Sunday, September 7
Winston-Salem, N.C.
12 p.m.
Wake Forest University
5-1-1, 0-0-0
1
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Brown
4-1-1, 0-0-0
1
2
F
Brown
0
1
1
Wake Forest
0
1
1
Photo by: Bryce Mitchell / Wake Forest Athletics
No. 17 Demon Deacons Battle to 1-1 Draw Against Brown
9/7/2025 3:15:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Sophomore Lola Ressler’s strike in the 86th minute helped the Deacs stay unbeaten at home this season.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- In a tightly contested match throughout, the No. 17 Wake Forest women's soccer team came from behind to battle to a 1-1 draw against Brown in the program's annual We Are Wake Green Game on Sunday afternoon at Spry Stadium.
After the Bears (4-1-1, 0-0-0 Ivy League) opened the scoring in the 67th minute, sophomore Lola Ressler tied the game for the Demon Deacons (5-1-1, 0-0-0 ACC) with a beautiful strike that bounced down into the net off the crossbar in the 87th minute. This marked the Winter Garden, Fla., native's second goal of the season, having scored the winning goal against LSU.
Redshirt sophomore Sierra Sythe and freshman Kylie Maxwell provided the assists for Ressler's equalizer, picking up their third assist of the season, respectively.
In goal, redshirt sophomore Valentina Amaral kept the Deacs in the game as she totaled five saves on the afternoon. The Oviedo, Fla., native has been superb in goal for Wake Forest as she has logged 24 saves on the season while also maintaining a 0.889 save percentage, which ranks third in the ACC.
With the draw, Wake Forest is now 18-0-3 at home against non-conference opponents in regular-season action. In those 20 games, the Deacs have outscored opponents 54-3.
Prior to the match, Wake Forest honored three seniors in Allie Schmidt, Carly Wilson, and Laine DeNatale.
How It Happened
Demon Deacon Details of Note
From Coach da Luz
"I'm super proud of our kids for showing resilience and fighting to tie the game. Brown is a really good team and put us under a lot of pressure. It was a tough week driving down to Charleston on Thursday, so this result shows we can fight at Spry. Lola Ressler came up big again with the game-winner! This was a great preparation game for our ACC opener on Wednesday night vs Miami."
Up Next
The Deacons gear up for their first conference matchup against the Miami Hurricanes on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at Spry Stadium. The kickoff is set for 8 p.m. and the contest will be streamed on ACCN with live stats available here.
After the Bears (4-1-1, 0-0-0 Ivy League) opened the scoring in the 67th minute, sophomore Lola Ressler tied the game for the Demon Deacons (5-1-1, 0-0-0 ACC) with a beautiful strike that bounced down into the net off the crossbar in the 87th minute. This marked the Winter Garden, Fla., native's second goal of the season, having scored the winning goal against LSU.
Redshirt sophomore Sierra Sythe and freshman Kylie Maxwell provided the assists for Ressler's equalizer, picking up their third assist of the season, respectively.
In goal, redshirt sophomore Valentina Amaral kept the Deacs in the game as she totaled five saves on the afternoon. The Oviedo, Fla., native has been superb in goal for Wake Forest as she has logged 24 saves on the season while also maintaining a 0.889 save percentage, which ranks third in the ACC.
With the draw, Wake Forest is now 18-0-3 at home against non-conference opponents in regular-season action. In those 20 games, the Deacs have outscored opponents 54-3.
Prior to the match, Wake Forest honored three seniors in Allie Schmidt, Carly Wilson, and Laine DeNatale.
How It Happened
- Brown tested the Deacs early on in the match with early shot attempts.
- In the 14th minute, freshman Kylie Maxwell launched a header to the top of the net to record the Deacs's first shot attempt of the match.
- Less than a minute later, freshman Allie Flanagan blasted an attempt of her own to add pressure on the Bears' keeper.
- Amaral kept the match scoreless with a save in the 21st minute.
- Sophomore Lola Ressler registered the Deacs' first shot on target in the 29th minute, but the Brown keeper pushed the ball wide.
- Flanagan tested the Bears' keeper once again as the half came to a close.
- Wake Forest maintained 57 percent possession through the first 45 minutes.
- The squads continued to battle out of the second half.
- Brown broke through in the 67th minute to take a 1-0 goal lead.
- The Bears' offense continued to pepper Amaral, but the Oviedo, Fla. native held firm between the posts to make the saves.
- Redshirt sophomore Sierra Sythe sent a shot soaring over the bar as the Deacs tried to find the equalizer in the 83rd minute.
- Wake Forest found the equalizer in the 86th minute.
- Ressler went bardown to tie the match up at 1-1 and record her second goal of the 2025 season.
- Sythe and Maxwell both notched assists on Ressler's goal.
- Neither team could find the winner in the final minutes of the game as Wake Forest and Brown drew 1-1.
Demon Deacon Details of Note
- Redshirt sophomore Valentina Amaral made her 25th career start.
- Redshirt sophomore Sierra Sythe made their 25th career start.
- Freshman Tahlia Zadeyan made her fifth career appearance.
From Coach da Luz
"I'm super proud of our kids for showing resilience and fighting to tie the game. Brown is a really good team and put us under a lot of pressure. It was a tough week driving down to Charleston on Thursday, so this result shows we can fight at Spry. Lola Ressler came up big again with the game-winner! This was a great preparation game for our ACC opener on Wednesday night vs Miami."
Up Next
The Deacons gear up for their first conference matchup against the Miami Hurricanes on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at Spry Stadium. The kickoff is set for 8 p.m. and the contest will be streamed on ACCN with live stats available here.
Team Stats
BRN
WFU
Goals
1
1
Shots
14
10
Shots on Goal
6
3
Saves
2
5
Corners
5
3
Fouls
8
8
Scoring Plays
Jael-Marie Guy (2)
Assisted By: Joy Okonye
GOAL by BRN Guy, Jael-Marie Assist by Okonye, Joy.
66:25
Lola Ressler (2)
Assisted By: Kylie Maxwell , Sierra Sythe
GOAL by WFU Ressler, Lola Assist by Maxwell, Kylie and Sythe, Sierra.
85:20
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
3
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
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