Sunday, August 31
Winston-Salem, N.C.
7 p.m.
Wake Forest University
2-0-1, 0-0-0
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St. John's
2-1-1, 0-0-0
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St. John's (NY)
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Wake Forest
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No. 5 Demon Deacons Remain Unbeaten With Second-Straight Clean Sheet
8/31/2025 9:44:00 PM | Men's Soccer
The Demon Deacons and Red Storm played to a competitive scoreless draw on Sunday night at Spry.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 5 Wake Forest men's soccer team (2-0-1, 0-0-0 ACC) remained unbeaten in 2025 as it battled St. John's (2-1-1, 0-0-0 Big East) to a 0-0 draw Sunday evening at Spry Stadium.
Wake Forest came out dominating play throughout the opening stages of the match and held possession for 65 percent of the first half. However, the two sides went into the halftime break knotted at 0-0 without either team able to score by the final whistle.
In the 75th minute, it looked as if the Demon Deacons had taken a 1-0 lead off a Jeffrey White goal following a set piece just outside of the 18, but the decision was overruled by VAR.
In goal, redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Jonah Mednard recorded his second-consecutive clean sheet. Despite only tallying one save, he snuffed out multiple potential chances for the visitors and limited the danger.
For the third-consecutive match, Wake Forest went with a starting backline of junior Travis Smith, Jr., sophomores Mason Sullivan and Amoni Thomas, and graduate captain Cristian Escribano. The Demon Deacon defense excelled in limiting opportunities for the visitors and only allowed one shot on goal over the 90 minutes.
This marked the second-straight contest in which the Deacs allowed just one shot on frame as Wake Forest has outshot opponents 42-to-30 through the first three matches of the season.
Additionally, this marks the first time since Oct. 1-12 (four matches) of last year that the Demon Deacons recorded consecutive clean sheets.
With the draw, the Demon Deacons are now unbeaten in their last 15 matches at Spry Stadium. Overall, the Deacs hold a 11-0-4 home record dating back to Aug. 25 of last year.
How it Happened
Man of the Match - Jonah Mednard
Demon Deacon Details of Note
From Coach Muuss
"I thought the crowd was great for a Sunday night on a holiday weekend. I want to thank them. I apologize to them that we didn't get a goal, which I thought we deserved. Credit to our guys. I think our heads are down because we drew. That shows a little bit of the culture and the expectations of the program. At the same time, I think we look back at this game and say that this is a game that I think we should have found ways to win. Credit to St John's; they don't make it easy. We dealt with 150 big balls here today, and balls are going to drop and you're going to give up box entries just because of the way they played. To dominate the game in possession and have a couple of real, clear, one-on-one chances and not finish, it's disappointing. On the positive, we kept a clean sheet, we stayed healthy and we move on to the next one. That's college soccer. You can't dwell on this, but it is a clean sheet. We just hope that St John's continues to win games and we can do the same."
Up Next
Wake Forest will return to Spry Stadium for its first Friday night match of 2025 as it takes on Lipscomb on Sept. 5. The match against the Bisons is slated for 7 p.m. and will stream live on ACCNX. It will mark the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
Wake Forest came out dominating play throughout the opening stages of the match and held possession for 65 percent of the first half. However, the two sides went into the halftime break knotted at 0-0 without either team able to score by the final whistle.
In the 75th minute, it looked as if the Demon Deacons had taken a 1-0 lead off a Jeffrey White goal following a set piece just outside of the 18, but the decision was overruled by VAR.
In goal, redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Jonah Mednard recorded his second-consecutive clean sheet. Despite only tallying one save, he snuffed out multiple potential chances for the visitors and limited the danger.
For the third-consecutive match, Wake Forest went with a starting backline of junior Travis Smith, Jr., sophomores Mason Sullivan and Amoni Thomas, and graduate captain Cristian Escribano. The Demon Deacon defense excelled in limiting opportunities for the visitors and only allowed one shot on goal over the 90 minutes.
This marked the second-straight contest in which the Deacs allowed just one shot on frame as Wake Forest has outshot opponents 42-to-30 through the first three matches of the season.
