AUG. 19, 2021- 7:00 P.M. - WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - SPRY STADIUM Head Coach: Tony da Luz Head Coach: David Nikolic Season: 25th Season: 1st Home Record: 0-0-0 Home Record: 0-0-0 Away Record: 0-0-0 VS Away Record 0-0-0 Neutral Record: 0-0-0 WAKE FOREST UIC Neutral Record: 0-0-0 Goals Scored: 0 DEMON DEACONS FLAMES Goals Scored: 0 Goals Allowed: 0 Record: 0-0-0 ACC: 0-0-0 Record: 0-0-0 ACC: 0-0-0 Goals Allowed: 0 WAKE FOREST VS. UIC SCHEDULE RESULTS THE MATCHUP AUGUST •The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are set to open the regular season at home Thursday night, hosting the UIC Flames in a non-conference matchup. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 19 UIC (ACCNX) 7:00 p.m. p.m. at Spry Stadium. 22 HIGH POINT (ACCN) 7:00 p.m. • The match will be streamed online via ACCNX, and fans can follow along with live stats. (ESPN+) Follow @WakeWSoccer on Twitter for live match updates. 26 at VCU* 7:00 p.m. 29 YOUNGSTOWN ST. (ESPN+) 1:00 p.m. LAST TIME OUT • Wake Forest closed its preseason exhibition schedule with a 2-0 loss to the No. 17 South Carolina Gamecocks Thursday night at Spry Stadium. SEPTEMBER • The Deacs out-shot the Gamecocks by a 18-9 margin, but South Carolina was able to 2 LOYOLA MARYLAND (ACCNX) 7:00 p.m. find the back of the net twice. • 11 different Deacs put shots on the board, but South Carolina keeper Heather Hinz saved 5 at Appalachian St. 6:00 p.m. all 11 shots she faced to preserve the clean sheet. 9 COASTAL CAROLINA (ACCNX) 7:00 p.m. • Graduate student Jenna Menta led Wake Forest’s offensive attack with three shots, 12 MARYLAND 1:00 p.m. including one on target. Malaika Meena and Sophie Faircloth followed that up with two shots apiece. 17 VIRGINIA* 5:00 p.m. SCOUTING THE FLAMES 23 at Boston College* 7:00 p.m. •Grace Haines was named to the 2020-21 All-Horizon League Second 26 at Syracuse* 1:00 p.m. Team. Brielle Gomez was an All-Freshman Team selection. Both defenders played every minute of the 2020-21 season. Gomez was second on the team with three assists. Haines OCTOBER had one assist. • UIC had the fourth stingiest defense in the Horizon 1 at Louisville* 1:00 p.m. COVERAGE League in the 2020- 7 MIAMI* 5:00 p.m. 21 regular season. They allowed only six goals last (ACCN) TV season. League leaders IUPUI and Milwaukee allowed 10 VIRGINIA TECH* 5:00 p.m. ACC Network three. The Flames’ overall save percentage, .824, ranked 15 DUKE* 7:00 p.m. fourth in the conference. Live Stats 21 NC STATE* 7:00 p.m. statbroadcast SERIES HISTORY 24 at Pittsburgh* TBD Twitter • It is the first-ever meeting between the programs, as 28 at Notre Dame* 7:00 p.m. well as UIC’s first-ever match against an ACC squad. Live updates, stats and more 31 ACC QUARTERFINALS^ TBA @WakeWSoccer LOOKING AHEAD Facebook • Wake Forest’s home stand continues Sunday, Aug. 22 NOVEMBER as the High Point Panthers travel to Winston-Salem. Photos and news Kickoff for that matchup is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Spry 5 ACC SEMIFINALS^ TBA Wake Forest Women’s Soccer Stadium on ACC Network. 