Men's Soccer ACCtion: Saturday, October 24
Wake Forest edges past Maryland while North Carolina squeezes past Virginia Tech.
ACC Men's Soccer

ACC Men's Soccer

Oct. 24, 2009

No. 3 Wake Forest Downs No. 5 Maryland, 1-0

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Senior forward Zack Schilawski's penalty kick goal in the sixth minute lifted No. 3 Wake Forest to a 1-0 win against No. 5 Maryland on a beautiful Saturday night at Spry Stadium.

With the win, Wake Forest improves to 11-2-2 and 4-1-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, while Maryland drops to 10-4-1 and 4-2-1 in ACC play. Wake Forest is now tied for first in the conference with Maryland and North Carolina. All three schools have 13 points on the season.

The Deacs got the only goal of the match in the opening minutes. Schilawski played a cross from the left side, looking for Austin da Luz inside the penalty area. Da Luz was taken down, setting up the penalty kick. Schilawski calmly placed the ball into the left side of the net to provide the winning margin for Wake Forest.

Hokies fall just short with No. 4 Tar Heels, 1-0, on Senior Night

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Hokies fell just short to the No. 4 Tar Heels on Senior Night, 1-0, as the four Hokie seniors: Alexander Baden, Stefan Caulfield, Brendan Dunn and James Gilson, were accompanied by their parents and honored before the match. With 1,853 Hokie supporters on hand, the best crowd of the season and eighth-best all-time for a men’s soccer game, Tech never quit attacking all game but just couldn’t find the back of the net.

In a very close first half, the ball was evenly possessed, though the Tar Heels (10-2-2, 4-2-1 ACC) finished the first 45 minutes with the slight edge, outshooting the Hokies (4-9-2, 2-4-0 ACC) 6-5. Tech continuously attacked North Carolina’s end of the field, while the Hokie defense, led by Baden, was also strong. Tech only allowed the Tar Heels to take three shots on target with Caulfield saving all three attempts.

North Carolina got things going right away in the second half, as Jordan Graye netted his first goal of the season and the only goal of the game three minutes into the second period. Cameron Brown earned an assist on the play, as he got the ball to Graye, who then took a few dribbles towards the goal and buried the ball into the right side of the net from just in front of the goalie’s box on the left side of the field.