Florida State University Athletics
Thursday, October 15
Winston-Salem, N.C.
6:00 PM
Florida State
at
Wake Forest
Photo by: Jeff Romance
No. 24 FSU Begins Weekend at No. 4 Wake Forest
10/14/2026 11:54:00 AM | Women's Soccer
TALLAHASSEE – The No. 24 Florida State soccer team begins a two-game road weekend at No. 4 Wake Forest on Thursday, October 15, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Broadcast live on ACC Network, kickoff is at 6 p.m. ET at Spry Stadium.
Alex Perlman and Marion Crowder will have the call on ACC Network. Live stats are at WakeForest.Statbroadcast.com. Direct links to watch and follow along can be found on the schedule page at Seminoles.com/Soccer and on social media on Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
Unbeaten in their last five games, the Seminoles are 5-1-3 on the season, 1-0-2 at home and 4-1-1 on the road. FSU is 1-0-2 in ACC play after a 2-1 win at No. 23 Clemson on October 4. The team is 2-0-0 against top-25 teams, both on the road. Florida State has had the last 10 days off, its third break of at least 10 days this season, after the October 9 matchup vs. North Carolina was postponed due to Hurricane Isaias' projected impact on the area.
Florida State has scored 17 goals on 14 assists with 102 shots, 55 on frame, and has allowed eight goals on 91 shots for a 0.89 goals-against average and a .778 save percentage. FSU's goals have come from eight different players, five of them newcomers, and nine players have at least one assist, seven of them first-year Seminoles. Five players, four in their first year in the Garnet and Gold, have at least one goal and one assist.
Individually, junior midfielder Sam Erbach and junior forward Wrianna Hudson each have four goals, as Erbach also leads the team with four assists and four points and Hudson paces the team with 22 shots and 14 shots on goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Kate Ockene has three shutouts with 24 saves and a 4-1-3 record. She has earned one ACC Goalkeeper of the Week honor this year.
NATIONALLY-RANKED SEMINOLES
Florida State is ranked No. 24 in the week nine IWSOC DI Top 25 Coaches Poll.
SERIES HISTORY VS. WAKE FOREST
FSU is 15-13-6 all-time against Wake Forest, including 12-11-3 in ACC contests. The Seminoles are 9-3-0 at home, 3-9-2 in Winston-Salem and 3-1-4 at a neutral site. Florida State has won six of the last seven and is unbeaten in 10 of the last 12 contests since the 2011 postseason following a 4-1 home win a year ago.
In the 2025 regular-season finale, Florida State defeated Wake Forest 4-1 as Jordynn Dudley netted her second brace in as many games. A free kick in the 10th minute opened the scoring, and Dudley then scored a penalty kick in the 21st minute to make it 2-0, and she secured her second goal of the night in the 54th minute to extend the lead to 3-0. After Wake Forest got a goal back in the 56th minute, FSU answered six minutes later. Florida State out-shot Wake Forest 19-7, with 16 shots on goal to WF's three. The Seminoles took six corner kicks to the Demon Deacons' two. Ockene made a then-career-high-tying two saves for a second consecutive game and her Wake counterpart stopped 12 shots. A complete recap and box score can be found here.
SCOUTING THE DEMON DEACONS
Wake Forest is 10-1-1 on the season, 7-0-0 at home and 3-1-1 on the road. Wake is 3-1-1 in the ACC after a goalless draw at Miami on October 10. Against top-25 opponents, the Demon Deacons are 3-1-0, with a 2-0 loss at No. 6 Stanford coming two games after a 1-0 home triumph over No. 10 Virginia.
Wake is ranked No. 4 in this week's Coaches Poll and No. 8 in the Top Drawer Soccer rankings.
LAST TIME OUT: TOP-25 ROAD WIN
Florida State defeated No. 23 Clemson on October 4 on a rain-filled afternoon at Historic Riggs Field. The Seminoles scored twice in the opening 10 minutes to remain unbeaten in ACC play as the Tigers suffered their first home loss since September 2025, snapping an eight-game unbeaten run. Erbach and Hudson both scored their team-high-tying fourth goals of the season, with Erbach opening the scoring in the seventh minute and Hudson making it 2-0 less than three minutes later. Clemson's lone goal came in the 20th minute.
Hudson had a game-high-tying four shots and Erbach had three, all on goal for a game best. Ockene made three saves in the win and the Tigers' keeper also had three. Clemson held a 10-9 advantage in shots, though shots-on-goal were 5-4 in Florida State's favor. Corner kicks also were 5-4 for the visitors, and both teams were called for seven fouls. Four yellow cards were shown, two for each side.
With the win, FSU improves to 26-8-4 all-time vs. Clemson and 10-5-2 in road affairs. The Seminoles have won 10 in a row in the series since a similar 2-1 win in 2019.
A complete recap and box score is available here.
UP NEXT: ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD
Florida State continues its road weekend with a matchup at Pitt on October 18. Kickoff from Pittsburgh is at 1 p.m. ET.
QUICK KICKS: NOTES TO KNOW
For more information on Florida State soccer, check Seminoles.com for the latest news and scheduling information, and keep up with the team on social media through Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
Broadcast live on ACC Network, kickoff is at 6 p.m. ET at Spry Stadium.
Alex Perlman and Marion Crowder will have the call on ACC Network. Live stats are at WakeForest.Statbroadcast.com. Direct links to watch and follow along can be found on the schedule page at Seminoles.com/Soccer and on social media on Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
Unbeaten in their last five games, the Seminoles are 5-1-3 on the season, 1-0-2 at home and 4-1-1 on the road. FSU is 1-0-2 in ACC play after a 2-1 win at No. 23 Clemson on October 4. The team is 2-0-0 against top-25 teams, both on the road. Florida State has had the last 10 days off, its third break of at least 10 days this season, after the October 9 matchup vs. North Carolina was postponed due to Hurricane Isaias' projected impact on the area.