7 ACC FINALS^ TBA Instagram • For the most up-to-date information on Wake Forest soccer, follow @WakeWSoccer on Twitter. Photos and videos @WakeWSoccer GoDeacs.com Home games in BOLD CAPS Complete coverage * - ACC Game ^ - ACC Tournament ROSTER BREAKDOWN 2021 NUMERICAL ROSTER BY CLASS NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL Graduate (2) 00 Madison Howard 5-8 Goalkeeper Fr. Greensboro, N.C. / Greensboro Day School Arnarsdottir, Menta 1 Kaitlyn Parks 5-7 Goalkeeper R-Fr. Upper Marlboro, Md. / Northern High School Seniors (1) Brown 2 Reese Kim 5-5 Midfielder Fr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. / Mira Costa High School Juniors (4) 3 Giovanna DeMarco 5-7 Midfielder Jr. Gwynedd Valley, Pa. / Penn Charter DeMarco, Frank, Rossi (RS), Smart 4 Nikayla Small 5-2 Midfielder Fr. Pickering, Canada / Bill Crothers Secondary school Sophomores (4) 5 Ashley Frank 5-2 Forward Jr. Niceville, Fla. / Niceville Albery (RS), Raben (RS), Tangney (RS), Wood 6 Madeline Allburn 5-8 Midfielder R-Fr. Williamsburg, Va. / Jamestown HS Freshmen (25) 7 Kristin Johnson 5-9 Defender Fr. Reykjavík, Iceland / Commercial College of Iceland Adams, Allburn (RS), Ansbrow, Cahill, Chavoshi, Colton, 8 Kristi Vierra 5-6 Midfielder Fr. Norwell, Mass. / Norwell High School O. DeMarinis, N. DeMarinis, 9 Jenna Menta 5-7 Forward Gr. Somers, N.Y. / Somers High School / Georgetown Dobsch, Duvall, Faircloth, Howard, Johnson, Kim, McIntire, 10 Malaika Meena 5-6 Midfielder Fr. Slough, England / Cox Green School Meena, Morris, Ochoa, Parks (RS), 11 Liv Stowell 5-4 Forward Fr. Londonderry, N.H. / Londonderry High School Schwartz, Silva, Small, Stowell, Swanson, Vierra 13 Emily Morris - Midfielder Fr. Fort Mill, S.C. / Nation Ford HS 14 Carrie McIntire 5-9 Forward Fr. Haymarket, Va. / Battlefield High School BY STATE 15 Faith Adams 5-5 Midfielder Fr. Charlotte, N.C. / Weddington High School North Carolina (6) Faith Adams (Charlotte) 16 Mia Raben 5-9 Goalkeeper R-So. Greenwood Village, Colo. / Cherry Creek Laurel Ansbrow (Cary) 17 Tyla Ochoa 5-5 Defender Fr. Encinitas, Calif. / La Costa Canyon HS Sophie Faircloth (Winston-Salem) Madison Howard (Greensboro) 18 Kate Dobsch 5-9 Defender Fr. Winnetka, Ill. / New Trier High School Emily Silva (Greensboro) 19 Lyndon Wood 5-9 Midfielder So. Raleigh, N.C. / Cary Academy Lyndon Wood (Raleigh) Florida (4) 20 Shayla Smart 5-2 Forward Jr. Apopka, Fla. / Montverde Academy Ashley Frank (Niceville) 21 Ryanne Brown 5-8 Forward Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. / Brebeuf Jesuit Shayla Smart (Apopka) Olivia DeMarinis (Boca Raton) 22 Sasha Schwartz 5-6 Defender Fr. New York City, N.Y. / Marymount School of NY Nadia DeMarinis (Boca Raton) 23 Lauren Tangney 5-2 Midfielder R-So. Fairfield, Conn. / Fairfield Warde California (3) Abbie Colton (Carlsbad) 24 Zara Chavoshi 5-8 Defender Fr. Potomac, Md. / Thomas S. Wootton HS Reese Kim (Manhattan Beach) 25 Sophie Faircloth 5-6 Midfielder Fr. Winston-Salem, N.C. / Reagan High School Tyla Ochoa (Encinitas) Virginia (3) 26 Mia Albery 5-9 Defender R-So. Denver, Colo. / Regis Jesuit Madeline Allburn (Williamsburg) 27 Nadia DeMarinis 5-5 Defender Fr. Boca Raton, Fla. / North Broward Prep HS Olivia Duvall (Alexandria) Carrie McIntire (Haymarket) 28 Sofia Rossi 5-5 Midfielder R-Jr. Akron, Ohio / Walsh Jesuit HS Colorado (2) 29 Olivia DeMarinis 5-5 Defender Fr. Boca Raton, Fla. / North Broward Prep HS Mia Albery (Denver) Mia Raben (Greenwood Village) 30 Anna Swanson 5-4 Midfielder Fr. Santa Fe, N.M. / Santa Fe Prep HS Maryland (2) 31 Olivia Duvall 5-7 Midfielder