Deacs Earn Road Draw Against the Hurricanes

Saturday, October 10

Coral Gables, Fla.

1 p.m.

Wake Forest University

10-1-1, 3-1-1

Miami

8-3-2, 3-2-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Wake Forest	0	0	0
Miami (FL)	0	0	0

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Wake Forest will be back in action this Thursday against reigning national champions, No. 22 Florida State at Spry Stadium.

By: Kaitlyn Stocum

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Battling hot temperatures, the No. 4 Wake Forest women's soccer team (10-1-1, 3-1-1 ACC) collected a point on the road against the Miami Hurricanes (8-3-2, ACC 3-2-1), Saturday afternoon at Cobb Stadium.

With the draw, Wake Forest moves up a spot in the ACC standings to third, tied with Louisville and Miami with 10 points.

The first half stayed fairly quiet, with both teams recording a combined three shots through the first 45. In the second half, the Demon Deacons saw multiple opportunities in the offensive zone but ultimately, the Miami defense held its line.

Wake Forest's backline was essential to the victory, as the defense held the Hurricanes to six shots across the full 90, making it the lowest allowed shots since starting conference play. In goal, redshirt-junior goalkeeper Valetina Amaral stayed hot, tallying her sixth shutout of the season and 19th of her career.

Brick Wall Amaral
Across 53 appearances and 49 starts, redshirt-junior Valentina Amaral has positioned herself as one of the top goalkeepers in the country. Her performances in net have led to 19 individual career shutouts, six combined shutouts and 32 wins. In 2024, she finished the season with the best goals-against average in program history at 0.69 and her results since then have spoken for themselves. This season, Amaral leads the conference with a 0.46 GAA, 0.808 save percentage.

Player (Year Played)	Career Goals Against Average
Valentina Amaral (2023-present)	0.76
Aubrey Bledsoe (2010-13)	0.91
Laura Morse (2006-09)	0.94
Amanda Barasha (2007-10) Kaitlyn Parks (2020-23)	1.01

How It Happened

Action hung around the midfield, with neither team recording a shot until the 12th minute.
- Sophomore midfielder Amaya Dawkins pushed around the Miami defenders and put a shot on goal through traffic.
Three minutes later, graduate student forward Henley Tippins recorded a shot on traffic.
The Hurricanes looked to get on the board in the 29th minute, but redshirt-junior goalkeeper Valentina Amaral pulled out of net to block the shot and deflect out of play.
Miami was awarded a red card in the 38th minute, providing a free-kick opportunity for the Deacs.
- The Hurricanes blocked redshirt-junior defender Sierra Sythe's shot and cleared from the attacking zone.
Wake Forest and Miami were drawn at the half, with possession 58-42 and shots 2-1 in favor of the Deacs.
In the 49th minute, senior Sammi Wiemann looked for a chance off a corner, but the Miami keeper collected the save.
Despite the Hurricanes' attempts to move towards the net, the Deacs' defense held tight, with defender Taylor Maxwell and midfielder Amaya Dawkins recording back-to-back blocks.
Miami put a high-danger chance on net, but hit the post to remain scoreless.
Sophomore forward Allie Flanagan found a great spot in the 64th minute, but shot high off the crossbar.
Wake Forest kept pressure on the Hurricanes' defense, recording off-target attempts in the 75th and 76th minutes.
Senior forward Kaitlyn Sasadeusz looked to put the Demon Deacons ahead in the 77th minute, but her goal was ruled offside.
Sophomore forward Riley Cross fired a shot on net in the 86th minute.
Wake Forest drew with Miami, 0-0.

Demon Deacon Details to Note

Grad student Henley Tippins made her 80th career start.
Sophomores Riley Cross and Taylor Maxwell made their 20th career start.
- T. Maxwell also reached 20 straight starts.
Sophomores Allie Flanagan and Kylie Maxwell made their 30th career appearance.
Midfielder Amaya Dawkins marked her fifth start of the season.
Brown, Cross, T. Maxwell, Sythe, Wiemann, K. Maxwell went the full 90.
Senior forward Kaitlyn Sasadeusz played a season-high 41 minutes.

From Coach da Luz
"We competed well against a tough Miami team on their home field. The 90 degree heat was difficult to deal with but our kids gave everything. Valentina had one incredible save to help us preserve another shutout. A road tie doesn't hurt us in the grand scheme of things and we have two great opportunities this week vs Florida State and UNC at Spry. We hope to see our fans out for both games!"

Up Next
Wake Forest hosts reigning national champions No. 22 Florida State this Thursday, Oct. 15th at Spry Stadium for its annual Pink Match, in support of Breast Cancer Research. The game will be nationally televised on ACCN, with kickoff set for 6 p.m.