Florida State has scored 17 goals on 14 assists with 102 shots, 55 on frame, and has allowed eight goals on 91 shots for a 0.89 goals-against average and a .778 save percentage. FSU's goals have come from eight different players, five of them newcomers, and nine players have at least one assist, seven of them first-year Seminoles. Five players, four in their first year in the Garnet and Gold, have at least one goal and one assist.
Individually, junior midfielder Sam Erbach and junior forward Wrianna Hudson each have four goals, as Erbach also leads the team with four assists and four points and Hudson paces the team with 22 shots and 14 shots on goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Kate Ockene has three shutouts with 24 saves and a 4-1-3 record. She has earned one ACC Goalkeeper of the Week honor this year.
NATIONALLY-RANKED SEMINOLES
Florida State is ranked No. 24 in the week nine IWSOC DI Top 25 Coaches Poll.
SERIES HISTORY VS. WAKE FOREST
FSU is 15-13-6 all-time against Wake Forest, including 12-11-3 in ACC contests. The Seminoles are 9-3-0 at home, 3-9-2 in Winston-Salem and 3-1-4 at a neutral site. Florida State has won six of the last seven and is unbeaten in 10 of the last 12 contests since the 2011 postseason following a 4-1 home win a year ago.
In the 2025 regular-season finale, Florida State defeated Wake Forest 4-1 as Jordynn Dudley netted her second brace in as many games. A free kick in the 10th minute opened the scoring, and Dudley then scored a penalty kick in the 21st minute to make it 2-0, and she secured her second goal of the night in the 54th minute to extend the lead to 3-0. After Wake Forest got a goal back in the 56th minute, FSU answered six minutes later. Florida State out-shot Wake Forest 19-7, with 16 shots on goal to WF's three. The Seminoles took six corner kicks to the Demon Deacons' two. Ockene made a then-career-high-tying two saves for a second consecutive game and her Wake counterpart stopped 12 shots. A complete recap and box score can be found here.
SCOUTING THE DEMON DEACONS
Wake Forest is 10-1-1 on the season, 7-0-0 at home and 3-1-1 on the road. Wake is 3-1-1 in the ACC after a goalless draw at Miami on October 10. Against top-25 opponents, the Demon Deacons are 3-1-0, with a 2-0 loss at No. 6 Stanford coming two games after a 1-0 home triumph over No. 10 Virginia.
Wake is ranked No. 4 in this week's Coaches Poll and No. 8 in the Top Drawer Soccer rankings.
LAST TIME OUT: TOP-25 ROAD WIN
Florida State defeated No. 23 Clemson on October 4 on a rain-filled afternoon at Historic Riggs Field. The Seminoles scored twice in the opening 10 minutes to remain unbeaten in ACC play as the Tigers suffered their first home loss since September 2025, snapping an eight-game unbeaten run. Erbach and Hudson both scored their team-high-tying fourth goals of the season, with Erbach opening the scoring in the seventh minute and Hudson making it 2-0 less than three minutes later. Clemson's lone goal came in the 20th minute.
Hudson had a game-high-tying four shots and Erbach had three, all on goal for a game best. Ockene made three saves in the win and the Tigers' keeper also had three. Clemson held a 10-9 advantage in shots, though shots-on-goal were 5-4 in Florida State's favor. Corner kicks also were 5-4 for the visitors, and both teams were called for seven fouls. Four yellow cards were shown, two for each side.
With the win, FSU improves to 26-8-4 all-time vs. Clemson and 10-5-2 in road affairs. The Seminoles have won 10 in a row in the series since a similar 2-1 win in 2019.
A complete recap and box score is available here.
UP NEXT: ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD
Florida State continues its road weekend with a matchup at Pitt on October 18. Kickoff from Pittsburgh is at 1 p.m. ET.
QUICK KICKS: NOTES TO KNOW
- Florida State is in its 32nd season in 2026 and owns a 497-166-65 (.727) overall record since the team's first season in 1995
- Head coach Brian Pensky is in his fifth season at FSU (75-8-15, .842) and his 22nd as a collegiate head coach (260-119-60, .660), and has led the Seminoles to two national championships, in 2023 and 2025, another NCAA College Cup berth in 2022 and five ACC titles, two regular season and three tournament, in his first four seasons with the Seminoles
- FSU leads the country with an .841 win percentage and two NCAA titles, and is fifth with 75 wins, since the beginning of the 2022 campaign, when Pensky took the helm
- With five national titles and 15 College Cup appearances, Florida State has made 26 total and consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, every year since 2000, with four College Cups in the last five years and five title-game appearances in the last eight seasons
- The Seminoles are No. 2 all-time in NCAA success, second in Tournament wins (89-19-6), win percentage (.807), national titles (5) and College Cup appearances (15)
- FSU's 36-game win streak in regular-season non-conference games was snapped on August 23, as the team is now 33-1-5 since the middle of the 2019 non-conference season with five consecutive unbeaten non-conference campaigns from 2021-25
- 4 of 11 starters are returning in 2026, with six of the seven departing starters now playing professionally in the NWSL
- FSU's incoming class is ranked No. 1 in the country by Top Drawer Soccer for the third consecutive season, with 16 newcomers (5 freshmen and 11 transfers) on the 2026 roster
- For the 20th time in the last 21 seasons, the Seminoles started the season in the top-10 nationally, as they were voted No. 4 in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Top-25
- 10 players signed professional contracts after helping FSU to a national title in 2025, eight in the NWSL and two in the Liga MX Femenil
For more information on Florida State soccer, check Seminoles.com for the latest news and scheduling information, and keep up with the team on social media through Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
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