Fr. Alexandria, Va. / St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School Kaitlyn Parks (Upper Marlboro) Zara Chavoshi (Potomac) 32 Emily Silva 5-4 Midfielder Fr. Greensboro, N.C. / Bishop McGuinness Catholic HS New York (2) 33 Abbie Colton 5-3 Defender Fr. Carlsbad, Calif. / La Costa Canyon HS Sasha Schwartz (New York) Jenna Menta (Somers) 34 Laurel Ansbrow 5-11 Defender Fr. Cary, NC / Apex HS Ohio (1) 35 Payton Cahill 5-8 Goalkeeper Fr. Cottage Grove, Minn. / Hill-Murray HS Sofia Rossi (Akron) Connecticut (1) 88 Hulda Arnarsdottir 5-6 Forward Gr. Reykjavik, Iceland / Borgarholtsskoli HS Lauren Tangney (Fairfield) Illinois (1) Kate Dobsch (Winnetka) COACHING STAFF Indiana (1) Ryanne Brown (Indianapolis) Head Coach ....................................................Tony da Luz (San Diego ‘85) / 24th season Massachusetts (1) Kristi Vierra (Norwell) Assistant Coach ............................................Courtney Owen (Wake Forest ‘14) / 5th season Minnesota (1) Payton Cahill (Cottage Grove) Assistant Coach ............................................Brittany Cameron (San Diego, ‘08) / 1st season New Hampshire (1) Liv Stowell (Londonderry) New Mexico (1) Anna Swanson (Santa Fe) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Pennsylvania (1) Giovanna DeMarco (Gwynedd Valley) 3. Giovanna DeMarco ..................................duh-MARK-oh South Carolina (1) Emily Morris (Fort Mill) 7. Abby McNamara ......................................MAC-nuh-MARE-uh BY COUNTRY 11. Liv Stowell ...............................................STOW-uhl USA (32) 14. Carrie McIntire .......................................MAC-in-tire Iceland (2) Canada (1) 16. Mia Raben ...............................................RAY-bin England (1) 21. Ryanne Brown .......................................Ryan 22. Sasha Schwartz .....................................SAH-shuh 23. Lauren Tangney .....................................TANG-nee 2 QUICK FACTS NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE • A total of four Deacons have some form of National Team experience entering the 2021 season. PROGRAM HISTORY • Ryanne Brown was a member of the U.S. U-17 National Team where she attended four camps and earned two First Year of Women’s Soccer 1994 caps. All-Time Record 299-206-53 (.536) • Giovanna DeMarco participated in the U.S. U-19 National Team Training Camp in February 2018. She then All-Time ACC Record 93-124-23 (.388) traveled to Spain with the U-18 Women’s National Team to play in the La Manga 12 Nations Tournament. She was ACC Reg. Season Championships 0 later called to the May U-19 Camp. ACC Tournament Championships 1 (2010) NCAAT Appearances (Last) 20 (2018) • Shayla Smart has spent time with both the Jamaica U-17 and U-20 National Teams and was a 2016 and 2018 NCAA Tournament Record 19-18-2 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifier. She then made her debut with the senior Jamaican National Team at the 2019 NCAA Round of 16 Appearances 4 Pan-American Games. NCAA Quarterfinal Appearances 2 • Nikayla Small selected for U17 Candian Youth Team against Mexico in 2019 College Cup Appearances 1 (2011) HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE FACILITY INFORMATION • Since its opening in 1996, the Wake Forest women’s soccer program has held a 163-71-21 advantage over Facility Name Spry Stadium opponents in W.