Nov. 7, 2005
Tuesday (First Round)
(8) Wake Forest vs. (9) Boston College, 2:00 pm
Wednesday (Quarterfinals)
(4) Virginia Tech vs. (5) Duke, Noon
(1) Maryland vs. 8/9 winner, 2:30 pm
(3) NC State vs. (6) North Carolina, 5:30 pm
(2) Virginia vs. (7) Clemson, 8 pm
Saturday (Semifinals)
Semifinal #1, 5:30 pm
Semifinal #2, 8 pm
Sunday (Finals)
Championship game, FSN, 1 pm
Record
Wake Forest is 10-6-2 overall and 1-5-2 in the ACC after a 2-1 overtime loss to Virginia last Friday night.
Ranking: Wake Forest is ranked as high as No. 17 in Soccer America. The Deacs are No. 23 in Soccer
Times.
Coach
Jay Vidovich is in his 12th year, all at Wake
Forest, with a mark of 144-73-21.
Vidovich In The ACC Tournament
Vidovich has guided Wake Forest to the semifinals each of the past six seasons. In his career, Vidovich is 5-11-2.
Last Year's Result
Top seed Wake Forest knocked off Virginia Tech, 1-0, in the 2004 ACC Tournament quarterfinals, but was upset in the semifinals by fifth-seeded Virginia.
A Wake Forest Win This Afternoon Would
... improve the Demon Deacons to 11-6-2 overall
... give the Demon Deacons a victory in just the second ever meeting between the two schools
... give the Deacons a victory in the first ever first round match of the ACC Tournament (since expansion of ACC)
... make Wake Forest 1-0-1 against Boston College all-time
... give the Demon Deacons a record of 10-14-6 all-time in ACC Tournament action
... improve the Demon Deacons to 6-10-2 all-time in the ACC Tournament in the Vidovich era
... give Wake Forest 11 or more victories for the fourth consecutive season
... snap Wake Forest's season-high two match losing streak
... improve to 4-0-0 on neutral fields in 2005
... give 12th-year head coach Jay Vidovich his 145th career victory
A Wake Forest Win This Afternoon Would
... drop the Demon Deacons to 10-7-2 overall
... give the Demon Deacons a loss in just the second ever meeting between the two schools
... give the Deacons a defeat in the first ever first round match of the ACC Tournament (since expansion of ACC)
... make Wake Forest 0-1-0 against Boston College all-time
... give the Demon Deacons a record of 9-15-6 all-time in ACC Tournament action
... drop the Demon Deacons to 5-11-2 all-time in the ACC Tournament in the Vidovich era
... deny Wake Forest 11 or more victories for the fourth consecutive season
... extend Wake Forest's season-high losing streak to three matches
... be the Demon Deacons first loss on a neutral field in 2005 (3-1-0)
... deny 12th-year head coach Jay Vidovich his 145th career victory
... deny the Deacons their seventh consecutive appearance in the ACC Tournament semifinals.
Wake Forest Trends
... the Demon Deacons have gone into overtime in four of their past six matches and six times this season. Wake Forest is 1-3-2 in those overtime games.
... the North Carolina victory over Wake Forest on Oct. 22 at Spry Stadium was the first for the Tar Heels over the Deacs since 2000 and the first regular season victory for Carolina at Spry Stadium since 1997.
... Wake Forest has struggled scoring over its past seven matches. The Deacs have scored just seven goals and three of those goals came in one match against Appalachian State. The Demon Deacons have been shutout twice. Wake Forest had not been shutout twice over a four-game span since getting blanked back-to-back matches against Virginia on Nov. 14 and 26 of 2003.
... of Wake's six losses this season, five have been by the slimmest margin of one goal. In fact, four of the Deacons' five defeats in the ACC are by just a single goal.
... since Wake Forest defeated Virginia Tech on Sept. 23, the Deacs have gone winless in their last six ACC matches (0-4-2). Wake Forest has scored just four goals in those matches.
Demon Deacons Land Four On All-ACC Men's Soccer Team
Wake Forest senior forward Justin Moose was the lone Demon Deacon named first team All-ACC, but junior midfielder Ryan Solle earned second team honors and freshmen Sam Cronin and Michael Lahoud were each awarded All-Freshman ACC in voting from the league's nine head coaches.
Moose, who was named second team All-ACC each of the past three years, was one of five forwards on the first team. Moose, a native of Statesville, N.C., is tied for the team lead in points with 17 this season on four goals and nine assists. The All-American is the school's all-time leader in assists with 29 and ranks eighth all-time in scoring with 59 points (15 goals and 29 assists). Earlier this season, Moose tied an ACC record with four assists in one match and is the only player in ACC history to record the feat in a single half.
Solle set a new school record for assists in a single-season with 12 -- besting the previous school record of 10. Solle not only led the Demon Deacons and the ACC, but also ranked second nationally in assists. The co-captain recorded three assists in one match twice this season. With 22 career assists, Solle ranks tied for fifth all-time in Demon Deacon history.
Cronin and Lahoud each played and started in all 18 regular season games for Wake Forest. Lahoud, a native of Reston, Va., is tied for the team lead in points with 17 this season on six goals and five assists. Cronin led the Deacs in minutes played. The Winston-Salem native logged 1,518 minutes -- an average of 84 minutes per match. Cronin also added a pair of assists.
