No. 2 Wake Forest Spoils Senior Day

NEWTON, Mass. – The No. 2 Wake Forest men's soccer team scored four goals – including three second-half tallies – to top Boston College, 4-0, at the Newton Campus Fields in an ACC contest.

Boston College (6-9-0, 1-6-0 ACC) drew seven yellow cards and a red card – all but one card in the second half – in the physical game. The chippy nature of the game was also evidenced by a combined 41 fouls between the teams. Wake Forest (15-1-0, 7-0-0 ACC) also earned two yellow cards in the victory which gave them the ACC regular-season championship and the top seed in the ACC Championship, which begins in a week and a half.

The first half of play saw early chances by both teams, but the Deacs broke through for a lead with six second left in the first half through Omir Fernandez. He added his second goal in the 67th minute, before Justin McMaster (76th) and Ema Twumasi (83rd) rounded out the scoring. BC played with 10 men the final 12 minutes of the game after senior Henry Balf was shown a straight red card for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Boston College closes the regular season next Friday, Oct. 27, when the team travels to face NC State in Raleigh, N.C. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra, which can be accessed on WatchESPN.com and the ESPN app.

Wake Forest 4, Boston College 1
October 22, 2017
Newton, Mass. | Newton Campus Fields

HOW IT HAPPENED

2' | The Demon Deacons found the first chance of the match as a ball played through the BC backline found the foot of Ema Twumasi, who launched a booming shot over the crossbar of Antonio Chavez Borrelli's goal.
4' | Henry Balf settled the ball at the top of the box and looped in a high cross towards traffic in the box. The pass met the head of Tomas Gudmundsson, but his header shot was saved by Wake Forest goalkeeper Cases Mundet, keeping the match scoreless after just a few minutes.
25' | Heidar Aegisson's throw-in was punched out by Andreu Cases Mundet. Forbes got the rebound and headed the ball across the box to Gudmundsson, waiting at the 18-yard line. The defender turned and fired in a low shot, but it dribbled wide left.
32' | A hard foul by Wake's Logan Gdula won the Eagles a free kick just outside the corner of the penalty area from about 21 yards out. Callum Johnson lined up for the free kick, but the low shot kickoff low off the Deacs' wall.
38' | Wake's Omir Fernandez carried a ball towards the penalty area, and sneakily played a streaking Ema Twumasi through the Eagles' defense. Chavez Borrelli flew off of his line and parried the shot away, out of the reach of Twumasi, but he was flagged for being offside
45' | WAKE GOAL – Cutting across the BC defense, Fernandez ran onto a through ball from Gdula, and just outran his defender to slice a shot off with the outside of his right foot, sneaking his shot inside the far post just before the stroke of halftime to give the Deacs a 1-0 lead.
51' | Lasse Lehmann played Simon Enstrom through on the far side, and the forward took a long touch to beat his defender and carried the ball towards the penalty area. He cut back and found a wide open Johnson, in the middle of the penalty box, who took a one-timer from penalty spot, but the shot sailed high over the bar
68' | WAKE GOAL – Fernandez doubled the Deacs' lead with his second of the game. He beat his defender just outside the far top corner of the penalty area and sidefooted his shot through two BC defenders and found a sliver of space along the near post past a diving Chavez Borrelli.
76' | WAKE GOAL – Twumasi fed Fernandez at the top of the box, who fired a low side-footed shot that was pushed wide by Chavez-Borrelli. The rebound landed across the goal right into the path of Justin McMaster, who powered in a low shot for a 3-0 lead.
78' | With the Eagles on a counter, Balf was whistled for a foul near the Eagles of the Wake penalty area, and after contesting the call, was shown a straight red card and ejected from the match, forcing the Eagles to play a man down the remaining 12 minutes of the game.
83' | WAKE GOAL – Brandon Servania played Twumasi inside the box who cut the ball around his defender to get enough space and slotted in a low shot past Chavez Borelli to tack on another tally to the Deacs' lead.

GAME NOTES

Captain Len Zeugner made his return to the pitch for the Eagles, starting the second half. It was his first appearance after missing all or portions of the team's last nine matches, last seeing action against Providence on September 19 … Zeugner saw 42 minutes of action against the Demon Deacons
Henry Balf's red card in the 78th minute was the Eagles' second of the season (Forbes vs. Quinnipiac on August 25) … he will miss next Friday's regular-season finale at NC State.
Five of the Boston College starters ended the match with yellow cards … the seven BC yellow cards were the most in a match for the Eagles this season, the previous high being three twice.
Three Boston College seniors were recognized in a brief ceremony prior to the match: Henry Balf, Tomas Gudmundsson and Mohammed Moro
The loss snaps the Eagles' three-game win streak.
Wake Forest extended its win streak against Boston College, winning its fifth straight match over the Eagles … the Deacs have now out-scored BC 16-1 in that stretch.

Records: Boston College (6-9-0, 1-6-0 ACC), Wake Forest (15-1-0, 7-0-0 ACC)
Weather: 76 degrees and partly cloudy
Attendance: 791

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Team Stats

Rafael Salama

Tomas Gudmundsson

Callum Johnson

Lasse Lehmann

Players Mentioned

Heidar Aegisson

Henry Balf

Antonio Chavez Borrelli

Simon Enstrom

Tomas Gudmundsson

Callum Johnson

Lasse Lehmann

Mohammed Moro

Len Zeugner

Players Mentioned

Heidar Aegisson

Henry Balf

Antonio Chavez Borrelli

Simon Enstrom

Tomas Gudmundsson

Callum Johnson

Lasse Lehmann

Mohammed Moro

Len Zeugner