Soccer Recap: Wake Forest Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Wake Forest can now relate to. They fell just short of the New Hanover Wildcats by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. One thing that didn't help Wake Forest's chances was the red card they were dealt courtesy of M. Fitch.

Wake Forest's goal came courtesy of C. Evans, who's now up to 12 this season.

Cougars

Previous 5 Games

11/06/25 @ New Hanover	1-2
11/04/25 vs Lumberton	4-0
10/27/25 vs Knightdale	9-1
10/24/25 vs Knightdale	9-0
10/22/25 @ Heritage	1-4

Wake Forest moved to 11-8-5 with that defeat, which also ended their three-match winning streak. As for New Hanover, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-5-2 record this season.

As of now, neither Wake Forest nor New Hanover have any future games scheduled.