#1 Wake Forest 5, Davidson 1
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ? After leading just 1-0 at the half, No. 2 Wake Forest found the back of the net four times in an eight minute span to defeat Davidson 5-1 in men’s soccer action Tuesday evening at Frye Stadium. Wake improves to 14-1-2 with the triumph, while the loss was the third straight for the Wildcats dropping them to 4-13-1.
With the match scoreless through 40 minutes of action, the Demon Deacons’ Zack Schilawski scored his first of two consecutive to send his club into the break with the advantage.
Just 15 minutes into the final stanza, Wake put the game away with three goals in two minutes to extend its margin to 4-0. Schilawski struck at the 60:20 mark and Cody Arnouz, the ACC’s leading scoring, recorded his 11th and 12th strikes on the season 33 seconds apart.
Jeff Leach added Wake’s final goal of the evening with 22:35 left in the contest.
Davidson had several on target shots, including a header from Robby Hoak that ricocheted off the post and nearly put the Wildcats up 1-0 in the first half. But it was Wildcat Robert O'Donnell who made the lone Davidson goal in the 76th minute with a left side run that ended with a short 8-yard shot in the right pocket of net.
The Demon Deacons finished with a 13-4 advantage in shot attempts and held a 4-1 edge in corner kicks.
Making his fifth consecutive start in net for the Wildcats, Matt McElroy finished with a pair of saves, while Brian Edwards turned away the only shot he faced on frame.
Davidson will travel to UNC Greensboro for the for the opening round of the 2007 Southern Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament Saturday at 7 p.m. Wake Forest hosts conference foe Virginia in its regular season finale Friday evening.
Stetson 1, Georgia Southern 0
DELAND, Fla. ? The Georgia Southern men’s soccer team was edged by non-conference opponent Stetson, 1-0, in the regular season finale, Tuesday night (Nov. 6) at Stetson Soccer Complex.
The Eagles conclude the regular season with a 6-11-0 overall record while the Hatters finish up their season at 11-4-2.
Junior midfielder Scott DeVault (Woodstock, Ga.) produced one of the team’s best scoring opportunities in the fourth minute, but his shot on target was stopped by Hatter keeper Evan White.
Stetson notched the game’s lone goal in the 23rd minute after Robert Hodge headed a corner kick pass by Arthur Prescott into the back of the net for his second goal of the season.
The Hatters led the Eagles in shots 5-2 at the break, while both teams tallied three corner kicks apiece.
The Eagles were unable to rally back from a 1-0 deficit while Stetson held on for the win, tying up the 23-game all-time series at 10-10-3.
Stetson led the Eagles in total shots 11-4, while Georgia Southern edged the Hatters in corner kicks, 7-6.
Goalkeeper Brian Young (Roswell, Ga.) played full-time in the cage, making three saves. Hatter keeper Evan White earned the shutout victory making one save on the day.
After the short break in Southern Conference play, the No. 7 seed Eagles will set their sights on the first round of the SoCon tournament versus No. 2 seed College of Charleston. The match will be hosted by the Cougars and is slated for Saturday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. at Patriots Point Stadium in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.