NCAA TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND v WAKE FOREST AT JMU v SUNDAY, NOV. 20 2011 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DEACS TO TAKE ON DUKES IN NCAA TOURNA M ENT SECOND ROUND Wake Forest men’s soccer marches on in its return to the NCAA Tourna- ment after advancing on penalty kicks (4-3) in a first round draw against AUGUST South Carolina. In the round of 32, the Demon Deacons will meet 14th- 27 SOUTH FLORIDA L, 0-2 seeded James Madison. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20 at the JMU Soccer Complex in Harrisonburg, Va. An unseeded, at-large admission into the tournament, Wake Forest has WAKE FOREST (8-7-5, 4-3-1 ACC) SEPTEMBER advanced to the field of 32 for the 12th time in school history and is playing some of its best soccer of the season. Overall, the Deacs hold an 8-7-5 VISITS 2 #1 LOUISVILLE L, 0-2 overall record after going 4-3-1 and tying for third-place in the perennially NO. 14 JAMES MADISON tough ACC. (12-4-2, 8-3-0 CAA) 4 OREGON STATE T, 0-0 (2 OT) Despite a strong schedule and resume, Wake will not have the luxury of Date: Sunday, November 20 any home matches for the duration of its participation and faces a future 9 CLEMSON * W, 2-1 Time: 7:00 p.m. EST match with either third-seeded UConn or Monmouth - provided the Deacs Site: Harrisonburg, Va. 14 CLEVELAND STATE W, 2-1 are able to get through JMU in the second round. Stadium: JMU Soccer Complex 16 #8 NORTH CAROLINA * L, 1-0 This pairing will mark the first postseason meeting between the two schools and fifth matchup all-time. Live Audio/Stats: JMUsports.com 21 at South Carolina Cancelled The Demon Deacons are in their 10th trip to the NCAA Men’s Soccer WF Head Coach Jay Vidovich: Vidovich (Ohio Wesleyan, ‘82) is in his 18th sea- 23 at Duke * L, 4-1 Tournament in the past 11 seasons, where head coach Jay Vidovich’s side had a dominant run from 2006-2009 - including a 2007 NCAA Champion- son at the helm of the Deacons. Vidovich 25 WINTHROP W, 1-0 ship and four consecutive College Cup appearances. That run was snapped has compiled a 241-103-38 (.681) re- last season when the Deacs were left out of the field for the first time in a cord and has led the Deacs to the NCAA 28 DAVIDSON W, 4-1 decade, despite a third-place regular season finish in the ACC. Tournament in 10 of the past 11 years, including four straight College Cup runs SCOUTING THE DUKES (2006-09) and a national title in 2007. OCTOBER James Madison finished the year 12-4-2 overall and 8-3-0 in the Colonial James Madison Coach Tom Martin: 1 VIRGINIA TECH * W, 1-0 (2 OT) Athletic Association to claim a regular season conference championship. Martin is in his 26th season leading the Semifinalists in the CAA Tournament, JMU was awarded the tournament’s Dukes and has put together a 333-138- 7 at #16 Boston College * L, 2-0 14th seed and a first round bye for the first time in program history. 50 all-time record at JMU. In 35 seasons This is the Dukes’ 13th appearance in the NCAA Tournament (and first 11 at College of Charleston T, 0-0 (2 OT) as a head coach, he has claimed two since 2005), where they are 4-12-1 all-time. The Dukes also bring a 10 NAIA national championships and led the 14 #25 VIRGINIA * W, 4-3 match unbeaten home streak into the match (9-0-1) and have won 12 Dukes to nine NCAA Tournament appear- games in 2011 - the most for the program since the ‘05 season. 18 ELON L, 0-2 ances. He is the active leader in Division Among the the pair’s common opponents, JMU has dropped a 4-1 deci- I men’s soccer with a career record of 22 at NC State * W, 5-2 sion to North Carolina on Sept. 13 (Wake lost 1-0) and defeated William & 452-173-60. Mary 1-0 on Oct. 19 (Wake also defeated W&M 1-0). Series History: The Deacs and Dukes 25 WILLIAM & MARY W, 1-0 In 2011, JMU has outscored its opponents 31-22 and outshot them have never met this late in the season, 259-208. 