Oct. 23, 1999

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--The Virginia field hockey team fell 8-1 today to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem. Wake, ranked #6, scored four goals in each half to propel them to the victory.

The Cavaliers' Katie Slocum (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle Area) scored the lone goal for the Cavaliers in this afternoon's contest with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. She was assisted on the goal by Meredith Elwell (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown).

Virginia returns to action on Sunday, Oct. 24 as they take on the Mountaineers of Appalachian State. The game will be played at Wake Forest's Kentner Stadium at 1:00 pm. Virginia returns home for the last regular-season game against #10 Duke at 1:00 on Oct. 31.

STATISTICS:

                    1   2   F
Virginia (10-6)     0   1   1
Wake Forest (13-2)  4   4   8

Scoring Summary: W: Cameron (Rush, Everett)/25:11, W:Cameron/17:24, W:Whitehead (Marchell)/6:40, W:Shelton/2:09, W: Shelton/33:06, V: Slocum (Elwell)/30:18, W: Everett (PS)/25:50, W: Aughinbaugh/21:54, W: Whitehead (Shelton)/17:00
Goals: V: Slocum W: Cameron 2, Shelton 2, Whitehead 2, Everett, Aughinbaugh
Assists: V: Elwell W: Rush, Everett, Shelton, Marchell
Saves: UVA: 10 (Worthington 9, Richardson 1), W: 7 (Nitka 6, Marchell 1)
Shots: UVA 7, W: 23
Corners: UVA 8, W: 9