Additionally, this marks the first time since Oct. 1-12 (four matches) of last year that the Demon Deacons recorded consecutive clean sheets.
With the draw, the Demon Deacons are now unbeaten in their last 15 matches at Spry Stadium. Overall, the Deacs hold a 11-0-4 home record dating back to Aug. 25 of last year.
How it Happened
- Wake Forest recorded the first chance of the contest just a minute in, as Sullivan played a great ball over the top to Sarajian, who then played it in front of goal to Subachan but the match remained scoreless.
- The junior striker had his second shot of the match three minutes later, but it once again went behind for a goal kick.
- The Red Storm had their first shot of the match in the 10th minute following a corner.
- The best chance of the first half for either side came in the 22nd minute, when Subachan set Sarajian free on the counter. The winger then beat his man and fired a shot, but missed wide right.
- The Demon Deacons had yet another incredibly close miss as Young took the ball off of a St. John's defender and fired an off-balanced shot in the 27th minute..
- Three minutes later, Wake Forest continued to come close to an opener when White had a one-on-one with the keeper, but the St. John's shot-stopper kept the match scoreless.
- Young continued to be a problem for the Red Storm and created set-piece opportunities for the Demon Deacons.
- The two sides went into the locker room scoreless.
- Wake Forest held a 10-to-5 shots advantage (2-to-0 on-goal) after the first 45 and controlled 65 percent of the ball.
- Young led the match with three shots.
- Thomas carried over his excellence from the first half into the second, as he created the first chance of the second half by winning the ball and surging forward before winning a Wake Forest corner in the 51st minute.
- St. John's earned a corner in the 70th minute, but Wake Forest handled it well and cleared the danger.
- The Demon Deacons had another agonizingly close chance as Debah came inches away from his first collegiate goal in the 72nd minute.
- In the 75th, Thomas once again showed his ability going forward as he won a free kick right outside the box.
- The set piece resulted in White putting the ball in the back of the net, but the goal was disallowed due to offsides.
- Wake Forest would get one more shot out before the final whistle of a 0-0 decision.
Man of the Match - Jonah Mednard
- The Congers, N.Y., native kept his second clean sheet of the season, recording one save against the Red Storm.
- He is the third Wake Forest player to win man of the match this season, joining White and Perez.
- August 24 vs. UCF: Jeffrey White
- August 28 vs. Oral Roberts: Jose Perez
- August 31 vs. St. John's: Jonah Mednard
Demon Deacon Details of Note
- The Demon Deacons are now unbeaten in their last 15 matches at Spry Stadium.
- The Deacs hold a 11-0-4 home record dating back to Aug. 25 of last year.
- Jonah Mednard made his fifth-career appearance.
- Travis Smith, Jr. earned his 30th-career start.
- Harvey Sarajian made his 20th collegiate appearance.
From Coach Muuss
"I thought the crowd was great for a Sunday night on a holiday weekend. I want to thank them. I apologize to them that we didn't get a goal, which I thought we deserved. Credit to our guys. I think our heads are down because we drew. That shows a little bit of the culture and the expectations of the program. At the same time, I think we look back at this game and say that this is a game that I think we should have found ways to win. Credit to St John's; they don't make it easy. We dealt with 150 big balls here today, and balls are going to drop and you're going to give up box entries just because of the way they played. To dominate the game in possession and have a couple of real, clear, one-on-one chances and not finish, it's disappointing. On the positive, we kept a clean sheet, we stayed healthy and we move on to the next one. That's college soccer. You can't dwell on this, but it is a clean sheet. We just hope that St John's continues to win games and we can do the same."
Up Next
Wake Forest will return to Spry Stadium for its first Friday night match of 2025 as it takes on Lipscomb on Sept. 5. The match against the Bisons is slated for 7 p.m. and will stream live on ACCNX. It will mark the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
Team Stats
SJU
WFU
Goals
0
0
Shots
13
14
Shots on Goal
1
4
Saves
4
1
Corners
4
2
Fouls
8
10
Game Leaders
Shots
3
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
mid
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
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