Wake Forest Rolls Over Young Wolfpack Side

Wake Forest rebounded from its defeat last weekend to East Carolina with a 53-7 victory over an inexperienced North Carolina State. Wake retained possession for much of the opening 10 minutes of the match and were rewarded with unconverted tries from sophomore flanker Hunter Lostan and freshman wing Ben Cohen for a 10-0 advantage. Wake extended its lead to 17-0 midway through the half when junior prop Kenton Forte went over in the corner and junior wing Perry Salvagne converted. Forte scored again moments later when he found himself in support of lock Christian Jewett who broke an impressive openfield run. Salvagne was again good on the conversion and the lead was 24-0. Scrumhalf and captain Drew Legge finished out the first half scoring with a long try-scoring run down the sideline which Salvagne converted for a 31-0 Wake advantage at the break.

The second half started much as the first half had ended. After NC State's restart failed to go 10 meters, Wake executed a nifty play off the midfield scrum resulting in a try under the posts for replacement winger Brandon Turner. Salvagne's conversion moved the score to 38-0 and Wake seemed to have the game in hand. The Wolfpack fought back, however, and for the next 20 minutes dictated much of the play. A converted try from the State flyhalf made it 38-7, but Wake responded with three unconverted tries from #8 Timo Kawira, Legge, and prop David Poplaski to close out the match.

Wake now moves to 1-1 in conference play and will face Appalachian State next weekend in its final league match. App. State sits atop the conference at 2-0 after they upset East Carolina on Saturday 19-10. A victory for Wake in Boone on Saturday will clinch a playoff berth for the Demon Deacons, while a loss will likely mean the end of the road.

Wake vs NC State
1. David Polaski 2. Michael Duffy 3. Kenton Forte (Devin Henry @ 70) 4. Christian Jewett 5. Ross Hilton 6. Hunter Lostan (Charlie Crockett @ 15) 7. Brendan Shea 8. Timo Kawira 9. Drew Legge 10. Tom Gibson 11. Perry Salvagne 12. Mike Wills 13. David Sage (Matt Gottbrecht @ 60) 14. Ben Cohen (Brandon Turner @ 40) 15. Critter Commins

In the second side match, NC State defeated Wake Forest 25-10. Wake lone try was scored by senior Matt Gottbrecht and converted by freshman Will Hank. Freshman Rob Musci rounded out the Wake scoring with a penalty goal.