Oct. 14, 2007

Box Score

Stanford, Calif. - The Pacific field hockey team suffered a 5-1 loss to No. 4 Wake Forest on Sunday, Oct. 14.

The loss dropped the Tigers to 3-10 on the season, while Wake Forest moved to 9-4 overall.

The Tigers fell behind early against the Demon Deacons as Wake Forest scored three goals in the opening 15 minutes of the play.

Emily Cummings notched the first goal of the game when she fired the Demon Deacons third shot following a corner just over six minutes into the game.

Wake Forest's second goal came at the 13:34 mark as Minou Gimbrere sent the ball towards the goal from just outside the circle from left to right. Gimbrere's pass found Melissa Martin right in front of the net as she made it 2-0.

Just over one minute later, Pacific freshman goalkeeper Lauren Woods (Oceanside, Calif.) cleared by a rifled shot by Wake Forest's Michelle Kasold nabbed the pass and scored the Demon Deacons third goal of the game.

Pacific got on the board with just under five minutes remaining in the first half as freshman Rachel Taylor (Southampton, N.Y.) redirected a pass from junior Kedibone Leubane (Capetown, South Africa) for her second goal of the season.

Wake Forest added two more goals in the second half.

Pacific was outshot in the game, 27-11. Wake Forest also held the advantage on corner penalties, 8-5.

Pacific returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 20 as Pacific hosts California at Brookside Field in Stockton, Calif. at 1 p.m..