WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Decided by a 56th-minute goal from junior Oscar Sears, the No. 4 ranked Wake Forest men’s soccer team (10-1-0, 3-1-0 ACC) defeated Jacksonville (3-5-2, 0-2-1 ASUN) 1-0 on Tuesday night at Spry Stadium.
Despite the Deacs holding a 6-1 advantage in shots in the opening frame and the Dolphins not being able to muster a shot on goal, Wake Forest and Jacksonville went into halftime at 0-0. Sears, however, would get the match’s lone goal shortly after the second half started to reach five goals on the season.
Defensively, Wake Forest held Jacksonville without a shot on goal as the Demon Deacons earned their fifth clean sheet of the season. It also marked the third time this season that Wake Forest did not allow a shot on goal (UAB and NC State).
Reaching 10 wins on the campaign, Wake Forest has now hit a double-digit win total for the 11th-straight season and the 36th time overall in the program’s 42-year history.
Additionally, the Demon Deacons have now won 90 matches at Spry dating back to a 1-0 victory over Santa Clara in the 2015 season opener. The 90 home victories over the last eight seasons are most in the country and 21 more home wins than any other program.
Wake Forest will return to ACC action on Friday night, traveling to New York to face No. 7 Syracuse at SU Soccer Stadium in a showdown of the current co-leaders of the Atlantic Division.
Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the match will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.
How It Happened
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Jacksonville recorded the first shot of the night in the 15th minute, but it was blocked…
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