Oct. 15, 2000

Box Score

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- The 18th-ranked Wake Forest men's soccer team beat Charlotte 3-2 in overtime Sunday afternoon at Transamerica Field. Ben Stafford led the Deacs with a goal and an assist. After going up 2-0, the Demon Deacons let their lead dissolve as the 49ers tied the game with less than five minutes remaining in regulation, forcing overtime.

Wake Forest senior midfielder Ben Stafford got the Deacs on the board early in the game when he converted a penalty kick 2:29 minutes into the match. In the 37th minute, Jaron Barbee came off the Wake Forest bench to score. The senior forward netted a ball from Andy Rosenband, flicked on by Jamal Seale.

Charlotte rallied in the second half, stopping all five of Wake's shots on goal. Juan Munoz-Airey found net at the 73:30 mark of the game to bring the 49ers within one. With under five minutes remaining in the match, Charlotte's C.J. Robinson buried a diving header off a pass from Ntando Sambo into the Deacon's goal, tying the score 2-2 and sending the game into overtime.

It didn't take long for Wake Forest to regroup in the sudden death overtime period. Stafford found Jeremiah White five minutes into the third frame and White canned the golden goal.

The Demon Deacons improve to 8-3-1 on the year and the 49ers fall to 6-5-2. Wake Forest will return to action next week for a pair of home games versus George Mason on Wednesday, Oct. 18 and Clemson on Saturday, Oct. 21. Both games kickoff at 7:00 p.m. at Spry Stadium.

1 2 1OT F Wake Forest 2 0 1 3 Charlotte 0 2 0 2

Scoring: WF Stafford (pk) 2:29, WF Barbee (Seale, Rosenband) 36:47, CHA Munoz-Airey (unassisted) 73:30, CHA Robinson (Tsambo) 85;47, WF White (Stafford) 95:28. Shots: WF 15, CHA 7. Saves: WF (Vartughian) 3, CHA (McDonough) 8. Corner Kicks: WF 6, CHA 3. Fouls: WF 12, CHA 2. Cautions: CHA Tsambo (13 :22), CHA Robinson (37 :25), CHA Trinitapoli (46 :33), WF Thompson (50 :22), CHA Carew (63 :24), CHA Miller (89 :08). Offside: WF 6, CHA 0. Attendance: 508.