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 Junior Mike Konicoff recorded one goal and one assist in the team's ACC Championship victory over No. 1 Wake Forest |
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Men's Soccer Defeats Wake Forest 2-1 To Capture ACC Tournament Title
Nov. 18, 2007
CARY, N.C. -- Junior midfielder Mike Konicoff assisted on Sherron Manswell's first-half goal then netted the gamewinner just after halftime to lead sixth-ranked Boston College to the 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title with a 2-1 victory over No. 1 Wake Forest in the championship game before 2,039 fans at the SAS Soccer Complex on Sunday evening.
BC, the conference's regular-season champion, defeated Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest in tournament play en route to the championship.
Manswell, who earned the tournament's Most Valuable Player honor, got the top-seeded Eagles on the scoreboard just eight minutes into the game, beating Wake Forest goalkeeper Brian Edwards in a one-on-one situation for his third goal of the tournament. Konicoff and junior midfielder Alejandro Bedoya assisted on the score.
Konicoff later doubled the BC margin at 46:49, one-timing a cross from Greg O'Neil for his fourth goal of the season. Freshman midfielder Karl Reddick assisted on the goal.
Wake Forest's Austin da Luz halved the BC lead off a corner kick in the 68th minute, heading the ball past BC junior Chris Brown, who totaled four saves, including three in the game's final 45 minutes.
The Demon Deacons outshot the Eagles, 3-2, in the first half and 12-1 in the second.
Edwards did not record a save in the losing effort. Wake Forest falls to 17-2-2.
The Eagles previously beat Wake Forest on Oct. 27.
Game Notes: Chris Brown, Paul Gerstenberger, Alejandro Bedoya and Sherron Manswell each earned ACC All-Tournament Team honors. Manswell captured MVP accolades. Both BC men's soccer titles -- the regular-season title and tournament championship -- mark the first that the Eagles have since officially becoming the 12th member of the ACC in 2005.
