By Alexa Philippou on December 5, 2015

No. 8 Stanford men’s soccer (17-2-2) prevailed in overtime against No. 1 Wake Forest (17-3-2) by a score of 2-1 off a goal in the 97th minute from sophomore Foster Langsdorf, sending the Cardinal to their first College Cup appearance since 2002.

The goal came off a free kick from Corey Baird, whose kick made its way towards Langsdorf’s head. The forward, who had his back to the goal, flicked his head to send the ball over Wake Forest’s goalie, sealing the win for the team. The goal was Langsdorf’s seventh on the season and fourth game-winner.

The Cardinal had been the first to strike in the 18th minute, when junior forward Jordan Morris headed in a cross from senior defender Brandon Vincent, good for the U.S. Men’s National Team player’s 11th goal in the 16 games he’s played for the Cardinal this season and his 10th goal in the past 12 games.

Stanford maintained its 1-point lead for nearly the rest of the game, but Wake Forest’s Ian Harkes scored off a penalty corner in the 70th minute to equalize things and eventually send the game into overtime.

In the next step of its quest to reach its first national title game since 2002, Stanford will face fourth-seeded Akron on Friday, Dec. 11 at 8:30 p.m. at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas, in the second semifinal match of the NCAA tournament.

This post will be updated.

Contact Alexa Philippou at aphil723 ‘at’ stanford.edu.