Michigan
(0-2)
Wake Forest
(2-0)
Second-Half Scores Doom U-M in Loss to No. 6 Wake Forest
8/29/2010 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Site: Chapel Hill, N.C. (Francis E. Henry Field)
Event: ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Score: #6 Wake Forest 5, Michigan 1
Records: U-M (0-2), WFU (2-0)
Next U-M Match: Thursday, Sept. 2 -- at Maine (Orono, Maine), 3 p.m.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The University of Michigan field hockey team concluded play in the 2010 ACC/Big Ten Challenge with a 5-1 loss to No. 6 Wake Forest on Sunday (Aug. 29) at the Francis E. Henry Field. Michigan tied the game at one in the 42nd minute, but Wake Forest scored four unanswered second-half goals to pick up the win.
Vanessa Sekhon
The Wolverines were the aggressor to begin the game, attempting the first nine shots of the contest, but Wake Forest scored the only goal of the first 35 minutes. Michigan had a 13-3 shot advantage in the first period and attempted six penalty corners to the Demon Deacons' one.
Michigan came out in the second half and scored on its first shot attempt of the period. Senior Vanessa Sekhon (West Vancouver, B.C./Collingwood) took a pass from redshirt senior Paige Laytos (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) and deflected it past Wake Forest goalkeeper Kaitlyn Ruhf for the Maize and Blue's first goal of the 2010 campaign. It is Sekhon's seventh career goal as a Wolverine.
Wake Forest answered 1:06 later when Jillian Anzalone scored the game-winner on a direct penalty corner from the sticks of Lauren Greenwald and Faith Adams. That was the first of four straight goals for the Demon Deacons, which included two straight goals from Taylor Rhea in the final 6:45 of the game.
Michigan ended the contest with a 17-15 shot and an 8-5 penalty-corner advantage. Senior Meredith Way (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) and freshman Rachael Mack (Bromsgrove, England/Bromsgrove School) led the Maize and Blue with four shots apiece.
Michigan will continue its four-game road trip to open the 2010 season on Thursday (Sept. 2) at Maine. Game time is at 3 p.m.
GAME SUMMARY
| By Periods | 1 | 2 | F |
| Wake Forest | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Michigan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- WFU, Kari Walkley, 30:49 (Cristen Atchison)
2nd -- U-M, Vanessa Sekhon, 41:39 (Paige Laytos)
2nd -- WFU, Jillian Anzalone, 42:45 (Lauren Greenwald, Faith Adams)
2nd -- WFU, Adams, 45:42 (unassisted)
2nd -- WFU, Taylor Rhea, 63:15 (unassisted)
2nd -- WFU, Rhea, 67:36 (Emily Cummings)
Shots: U-M 17, WFU 15
Saves: U-M 5 (Christi Barwick 4, Haley Jones 1), WFU 6 (Kaitlyn Ruhf)
Defensive Saves: U-M 0, WFU 0
Penalty Corners: U-M 8, WFU 5
NOTES
• Michigan's first goal of 2010 came in the 42nd minute off the stick of Vanessa Sekhon. It is her seventh career goal, while Paige Laytos recorded her 16th assist as a Wolverine.
• Freshmen Mallory Albini, Rachael Mack, Michelle Roberts, Leslie Smith and Ainsley McCallister, along with redshirt freshman Haley Jones, made their first appearances for the Maize and Blue this weekend. Albini, Mack, Roberts and McCallister played in both games this weekend, while Smith played in the North Carolina game and Jones saw action in the Wake Forest contest.
• North Carolina and Wake Forest both went 2-0 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Tar Heels defeated Iowa 3-0 in the first game on Sunday.
Team Stats
Kari Walkley (1)
Assisted By: Cristen Atchison
On ball from right side
30:49
Sekhon, Vanessa (1)
Assisted By: Laytos, Paige
Deflected in on a pass to front of goal
41:39
Jillian Anzalone (1)
Assisted By: Lauren Greenwald , Faith Adams
Penalty corner
42:45
Faith Adams (1)
From left side off rebound
45:42
Taylor Rhea (1)
Gathered ball at mid-circle and shot
63:15
Taylor Rhea (2)
Assisted By: Emily Cummings
Fast break, pass from left side
67:36