29 at #7 Akron T, 2-2 (2 OT) or in the postseason at all. The two are Senior forward Patrick Innes leads the side with 13 goals and two assists for 28 points, while his partner up top, junior Paul Wyatt, is also in double locked up 2-2-1 all-time in five previous figures for the Dukes with 15 points (6g, 3a). meetings. Wake Forest has won the past NOVEMBER Justin Epperson has logged every minute between the sticks for JMU, two in 2-0 fashion, most recently in 2001. 3 at #4 Maryland * T, 1-1 (2 OT) starting all 18 matches and recording shutouts in eight of them. The redshirt Wake also defeated a No. 7-ranked JMU senior holds a 1.19 GAA and has made 50 saves. team in 1997. 8 at Virginia (ACC Quarterfinals) L, 4-3 (2 OT) 17 at South Carolina (NCAA) T, 1-1 (4-3 PKs) 2011 WAKE FOREST KEY PLAYERS 20 at James Madison (NCAA) 5:00 p.m. No. Name Pos Ht Yr G A P Highlights 2 Jared Watts MF 6-1 So. 1 1 3 Scored first career goal to defeat VT on Oct. 1 Home games in BOLD CAPS. 9 Sean Okoli F 5-11Oct. Fr. 4 3 11 Tallied in four straight to end regular season & - Exhibition Event * - ACC match 10 Teddy Mullin MF 5-11 Fr. 1 6 8 Tied for fifth in the ACC with six helpers. 11 Luca Gimenez F 5-10 So. 6 1 13 Posted second multi-goal match vs. UVa Rankings compiled from NSCAA National Poll 17 Andy Lubahn F 6-1 Jr. 4 6 14 Put up a four point effort (1g, 2a) vs. Davidson --------------------------------------------------------------- 20 Danny Wenzel D 5-11 R-Jr. 3 0 6 Team captain, has three PK goals in 2011 21 Ben Newnam MF 5-10 Jr. 3 4 10 Assisted on both Wake goals at No. 7 Akron 25 Ross Tomaselli MF 5-9 So. 2 2 6 Nailed second career goal in NCAA First Rd. WAKE FOREST MEDIA RELATIONS PO Box 7426 Winston-Salem, NC Pos Ht Yr SV GA GAA Brendan Bergen, Men’s Soccer Contact 1 Michael Lisch GK 6-4 Jr. 80 28 1.31 Stopped three PK’s in the NCAA First Rd. Phone: (336) 758-5842 Cell: (513) 320-4876 / Fax: (336) 758-5140 Head Coach Jay Vidovich (Ohio Wesleyan, ‘82)/18th season at Wake Forest Email: [email protected] Assistant Coach Ryan Martin (Ohio Wesleyan, ‘05)/5th season at Wake Forest www.WakeForestSports.com Assistant Coach Dane Brenner (South Florida, ‘06)/1st season at Wake Forest Volunteer Assistant Coach Jamie Franks (Wake Forest, ‘09)/ 1st season at Wake Forest NCAA TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND v WAKE FOREST AT JMU v SUNDAY, NOV. 20 8|17 FURMAN (Exhibition) W, 2-1 Wake Forest recorded a 2-1 victory in its exhibition opener against the Paladins, receiving unanswered goals from Andy Lubahn and Luca Gime- nez. Lubahn had the game-winner just 11 seconds into the second half. 8|23 at Radford (Exhibition) W, 2-1 Freshman Sean Okoli had the game-winner in the 84th minute as the Deacs knocked off Radford to close the preseason. Anthony Arena also tallied in the first half as Ben Newnam and Luca Gimenez recorded assists. 8|27 SOUTH FLORIDA L, 0-2 The Deacs could not benefit from the tenth-largest crowd in Spry Stadium (4,123) history as USF scored early and took advantage of a WFU own goal to win 2-0. It was the Deacs’ first-ever August loss (12-1-1 all-time). DEMON DEACON 9|2 LOUISVILLE L, 0-2 The Demon Deacons pushed No. 1 Louisville to the brink of defeat, but a critical goal was overturned on an off-sides call and the Cardinals capital- SOCCER HISTORY ized to win 2-0. Keeper Michael Lisch made a career-high eight stops. Years of Men’s Soccer 32nd 9|4 OREGON STATE T, 0-0 (2 OT) In the first-ever match between the two schools, the Deacs and Beavers First Season of Soccer 1980 battled to a 0-0 tie in double overtime. Wake took 15 corners in the match, All-Time Head Coaches 3 two shy of the school record, as Lisch kept his first career clean sheet. All-Time Record 382-214-74 (.625) Winning Seasons 25 Tolani Ibikunle buried his first career goal to equalize and Sean Randolph 9|9 CLEMSON W, 2-1 had the game-winner on a breakaway to extend the Deacs’ unbeaten .500 Seasons 1 streak to 11 versus the Tigers. Jared Watts and Teddy Mullin had assists. Losing Seasons 6 12+ Win Seasons 16 Record at Spry 125-36-15 (.753) 9|14 CLEVELAND STATE W, 2-1 Andy Lubahn nailed the game-winner for the Deacs in the 77th minute as Ben Newnam added a first half strike to hand CSU a 2-1 loss in the two team’s first-ever meeting. Teddy Mullin and Luca Gimenez assisted.