HOUSTON -- After a frustrating first half that saw his team stymied by a resilient Denver defense, Wake Forest coach Bobby Muuss message to his team was to keep going.If were enjoying playing, well be victorious tonight, Muuss said.Following a dominant second half and overtime, Ian Harkes broke in the 102nd minute and Wake Forest beat Denver 2-1 in double overtime Friday to advance to the College Cup title game.Wake Forest (19-3-2) will face Stanford in the championship Sunday. Stanford beat North Carolina 10-9 on penalty kicks after the teams failed to score in regulation and two overtime periods.The Demon Deacons reached the championship game for the first time since winning the 2007 title.Harkes calmly slotted his low finish past goalkeeper Nick Gardner into the bottom corner to cap an impressive Demon Deacons counter attack. Wake Forest had plenty of opportunities to seal the victory prior to Harkes goal, outshting Denver 14-2 in the second half and overtime.I didnt really expect it to be off the counter-attack, Harkes said.Wake Forests Jon Bakero opened the scoring in the seventh minute. Bakero tk possession from Denver defender Graham Smith 30 yards from goal in the center of the field, turned to his right and delivered a curling effort past Gardner.Trailing for only the fourth time this season, the Pioneers (20-1-3) responded 10 minutes later. Graham Smith sent a lofted pass over the defense to forward Andre Shinyashiki, who pounced on a rebound to equalize after his first shot was saved by goalkeeper Alec Ferrell. It was Shinyashikis team-high ninth goal of the season.After halftime, Muuss credited his team for settling the game down and taking control.Theyre tight games, Muuss said. No one wants to make mistakes. I thought they did a really great job of staying compact.The Pioneers outshot Wake Forest 5-4 in the first half, 5-4, but the Demon Deacons settled the game down and tk control from the start of the second half.I think there was a little bit of frustration today, Harkes said. We need to settle the game down. In the first half, it was a lot of back and forth.The Demon Deacons had the best chances in the second half. Bakero tk a cross from the right wing and hit a shot off the crossbar, while Harkes had a shot in the final minute go straight at Gardner.The winner in the second overtime came off the counter-attack following a Denver corner kick. Bakero turned past a defender near midfield and started a 3-on-1 counter with Harkes to his right.There was just one defender there and I tk a big touch, Bakero said. I tried to take him to the left to create space for Ian.The loss was Denvers first of the season and first since losing to SMU in the NCAA Tournament last season.Im really proud of my group, senior midfielder Sam Hamilton said. I think we tk the program to a place its never been, which is not an easy thing to do. We built a belief for the program to feed off of.Muuss coached and recruited Denvers Jamie Franks to play for the Demon Deacons in 2005 as an assistant. Muuss then tk his first head coaching job in Denver in 2007. Franks joined his former coachs staff and became the head coach of the Pioneers when Muuss moved to Wake Forest.We had a moment before the game underneath the tunnel that was special, Franks said. Hes my mentor. Travis Lakins Red Sox Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Josh A. Smith Red Sox Jersey . Tests earlier this week revealed a Grade 2 left hamstring strain for Sabathia, who was hurt in last Fridays start against San Francisco. 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CINCINNATI -- For the first time since his Bengals lost Januarys wild-card playoff game to the Steelers, owner and president Mike Brown issued his public support Tuesday for embattled linebacker Vontaze Burfict, whose controversial penalty in that game helped set up Pittsburghs winning field goal.Because of that unnecessary roughness penalty and his broader history of similar personal foul infractions, Burfict was suspended by the NFL for the first three games this upcoming season.Burfict is one hell of a ftball player, Brown said at the Bengals annual pre-training camp media luncheon. He makes a difference for our team. We want him on the field. And I regret that for three games this year we wont have him, but hell be back then, and we expect outstanding play from him. Hes a difference-maker. Were lucky to have him.The Pro Bowl defender was Cincinnatis third-most prolific tackler last season, despite missing the first six games with a knee injury. To go along with his 74 stops, Burfict also had a sack and two interceptions.He also picked off a pass just after the final two-minute warning of the playoff game against Pittsburgh. When he celebrated the interception by running into the Bengals tunnel and up to the locker rm dr, it appeared Cincinnati would win its first playoff game in 25 years.But moments later, a Jeremy Hill fumble, followed by Burficts 15-yard penalty and another by Bengals cornerback Adam Jones put the Steelers in position to kick the game-winning field goal. Flagged after hitting Steelers receiver Antonio Brown in the head late after an overthrow, Burfict was later widely criticized for not pullling up and avoiding contact with Brown altogether.ddddddddddddMike Brown, it seems, disagreed with some of those criticisms.I own the Cincinnati Bengals and not the Pittsburgh Steelers, so you can probably guess where I come out on that, he said. But Im not allowed to get mad [and] Id be flish to get into that kind of discussion publicly.Burficts suspension has Bengals coach Marvin Lewis taking an overly careful approach with how he uses the linebacker in training camp. Lewis vowed Tuesday not to play Burfict in the preseason at all. Once the regular season begins, he wont even be allowed around the team, per league rules.Theres no reason for us to expose him to injury, because hes t valuable, Lewis said. He and [Rey] Maualuga, the extension of them and [defensive crdinator] Paul [Guenther] on that field and into that huddle on Sunday is key to us. So well continue to protect those guys as much as we can.Guenther has told Burfict not to change his intense style of play. He only wants to see him rein in his emotions better.What were going to do is were going to put our ft on the gas pedal and were going to be smarter in those situations, Guenther said. We have to understand that guys are targeting you -- theyre targeting some players. Theyre going to try to get underneath your skin and try to do those type of things.Thats been my whole M.O., that were not changing how we play, were not changing our style of play or how we play. Were going to be smarter situationally and emotionally. ' ' '