Wake Forest Women's Soccer
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Wake Forest women’s soccer team (2-0-0, 0-0-0 ACC) picked up its second clean sheet of the year with a 3-0 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks (1-1-0, 0-0-0 SEC) Sunday night at Spry Stadium.
2⃣-0⃣ pic.twitter.com/SAZ1oJkUCG
— Wake Women's Soccer (@WakeWSoccer) August 16, 2026
The match featured a variety of goal scorers, with junior Lola Ressler tallying the opening goal of the night 16 minutes into the match. Transfers Riley Cross and Henley Tippins added to the lead with goals in the latter half of the match to secure the victory. Tippins and Cross recorded their first goals as Demon Deacons, with Cross netting the first of her career.
Final moments before kick 🧘♀️ pic.twitter.com/4Xic78IZZB
— Wake Women's Soccer (@WakeWSoccer) August 16, 2026
Wake Forest’s backline held the Gamecocks to just five shots, while redshirt-junior goalkeeper Valentina Amral recorded one save.
First goal in the Old Gold and Black 😍 https://t.co/51JzC0cjv3 pic.twitter.com/Cm5xhe34wj
— Wake Women's Soccer (@WakeWSoccer) August 16, 2026
The Spry Advantage
The Deacs have posted a stellar 28-3-9 record at home since the start of 2022, with its lone loss over the past three seasons coming against No. 1 Duke in 2024. Tonight extends the Deacs’ unbeaten home streak to 18 games, dating back to October 2024. In 2025, Wake Forest finished the season with a 8-0-3 record at Spry, highlighted by a 1-1 draw with No. 1 Notre Dame to close the home regular season slate.
Doubled the lead 🔥 https://t.co/pmZQsS9sRH pic.twitter.com/p1y7DcOV8I
— Wake Women's Soccer (@WakeWSoccer) August 16, 2026
From Coach da Luz
“Finishing our first weekend with six points against two strong SEC opponents is an impressive start for our new team. SC was tough defensively on a hot day, but we controlled long stretches of the game. Two shutouts, five goals and we are only going to improve. Valentina made a huge save early and our back line was rock solid. Super happy for our goal scorers, Lola, Riley and Henley, more to come from those guys.”
Right on target 🎯 https://t.co/QBgmaNzBof pic.twitter.com/xrHkw5pSGj
— Wake Women's Soccer (@WakeWSoccer) August 16, 2026
Up Next
Wake Forest is back in action on Thursday, Aug. 20 against Iowa with kickoff at 5pm. The contest will be streamed on ACCNX with live stats available here. Fans who purchase tickets to the women’s match will receive free entry to the men’s season opener vs. San Francisco at 7:30 p.m.
Credit: godeacs.com
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