No. 7 Wake Forest Set to Host Lipscomb

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Looking to continue its unbeaten start to the 2025 campaign, the No. 7-ranked Wake Forest men's soccer team is set to host Lipscomb at Spry Stadium Friday evening.

The match against the Bisons is slated for 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra with live stats available here.

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Quick Notes

Wake Forest has only allowed one goal this campaign, which is tied for the fewest goals allowed through three games in the Muuss-era.
- Goalkeeper Jonah Mednard has conceded just once in his career with 287 total minutes in goal with two clean sheets. He holds a .889 save percentage and a .32 goals-against average.
Wake Forest will look to start unbeaten through four matches for the sixth time under Muuss and for the first time since 2023.
This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
The Demon Deacons enter the contest unbeaten in their last 15 matches at Spry Stadium with wins in seven of the last eight.
- The Deacs hold a 11-0-4 home record dating back to Aug. 25 of last year.
- Additionally, the Demon Deacons have yet to trail this season as they have led for 93 minutes.
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.
Earlier this week, the Demon Deacons landed No. 7 in the United Soccer Coaches' preseason poll while also holding No. 6 spot in the TopDrawerSoccer College Soccer News polls.
Wake Forest was picked to finish second in the ACC preseason poll and held the most first-place votes (5).

Scouting the Bisons

Lipscomb is coming off of its first win of the campaign as it took down Mercer, 2-0, at home on Sunday and currently holds a 1-1-1 record headed into Sunday.
- Redshirt junior midfielder Levi Jones came off the bench and scored in the 68th and 75th minutes to defeat the Bears.
- Jones leads the team with five points as he also notched an assist on the 77th-minute equalizer against Memphis in the opener.
The Bisons only bring back 18 percent (4-of-22) of their goal production from last season that saw Lipscomb post a 3-8-5 (1-4-2 ASUN) record.
- Only one returning player, Tyler Stinnett, scored multiple goals last season (two).
The squad is made up of 13 newcomers to the squad with eight freshmen.
The Bisons were picked to finish fifth in the ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll and received one first place vote.
One of the newcomers is starting goalkeeper Alex Kara, who transferred in after two seasons with Indiana.
- He made six saves against Memphis and five against USF before earning his first-career clean sheet last time out against Mercer.

Last Time Out (vs. St. John's)

The No. 5 Wake Forest men's soccer team remained unbeaten in 2025 as it battled St. John's 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.

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. 1 Stanford, No. 3 Clemson and No. 10 Pitt.
Of note, the ACC holds six spots in the top 10 of the United Soccer Coaches poll and seven in the top 15.

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 11 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	148
3.	Clemson	143
4.	Georgetown	134
5.	Stanford	130

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), 17 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 82.41 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	96
T2.	Indiana	96
4.	Virginia	89
5.	Georgetown	85

Home Winning Percentage Since 2015

Rank	Team	Home Winning Percentage Since '15
1.	Indiana	84.00%
2.	Denver	82.99%
3.	Wake Forest	82.41%
4.	Clemson	79.92%
5.	Missouri State	79.89%

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 Friday night's match, Wake Forest will return to Spry Stadium for the last of its five-match home stand to open the season as it takes on Campbell on Tuesday night.
- The Demon Deacons will open conference play on the road at North Carolina on Friday, Sept. 12.
The match against the Camels is slated for 6 p.m. and will stream live on ACCNX.
This will mark the fifth-ever meeting between the two programs with the Demon Deacons leading the series, 4-0-0.

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Players Mentioned

Ryan Belal

Cristian Escribano

Tate Lorentz

Jonah Mednard

Jose Perez

Mason Sullivan

Amoni Thomas

Joel Torbic

Basit Umar

Jeffrey White

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