Sports > September 13, 2007

By Lindsey Binder | Staff writer

No. 5 Wake Forest women’s field hockey team played a challenging game against 8th ranked Duke Sept. 8 at William’s Field. The Demon Deacons came out victorious 4-2, each goal scored by a different player. The win pushed the Deacons’ overall record to 2-2 and their ACC record to 1-0. At the two-minute mark, junior Liz Fries scored the first goal of the game and her first of the year. Sophomore Melissa Martin and junior Michelle Kasold gave Fries the assist. Martin then scored her own goal two minutes later to put the Deacs up 2-0.

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Sophomore Aileen Davis goes after the ball during the game against Ohio Sept. 12. (Kelly Makepeace/Old Gold & Black)

In the next 20 minutes, Duke stepped up its defense and held Wake Forest to two shots. The Blue Devils’ Laura Suchoski found her teammate Amie Survilla, who scored cutting Wake’s lead to one goal. But Wake’s senior Chelsea Cipriani scored with under five minutes left in the first period, increasing their lead 3-1. Martin gave Cipriani the assist.

During the second half, Duke controlled the possession but was not able to score on any of its 10 shots. However, the Deac’s still had one big score left. Freshman Emily Cummings scored her second consecutive goal in a game to give Wake Forest a 4-1 lead. However, in the 68th minute of the game, Duke scored once more to make the final score 4-2 with Wake on top.

Even though Wake was outshot by Duke 18-12, the Deacons shots were more precise and accurate.

The two goalkeepers for the games, Wake’s junior Crystal Duffield and Duke’s Caitlin William’s both had four saves.

The Deacons next made their first home appearance of the season playing host to Radford Sept. 13.

Wake Forest managed to defeat the Highlanders 6-1 and outshot them 28-4.

The win moves the Deacs to 3-2 on the season and gives the team positive momentum heading into the weekend.

Wake Forest next travels to Bloomington, Ind. Sept 15 and 16 to face off against Ohio and Indiana.