(Kyle Rae O'Donnell photo)Wake Forest's Fall 2010 exhibition season ended on Saturday with a 29-10 loss to North Carolina State. As was the case the week before against South Carolina, Wake Forest struggled at the scrum and was besieged by penalties. Wake allowed the more physical Wolfpack to pound over 5 tries, while managing only a single try in the waning minutes by junior center Ben Cohen to go along with a first half penalty goal from sophomore fullback Johnny McMurray. Head coach Patrick Kane said of the game afterwards, "The point of playing these games in the fall is to improve as a team and individuals and identify what we need to work on going into the offseason. This game certainly highlighted the areas we need to focus on over the next 3 months." While the result was disappointing, the game did have some bright spots, including the return from injury of junior wing Brandon Turner and the emergence of sophomore wing Todd McFadden, a crossover athlete from the Wake Forest track team. "With Brandon, Todd, Drew Chadwick, and with Franco Cima joining us in January, I think we will have one of the fastest backlines in the ACRL," said Kane. "The question will be if we can win enough ball to utilize that speed and improve our defensive structure so we don't hemorrhage tries like we did against USC and NC State."
Wake Forest Lineup vs. NC State
1. Matt Storck, Sr.
2. Matt Tucker, So. (Matt McCurdy, Fr. @ 35)
3. Justen Robinett, Jr.
4. Ross Hilton, Sr.
5. Ty Pierce, So. (Tim Zage, Fr. @ 65)
6. Jack Zimmerman, Fr.
7. Brendan Shea, Jr.
8. Hunter Lostan, Sr. (Chris Ryan, Jr. @ 73)
9. Will Hank, Jr.
10. Rob Kelly, So.
11. Brandon Turner, Jr.
12. Ben Cohen, Jr.
13. Ryan Tacon, Fr.
14. Drew Chadwick, Sr. (Todd McFadden, So. @ 50)
15. Johnny McMurray, So.
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