WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Zack Schilawski and Andy Lubahn scored second half goals to lead No. 2 Wake Forest (17-3-3) to a 2-0 victory against No. 8 UCLA (12-4-4) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament on a cold Saturday night at Spry Stadium.

“It was a tremendous college soccer game tonight with a tremendous amount of skill and soccer out on the field in tough conditions,” head coach Jay Vidovich said. “I’m just very proud of my guys and the performance that they put out. They absorbed a lot of pressure from UCLA at different times. Hats off to UCLA – what a tremendous team and a tremendous year they had. But once again, I’m just happy with the way my guys found their goals and the way they defended ours.”

With the win, Wake Forest advances to its fourth straight College Cup, marking the ninth different time that a team has advanced to four consecutive College Cups. The last time to accomplish the feat was Maryland from 2002-05. The Demon Deacons will face conference-foe and third-ranked Virginia in the national semifinals on Friday, December 11, at either 5 or 7:30 p.m. The official game time will be announced by the NCAA on either Sunday or Monday. The first semifinal will be televised by ESPN2, while the second semifinal will be shown on ESPNU.

Tickets for the College Cup are sold out. In the event that tickets become available, a priority wait list has been created. To sign up for the wait list please call the NC State Ticket Office at 919/865-1510.

After a scoreless first half, the Deacs broke the deadlock with a pair of goals in the second 45 minutes. Schilawski gave Wake the lead with his 14th goal of the season in the 53rd minute, while Lubahn doubled the lead in the 81st minute. The Demon Deacons had to withstand several quality chances from UCLA in the second half, including a shot by Fernando Monge that hit off the right post when Wake was ahead 1-0.

Schilawski netted his team-leading 14th goal of the season and the 40th goal of his career. With the two points on the goal, Schilawski increased his career point total to 100. He ranks third in school history in both career points and goals. With his start in the game, Schilawski also tied Sam Cronin for the school’s career games played record at 98 games.

Schilawski has saved some of his best work for the postseason. His goal tonight was the 11th NCAA Tournament goal of his career and also increased his point total in NCAA Tournament games to 26. The record for career NCAA Tournament goals is 13, held by Virginia’s A.J. Wood (1991-94).

Lubahn also made history in the game, scoring the 10th goal of his rookie season, tying him for the school’s all-time record for goals by a freshman. The Erie, Pa., native ranks second on the team in goals and fourth in the ACC.

Wake’s two leaders in career assists each added an assist in the victory. Senior Austin da Luz had the assist on Schilawski’s goal for his ACC-leading 15th assist of the season and 39th of his career. Junior Corben Bone notched the helper on Lubahn’s goal. The assist was his 13th of the season and 38th of his career.

UCLA senior Kyle Nakazawa led the Bruins with four shots, including a shot on goal. David Estrada added three shots, with two being on frame.

Senior goalkeeper Akira Fitzgerald earned his 17th win of the season for Wake Forest. Fitzgerald made four saves en route to earning his eighth shutout of the season and 22nd of his career. UCLA keeper Brian Perk made three saves and gave up two goals.

The team statistics were fairly even, with Wake Forest holding a slight 16-15 edge in shots and a 5-4 advantage in shots on goal. Each team attempted six corner kicks and committed 12 fouls.

After the two teams played a scoreless first 45 minutes, Wake Forest grabbed the lead with a goal from Schilawski in the 53rd minute. Luke Norman played a cross in from the right side and found da Luz inside the 18-yard box. His shot hit off the right post and the rebound came right to Schilawski, who finished from eight yards out into an open net to give Wake a 1-0 lead.

UCLA was able to get a shot attempt on goal 38 seconds later but Nakazawa’s attempt was saved by Fitzgerald.

The Demon Deacons had another quality opportunity in the 57th minute. Da Luz attempted to chip a shot over the head of Perk from just outside the 18-yard box, but the shot hit off the cross bar and went over the endline for a UCLA goal kick.

The Bruins had their best scoring chance in the 66th minute. A cross sent into the 18-yard box was headed on goal by Monge. His header hit off the inside of the right post and rolled in front of the goal, but UCLA was unable to collect the rebound as Wake cleared the ball away from danger.

Wake had a chance to double its lead in the 79th minute after da Luz was taken down inside the 18-yard box for a penalty kick. On the penalty, da Luz attempted to put the ball into the upper right of the net, but Perk guessed right and was able to make the save and keep Wake’s lead at 1-0.

Lubahn provided an insurance goal in the 81st minute. Bone dribbled down the middle of the field on a counter attack and passed to Lubahn on the right side of the 18-yard box. Lubahn’s shot from 10 yards out hit off the hands of Perk and went into the roof of the net to put Wake in front 2-0.

The Bruins had a pair of near misses in the final 10 minutes of the game as Nakazawa and Michael Stephens each had shot attempts that went just wide of the goal.

Each team had scoring chances in the first half, but neither team was able to find the back of the net. The Bruins had the first shot attempt of the game in the fourth minute when Chandler Hoffman had a shot from seven yards out go high of the goal.

Da Luz had the first shot attempt for Wake in the 10th minute. His effort from 17 yards out curled right to Perk for an easy save.

Sam Redmond nearly put Wake in front off a corner kick in the 11th minute. Da Luz played his corner to the near post and found Redmond from six yards out. His header sailed just high of the goal.

Wake had one final chance in the final seconds of the first half. Redmond played a pass to Schilawski, who attempted a shot from the top of the 18 that went high of the goal with three seconds remaining in the half to keep the game scoreless entering halftime.