captions here for the public address announcer and in-venue content.
Wake Forest Athletics is always open to learning about new ideas and ways we can improve. Please report accessibility challenges, identify content you find inaccessible, or give us general feedback at pantagw@wfu.edu.
The Matchup
- The Demon Deacons enter the contest unbeaten in their last 14 matches at Spry Stadium with wins in each of the last seven.
- The Deacs hold a 11-0-3 home record dating back to Aug. 25 of last year.
- All four of the Deacs' goals to open the season have come from four different players as Ryan Belal, Jeffrey White, Jose Perez and Tate Lorentz have all opened their accounts on the year.
- Belal, as well as Basit Umar and Joel Torbic, has also notched an assist.
- Wake Forest will look to start 3-0-0 for the sixth time under head coach Bobby Muuss as it takes on St. John's Sunday night.
- Earlier this week, the Demon Deacons rose to No. 5 in the United Soccer Coaches' preseason poll while also holding No. 2 spot in the TopDrawerSoccer poll and No. 4 spot in the College Soccer News poll.
- Wake Forest was recently picked to finish second in the ACC preseason poll and held the most first-place votes (5).
Series History vs. St. John's
- This will be the fourth-ever meeting between the Demon Deacons and Red Storm, with the all-time series sitting even at 1-1-1.
- Wake Forest dropped the first meeting in 2000, 3-2, in overtime before earning a 1-1 draw in New York two years later against the No. 2-ranked Red Storm.
- The last meeting came in 2003, when the Deacs secured a 3-1 home victory.
Scouting the Red Storm
- St. John's is coming off of a massive 5-0 victory over New Hampshire on Thursday night and currently holds a 2-1-0 record headed into Sunday.
- Freshman standout Guilherme Gomes recorded four goals on Thursday as he became just the second-ever St. John's player and first St. John's freshman to accomplish the feat.
- Of note, not a single player on the squad scored more than four goals total last season for the Red Storm.
- The Red Storm opened the campaign with a 1-0 road win against Temple before falling to No. 23 Hofstra, 2-0.
- Last season, St. John's went 9-6-5 overall and 5-1-2 in Big East play before falling in overtime in the second match of the conference tournament to Providence.
- In addition to Gomes, the Red Storm added 23 other newcomers to the 2025 roster and only retained 10 players from last campaign.
- One of the returners is starting goalkeeper Alex McLachlan, who was named Third Team All-Big East in 2023.
- He has recorded 10 clean sheets throughout his three years with the Red Storm and holds a 1.05 goals-against average.
Last Time Out (vs. Oral Roberts)
- Highlighted by a stout defensive effort and goals from sophomore Jose Perez and junior Tate Lorentz, the No. 5 Wake Forest men's soccer team continued its winning start to the 2025 campaign as it defeated Oral Roberts, 2-0, Thursday evening at Spry Stadium.
- Perez got the Deacs on the scoreboard in the 14th minute, one-timing a low-level blast from the top of the 18 to beat the Oral Roberts keeper for the third tally of his career. Then in the second half, sophomore Joel Torbic perfectly placed a ball to Lorentz from the corner. It marked the first career goal for the Winston-Salem native.
- In goal, redshirt sophomore Jonah Mednard secured the first shutout of his career as he recorded one save.
- The starting backline of junior Travis Smith, Jr., sophomores Mason Sullivan and Amoni Thomas, as well as graduate captain Cristian Escribano also excelled in helping the Demon Deacons to their first clean sheet of the season. Wake Forest limited Oral Roberts to just three shots across the 90 minutes.
- With the win, the Demon Deacons are now unbeaten in their last 14 matches at Spry Stadium with wins in each of the last seven.
- Overall, the Deacs hold an 11-0-3 home record dating back to Aug. 25 of last year. Additionally, Thursday night marked the 113th home victory for the Demon Deacons under Muuss, the most during that span (2015).
- Of note, sophomore defenders Daniel Krueger and Will Jackson made their season debuts. 24 total Deacs saw the field Thursday night.
Battle Tested
- The Demon Deacons face one of the toughest schedules in the nation this season due to the strength of the ACC.
- Wake Forest has six opponents on the schedule that are currently ranked inside the top 20, including No. 3 Pitt, No. 4 Stanford and No. 6 Clemson.
- Of note, the ACC holds six spots in the top 10 of the United Soccer Coaches poll and 10 in the top 20.
Demon Deacons Preseason Honors
- Cooper Flax
- MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
- United Soccer Coaches Midfielder to Watch
- ACC Preseason Player to Watch
- TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Players - No. 11
- TopDrawerSoccer Best XI - First Team
- Harvey Sarajian
- United Soccer Coaches Midfielder to Watch
- TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Players - No. 38
- Travis Smith Jr.
- TopDrawerSoccer Best XI - Second Team
- TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Players - No. 32
Veteran Presence In 2025
- Wake Forest brings back 19 players from a season ago, including 67 percent (24 of 36) of goals and 57 percent (16 of 28) percent of assists.
- Notable Returners:
- Cooper Flax, Midfielder, Senior
- The only field player to start all 24 matches during the 2024 season, leading the Demon Deacons in points (19), goals (nine) shots (63) and shots on goal (26).
- 2024 United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-American
- 2024 United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-South Region
- 2024 ACC All-Tournament Team Selection
- 2024 All-ACC Second-Team Selection
- 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Players (No. 42)
- Basit Umar, Midfielder, Senior
- Appeared in 22 matches with 16 starts, recording 10 points from four goals and two assists in 2024.
- Led the Deacs with three-game-winning goals.
