WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Sept. 30, 2024) – The ETSU men's soccer team concludes its four-game road swing on Tuesday night when the Buccaneers play at ACC contender Wake Forest. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Spry Stadium.  
 
GAMEDAY INFO
ETSU (1-4-3) at Wake Forest (3-3-3)
Tuesday, Oct. 1 • 7 p.m. • Spry Stadium • ACCNX • Live Stats
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU is 1-4-3 through its first eight matches of the season
• The Blue & Gold are coming off a 1-1 draw over UNC Asheville last Tuesday
• Gabriel Ramos scored his 13th career goal and registered his 40th point in his 62nd career game
• Ramos ranks eighth all-time in program history in points and moved into a tie for eighth in goals
• The Bucs are searching for their first road win since last Oct. 21 when ETSU won 2-0 at Furman
• The Bucs are led by first-year head coach Allen Vital … Vital comes to Johnson City with 27 years of head coaching experience as he spent 14 years at Carson-Newman and spent the last 13 seasons at his alma mater, Tusculum
• ETSU won the Southern Conference regular season title a year ago after finishing the 2023 campaign with an overall record of 9-5-3 and league mark of 4-0-1
• The Bucs return nine players who logged minutes on the pitch last season, including preseason all-SoCon selection Gabriel Ramos
• Ramos, a preseason all-SoCon selection, started all 17 matches last season where he tallied six goals, five assists and 17 points … Ramos led the team in goals and points and was tied for the team lead in assists 

ABOUT WAKE FOREST    

• Wake Forest sits 3-3-3 on the season
• The Demon Deacons are 2-1-2 at home
• Wake Forest is coming off a 2-1 win at Syracuse on Friday night
• The Demon Deacons are led in scoring by Babacar Niang as he has netted four of Wake Forest's 11 goals
• Trace Alphin has started all nine games in goal this season … He has made 22 saves and allowed 12 goals
• Wake Forest began the season ranked No. 15 nationally 

SERIES HISTORY

• Tuesday marks the third all-time meeting in the series
• Wake Forest leads the series 1-0-1
• This marks the first meeting since 2018 when Wake Forest won 4-2
• The teams played to a 2-2 draw in 2012

WHAT'S NEXT
ETSU opens Southern Conference play on Sunday when the Bucs host VMI at 2 p.m.
 
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