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Jeron Barbee netted
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Wake Forest And Richmond Tie In Nike Classic
No. 18 men's soccer duels to a 1-1 tie.
Sept. 24, 1999
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--The 18th-ranked Wake Forest men's soccer team
battled the Richmond Spiders to a 1-1 tie after two overtime periods here
at Spry Stadium in the first round of the Nike-Wake Forest Classic Friday
night.
After a scoreless first half, Richmond took the lead at the 48:30
mark in the game on a goal by Andy Moden. Wake Forest answered at the 62:12
mark when Jeron Barbee scored off an assist by Aaron Thomas. The two teams
battled through two scoreless overtime periods to end in a 1-1 tie.
With the tie, Wake Forest is now 4-0-3 on the season, while
Richmond is 4-2-1.
In the early game, the UNC-Charlotte 49ers defeated the Vanderbilt
Commodores 2-1. Stephen Miller and C.J. Robinson scored the goals for the
49ers. The lone Vanderbilt goal was scored on an ungoal when a
UNC-Charlotte player knocked the ball into the Vanderbilt goal.
UNC-Charlotte is now 2-3 with the win, while Vanderbilt drops to
4-2 with the loss.
The Classic will resume on Sunday, Sept. 26 with UNC-Charlotte and
Richmond playing at noon and Wake Forest and Vanderbilt playing at 2 p.m.
