Demon Deacons travel to Cullowhee for Baseball

The Wake Forest baseball team visits Childress Field / Hennon Stadium on Wednesday afternoon for game #1 of the home and home series with the Demon Deacons.  The Catamounts will travel to Winston-Salem on March 26 for the return game.

The Deacons will enter Wednesday's game with a 3-1 record, having played in the University of Louisanna at Monroe (ULM) Baseball Tournament.  Wake Forest played 4 games in three days, playing both Alcorn State and ULM twice.  The Deacons split the opening day, winning against Alcorn State (3-0), but dropped the second game of the day to ULM by a 9-0 score.  Wake Forest won the two remaining games, Saturday against Alcorn State, 17-2 and on Sunday beat ULM by a 11-4 score.

The Demon Deacons are a veteran team under 5th year head coach Tom Walter.  The Deacons return 20 lettermen from a team that was 33-24 in 2012.  Walter has 7 position starters returning, as well as two starting pitchers coming back to the mound.  Wake Forest was picked to finish fourth by the coaches, in the six team Atlantic Division of the ACC.

Game time is set for 4 pm.

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