Soccer Preview: Wake Forest vs. Wakefield
The Wake Forest Cougars will head out to square off against the Wakefield Wolverines at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Wake Forest will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Knightdale on Monday. Wake Forest's defense stepped up to hand Knightdale a 5-0 shutout. The matchup marked the Cougars' most dominant victory of the season.
Rolesville typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Wakefield proved too difficult a challenge. They won by a goal and slipped past the Rams 3-2. That's two games straight that the Wolverines have won by just one goal.
Ibra Ndiaye and
Eduardo Vazquez-Aldama scored all three of Wakefield's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
Wake Forest now has a winning record of 5-4-4. As for Wakefield, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 10-1.
Wake Forest might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Wakefield when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Wake Forest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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