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No. 5 Wake Forest Travels to Massachusetts For Two Matchups
10/1/2026 3:00:00 PM | Field Hockey
The Deacs will face an ACC opponent and a top-ten matchup.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 5 ranked Wake Forest field hockey team will travel to Boston, Mass. to face Boston College and No. 8 Harvard this weekend.
The Deacs will take on Boston College, Friday October 2 at 5 p.m. ET.
Wake will then travel to No. 8 Harvard for a top-ten showdown at 12 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Opponent History
Wake Forest has faced Boston College dating back to 1997. The Deacs are 21-11 all time against the Eagles with the most recent win coming 2-1 last season.
Boston College's head coach Kelly Doton graduated from Wake Forest in 2004 and was inducted into the Wake Forest Hall of Fame in 2015. Doton led the Demon Deacons to back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2002 and 2003 as a three-time All-American, two-time ACC Player of the Year and the 2003 National Player of the Year.
The Deacs will then go on to face No. 8 Harvard for their fifth meeting overall dating back to 2000. The Deacs have an overall record of 3-1 against the Crimson and last saw them in 2024.
Wake Forest Highlights
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The Deacs will take on Boston College, Friday October 2 at 5 p.m. ET.
Wake will then travel to No. 8 Harvard for a top-ten showdown at 12 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Opponent History
Wake Forest has faced Boston College dating back to 1997. The Deacs are 21-11 all time against the Eagles with the most recent win coming 2-1 last season.
Boston College's head coach Kelly Doton graduated from Wake Forest in 2004 and was inducted into the Wake Forest Hall of Fame in 2015. Doton led the Demon Deacons to back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2002 and 2003 as a three-time All-American, two-time ACC Player of the Year and the 2003 National Player of the Year.
The Deacs will then go on to face No. 8 Harvard for their fifth meeting overall dating back to 2000. The Deacs have an overall record of 3-1 against the Crimson and last saw them in 2024.
Wake Forest Highlights
- Freshman Bianca Rees-Gibbs recorded a brace on Sunday against No. 11 Syracuse and added one against No. 5 Duke on Friday night.
- She sits at 10 goals on the season.
- Rees-Gibbs earned her second ACC Offensive Player of the Week award as announced by the front office on Tuesday
- Senior Ava Moore recorded a goal against No. 5 Duke and No. 11 Syracuse this past weekend.
- She sits at eight goals on the season.
- Junior Sarah Mudd recorded her third goal of the season against No. 11 Syracuse.
- Sophomore goalie Ruby Butterfield earned her sixth win of the season against No. 11 Syracuse.
- Nine-Time ACC Coach of the Year Jen Averill is in her 34th season at Wake Forest.
- She sits just three wins away from her 450th win as a Demon Deacon.
- The Deacs fell in overtime to No. 5 Duke 3-2 on Friday evening.
- The Deacs went on to defeat No. 11 Syracuse 4-2 on Sunday afternoon.
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