Sports > September 13, 2007

By Chris D’Auria | Staff writer

The Wake Forest women’s soccer team rolled into Blacksburg, Va., for the Virginia Tech Classic this past weekend looking for some wins, but dropped both of its matches in heartbreaking fashion, the first to Loyola (Md.) and the second to Tennessee.

The first match started off quickly after the Greyhounds scored their only two goals of the match in the fourth and ninth minutes of play.

Although the Deacons were able to out shoot their opponents 19-6, only one of their shots actually made it beyond the goal line.

This last-ditch effort was constructed by the goal-assist team of sophomores Sarah Winslow and Kaley Fountain and occurred in the 82nd minute of play.

However, eight minutes was not enough time to tie the score, and the Greyhounds got the victory.

To say that the Sept. 9 contest between the Deacs and the Tennessee Volunteers was a nail-biter is an understatement. The score at the end of regulation was 0-0. The Vols were finally able to break the tie and get the win in the 8th minute of overtime play. The Deacs did not go down without a fight, as they outshot Tennessee 25-17, with nine shots on goal over the Vols’ five.

The Deacons returned to action Sept. 13 when they played host to Louisville in Spry Stadium.

The Deacs got off to a quick start when sophomore forward Jill Hutchinson found the back of the net only 11 minutes into the game.

The Deacs and Cardinals traded shots back and forth for the rest of the first half, but neither were able to score.

The second half started off much like the first with Wake Forest’s Winslow scoring less than a minute into the half.

This seemed to break the Cardinals spirit and helped propel the Deacs to a 2-0 win.

Wake Forest returns to action Sept. 15 at UNC-Greensboro.