Women's Soccer Downs Wake Forest 1-0

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (October 5) Sophomore forward Alison Sanders (Summerville, S.C.) ended a scoreless tie in the 88th minute as the No. 12 ranked Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team defeated the No. 19 ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons 1-0 in front of 519 fans at Spry Stadium. The win improves the Blue Devils to 9-2, 3-1 in the ACC, while the loss drops the Demon Deacons to 6-5-1, 1-1 in the ACC.

Neither team had many opportunities to score in the first half, as the Blue Devils outshot the Demon Deacons 7-3.

The score remained tied until 88:02 when sophomore defender Maegan Lobo-Berg (Portland, Ore.) took a pass from sophomore midfielder Carly Fuller (Portland, Ore.) and went down the sideline and hit a left foot cross which Sanders deflected past Wake Forest goalkeeper Tracy Chao. The goal was the fifth of the season for Sanders.

Freshman goalkeeper Thora Helgadottir (Kopavogur, Iceland) picked up her second individual shutout of the year as she made two saves in the victory.

"At this point in the season, to be 3-1 in the ACC is outstanding," said Duke head coach Bill Hempen. It was a good win for us since we were coming off two losses."

Duke returns to action on Sat., Oct. 7, when the Blue Devils host No. 2 ranked Clemson at Koskinen Stadium at 7 p.m. Clemson enters the game with a perfect 12-0 (3-0 ACC) record.

Box Score
Wake Forest     0   0   0
Duke            0   1   1

SCORING:
Duke Alison Sanders (Maegan Lobo-Berg, Carly Fuller) 88:02

SHOTS: Duke 16, Wake Forest 10
GOALKEEPER SAVES: Duke (Thora Helgadottir) 2, 
Wake Forest (A.B. Robbins) 1
CORNER KICKS: Duke 7, Wake Forest 3
FOULS: Duke 8, Wake Forest 10
CARDS: YC - Katie Heaps (Duke) 2:58 , 
Joline Charlton 28:42 (WFU)
ATTENDANCE: 519