- Started the final 16 matches of the season.
- Ryan Belal, Forward, Sophomore
- Appeared in 19 matches with one start in 2024.
- Finished tied for second on the team in goals (four).
- Travis Smith Jr., Defender, Junior
- Appeared in 22 matches with 21 starts in 2024.
- Played numerous positions on the Deacs' backline.
- Recorded 1,718 minutes of action.
- Played 90 or minutes nine times and contributed to six Demon Deacon clean sheets.
- Amoni Thomas, Defender, Sophomore
- Appeared in 20 matches with 13 starts in his debut season.
- Recorded 1,310 minutes of action and logged three assists against Elon.
- Started four postseason matches including Wake Forest's ACC Tournament Championship against Clemson.
- Cristian Escribano, Defender, Graduate
- Returning for sixth season after missing most of last season due to injury
- Team captain for third-straight year
- Cooper Flax, Midfielder, Senior
New Kids On The Block
- New to the roster this season are 7 freshmen and three transfers, as Wake Forest's 2025 incoming class ranked No. 10 nationally in TopDrawerSoccer's final recruiting rankings.
- Transfers In: 3
- Harvey Sarajian, Midfielder/Forward, Sophomore (From Georgia Southern)
- Appeared in every match for the Eagles and started in 16 of them
- Tied for second on the team with four goals
- Led the team in assists and tied for third in the Sun Belt with six assists
- 2024 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second-Team Selection
- 2024 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year
- 2024 All-Sun Belt First-Team Selection
- 2024 TopDrawer Soccer Top 100 Freshman (No. 22)
- 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI Second-Team
- Ethan Subachan, Forward, Junior (From Louisville)
- Appeared in 16 of 17 matches his sophomore year, starting 15 of them
- Logged three goals and three assists in 2024 with the Cardinals
- Tate Lorentz, Midfielder/Forward, Junior (From North Carolina)
- Winston-Salem native, attended Mount Tabor High School.
- Harvey Sarajian, Midfielder/Forward, Sophomore (From Georgia Southern)
- Freshmen: 7
- Alfred Debah, Midfielder (No. 79)
- Chandler Young, Midfielder/Forward (No. 161)
- Copeland Berkley, Defender (No. 179)
- John Di Stefano, Goalkeeper
- Lorenze Currie, Defender
- David Nguema, Midfielder
- Bret Russsell, Defender/Midfielder
National Leader In Wins
- Named the fourth head coach in program history prior to the start of the 2015 season, Bobby Muuss' Demon Deacon squads have built on the longstanding and rich 45-year history of the program.
- Since 2015, Wake Forest's 154 total wins ranks No. 1 nationally, seven more than any program and 12 more than any other ACC program. During that span, Wake Forest is also joined only by Indiana as the only Division I programs to have won at least 10 matches every season.
- Additionally, Wake Forest and Indiana are the only two programs of the 211 programs nationally to hold double-digit NCAA Tournament appearance streaks.
- Wake Forest also leads the nation in wins over the last quarter-century (359), 10 more than second-most Maryland.
Total Wins Since 2015
| Rank | Team | Total Wins Since '15 |
| 1. | Wake Forest | 154 |
| 2. | Indiana | 147 |
| 3. | Clemson | 142 |
| 4. | Georgetown | 133 |
| 5. | Stanford | 129 |
Consecutive Seasons With 10+ Victories
| Rank | Team | Consecutive seasons with 10+ wins |
| 1. | Wake Forest | 13 |
| 2. | Indiana | 11 |
| 3. | Georgetown | 8 |
| T4. | Clemson, Missouri State, Marshall | 6 |
| 7. | Denver, Duke | 4 |
The Spry Advantage
- Since Muuss' arrival in 2015, Wake Forest ranks No. 1 nationally in home wins (113), 18 more than any other program nationally.
- Over the last 10 seasons, the Deacs have won at least eight of their matches at Spry Stadium including a double-digit win total seven of those seasons.
- Wake Forest's home winning percentage of 82.52 percent since 2015 also ranks third nationally, behind only Indiana and Denver.
Home Wins Since 2015
| Rank | Team | Total Home Wins Since '15 |
| 1. | Wake Forest | 113 |
| T2. | Clemson | 95 |
| T2. | Indiana | 95 |
| 4. | Virginia | 88 |
| 5. | Georgetown | 84 |
Home Winning Percentage Since 2015
| Rank | Team | Home Winning Percentage Since '15 |
| 1. | Indiana | 83.87% |
| 2. | Denver | 82.81% |
| 3. | Wake Forest | 82.64% |
| 4. | Missouri State | 79.89% |
| 5. | Clemson | 79.76% |
Consistent Threat In The Toughest Conference In The Country
- Recognized annually as the toughest soccer conference in the country from top to bottom, the ACC has placed the most teams in the NCAA Tournament each of the last 12 seasons and has had at least five teams earn a bid 24-straight seasons.
- During the 2024 NCAA Tournament, the ACC earned nine bids including seven national seeds.
- Wake Forest has received an NCAA Tournament bid 14-straight seasons, eight years more than any other ACC program.
| Rank | Team | Consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances |
| 1. | Wake Forest | 14 |
| T2. | Clemson & Pitt | 6 |
| 4. | North Carolina | 5 |
| 5. | Duke | 4 |
| T6. | Virginia, Stanford & SMU | 3 |
Looking Ahead
- After Sunday night's match, Wake Forest will return to Spry Stadium for its first Friday night match of 2025 as it takes on Lipscomb.
- The match against the Bisons is slated for 7 p.m. and will stream live on ACCNX.
- This will mark the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
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