Wake Forest Travels to Face No. 3 Seed South Carolina to Open 2022 NCAA Tournament

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Wake Forest women’s soccer team will make their 22nd all-time NCAA Tournament appearance Saturday night when the Demon Deacons travel to face third-seeded and 13th-ranked South Carolina at Eugene E. Stone III Stadium in Columbia, S.C.
 
Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m., and the match will be streamed on ESPN+.

2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Tournament

• First Round
  
• Second and Third Round
  
• Quarterfinals
  
• Semifinals

  • Dec. 2

    • WakeMed Soccer Park (Cary, N.C.)

• National Championship

  • Dec. 5

    • WakeMed Soccer Park (Cary, N.C.)

The full 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer bracket can be found here.
 

Demon Deacons in the NCAA Tournament

NCAA College Cup Appearances (1)

2011

NCAA Tournament Appearances (22)

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022

 

The Matchup

• The Demon Deacons (9-6-3, 3-6-1 ACC) will be making their second-consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

  • Last season the Deacs knocked off Harvard at home, 3-0, in the first round before falling to No. 9 Michigan, 2-0, in Ann Arbor.

• South Carolina is making its ninth-consecutive NCAA appearance.

  • Last season, the Gamecocks earned a spot in the Elite Eight before falling to BYU on the road, 4-1.

• The Gamecocks are 5-1-4 this season as hosts, while the Demon Deacons hold a 3-4-2 record on the road.
• Wake Forest finished ninth in the ACC with 10 points. South Carolina finished first in the SEC East division with 16 points (5-1-1 in division) before claiming the SEC tournament crown with a 1-0 win over No. 3 Alabama.
• Wake Forest is currently 45th in the RPI rankings, while South Carolina is 12th.

 
Last Time Out

• The Wake Forest women’s soccer team battled to a 1-1 tie with ACC foe Boston College in its final regular season contest of the 2022 campaign.
• Neither side came up with significant scoring opportunities in the early going as the two teams combined for only two shots on goal in the first half.
• The defensive struggle continued into the second half before Boston College opened the scoring in the 81st minute on a goal from Sophia Lowenburg.
• With its back against the wall, Wake Forest responded just four minutes later when Hannah Johnson fired a…