NCAA 3rd Round: Wake vs. West Virginia

Final - a beautiful 3-1 win for the Deacs. They advance to play Notre Dame next Saturday night here at Spry. I'm headed to hear what coach has to say, I'll post some final thoughts after that. Go Deacs!

3:30 - Cody Arnoux on the goal assisted by Ausitn da Luz. Great goal, should absolutely put the game out of reach. Deacs up 3-1.

5:00 - WVU's Gift Maworere just received his 2nd yellow card, resulting in a red. WVU now has a corner kick and is threatening, even though they're a man down. Nothing comes of it.

9:00 - WVU's goalie just made a great save on a Schilawski shot, and on the ensuing corner Jules Valentin's header hit the top right corner of the post. Very nearly another goal on both occasions.

15:00 - The Deacs have continued to control the game, attacking and pushing the ball upfield, not allowing WVU many offensive opportunities. I can definitely see one more goal in this game, question is which way it will go. Things definitely seem to be getting a bit more physical down there, more fouls and such. West Virginia just got another yellow card.

25:27 - Like I said, we had another one in us. Wake's Cody Arnoux makes a beatuiful shot and was assisted by Corben Bone. Beautiful pass from Corben and a great shot to the far right corner. 2-1 Deacs.

34:00 - GOALLLLL... Austin da Luz assists Zack Schilawski on a beatiful goal to even the match at 1-1. Wake had just missed a header wide left on a corner kick, and responded with a great pass and shot from close range. We got the momentum back and I can definitely see us putting another one in the goal.

40:00- Wake's Zack Shilawski was called for a foul in the box and WVU's Andy Wright drilled the penalty kick into the upper right corner to give WVU a 1-0 lead. Very frustrating considering all the opporutnities we've had. It's not fun to be down. I feel like we've still got 1 or 2 goals in us though, so we'll see what happens. We just barely missed a pretty good shot. Deacs down, 0-1.

2nd Half

Halftime - Almost another opportunity after a 2nd WVA yellow card, but nothing came of it and the half ended. I feel like the Deacs played a really solid half. Although it was frustrating not to have any of the shots go in, there were about 4 great opportunities that easily could have been even 2 goals. I never felt like WVA was really threatening, so defensively I'd say we played a very solid half as well. 2nd half could get interesting as it is starting to sprinkle and may turn into a bigger storm. Could also make it difficult for me to post since I usually have to be outside to get a connection, but I'll see what I can do.

1:30 - A beautiful cross led to a shot off the the post, and on the rebound we missed the shot high. Another great opportunity that nearly paid off.

7:30 - We just has 2 very exciting corner kicks in a row. A shot by Corben Bone on the first corner was saved and on the ensuing corner Wake had 2 shots (one looked like it was nearly in) with a great goalie save and then a team save. I don't really even know how to properly describe what I saw, but it was very exciting. Just a lot of people kicking and heading and diving in front of the goal, I really thought we would score. (Like my great soccer terminology there?)

13:00 - WVA just took their first shot, but it wasn't really much of a threat, taken from pretty deep and going way high. Wake quickly gave the ball back and gave them a corner, but GK Brian Edwards punched it out.

16:55 - Another shot for Arnoux when he got past the defense on a little break away, but WVA goalkeeper Zach Johnson made a great save.

21:00 - Cody Arnoux just got off his second shot off of a corner kick when his header missed high. His first shot was off of a corner as well. The previous WVA yellow card was apparently given because of something he said.

25:00 - West Virginia's gotten a bit more aggressive, but still hasn't taken an offical shot. The Deacs have gotten one shot off, but nothing came of it. West Virginia just got themselves a yellow card, but I couldn't see what he did to get it. I'll see if I can find out.

36:00 - Deacs have controlled possession early, playing almost exclusively on WVA's half of the field. The Mountaineers have a strong defense though, and we just got our first legitimate opportunity of hte game on a cross from the left where it looked like we had a shot in front of the net. We missed the opportunity, but are threatening again with a corner.

About a minute from kickoff, I'm here at the game and will be blogging periodically throughout. Stay tuned.