No. 16 Wake Forest 3, Georgia Southern 1

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Georgia Southern’s men’s soccer team came up short on Tuesday evening against No. 16 Wake Forest, falling 3-1 to the Demon Deacons. Drew Ruggles cashed in a free kick in the 41st minute to cut the Wake Forest lead to 2-1 late in the opening half after the Eagles pressed forward in the first five minutes of the match.

Georgia Southern took the game to Wake Forest in the first five minutes, earning the early scoring chances by passing the ball well inside the attacking third.

Following the Eagles’ early chances, Wake got on the scoreboard in the 12th minute as the Deacons scored on a free kick from the area wide of the penalty area. GSU successfully defended a pair of early corner kicks, but Wake Forest’s free kick from the flank found the head of Jalen Robinson for his second goal of the season.

Eight minutes later, Wake Forest scored its second goal of the night with an attack through the center of the Eagle defense. A through ball by Jared Watts to Michael Gamble found the freshman near the penalty spot between the Eagle central defenders. The shot to the far post beat the keeper for a 2-0 Wake Forest advantage.

With the halftime interval on the horizon, Georgia Southern scored its first goal in more than two matches with a free kick goal from Ruggles. The junior from Manassas, Va., curled his shot around the wall from 25 yards to cut the Wake Forest advantage to 2-1

Wake Forest went 3-1 up in the 49th minute when Luca Gimenez scored his first goal of the season off assists by Collin Martin and Gamble. The ball was knocked around the top of the box before Gimenez took the shot from 18 yards, putting it past the goalkeeper.

GSU goalkeeper Jack Falle tallied four saves overall after withstanding a barrage of seven second-half shots to keep the line at 3-1 through the final whistle. With the loss, Georgia Southern fell to 2-5-0 on the year while Wake Forest improved to 4-1-2 with a pair of draws in ACC play.

Georgia Southern travels on Saturday for a match at Jacksonville. Kickoff for the contest is set for 7 p.m.

Davidson at North Carolina, ppd.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Due to rain and the threat of severe thunderstorms, the men’s soccer contest between Davidson and No. 3 North Carolina scheduled for Tuesday evening has been moved to Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m.

The Wildcats are back in action Friday at Presbyterian. The game is set for a 7 p.m. start in Clinton, S.C.

UNCG at Duke, canc.

DURHAM, N.C. – Due to heavy rain and forecasted severe weather the rest of the evening, the UNCG men's soccer game scheduled at Atlantic Coast Conference foe Duke on Tuesday night has been cancelled. No makeup date has been scheduled at this time.

The Spartans will return to action Saturday evening as they travel to Coastal Carolina in the final tune-up before Southern Conference play begins.