Wake Forest University
North Carolina
Wake Forest Defeats North Carolina, 11-5
3/16/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 16, 2001
Chapel Hill, NC - The 25th-ranked Wake Forest baseball team defeated North Carolina in Chapel Hill on Friday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium by a 11-5 count. Cory Sullivan's four hits tied a career high and Jamie D'Antona homered and drove a career-best four runs as the Demon Deacons improve their ACC record to 3-1 in the ACC and 15-4 overall.
Sophomore starter Ben Clayton earned the victory for the Demon Deacons. Clayton threw 5.2 innings and gave up three runs for his third win of the season.
Wake Forest took the lead for good on freshman Jamie D'Antona's two-run homer in the third. D'Antona's fourth of the season gave the Demon Deacons a 3- 2 lead. D'Antona finished the day with three hits and a career-high four runs batted in. In the next inning, Wake Forest tacked on two more runs before pulling away in the sixth.
In the sixth, Carlos Brackley led off with a single and Matt Price got aboard on an infield hit. Jamie Athas moved both runners into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt. That set the table for Jason Aquilante who threaded a bouncing ball through the middle scoring both Brackley and Price. Two more runs came across before the inning was over and the Deacons owned a commanding 9-2 lead.
The bullpen sealed the deal for the Demon Decaons. Freshman Adam Hanson threw 1.1 innings of scoreless relief with two strikeouts. Josh Bartlett came on in the eighth and pitched the final two innings.
Senior All-American Cory Sullivan tied a career-high four hits, a feat he has performed four times in just his second season as a Demon Deacon.
Senior third baseman Corey Slavik, who went hitless in his first four at-bats, lined a single down the right-field line in the eighth inning to extend his personal hitting streak to 19 games.
Wake Forest (15-4) continues its series on Saturday afternoon at UNC's Boshamer Stadium at 1:00 p.m. Freshman Kyle Sleeth gets the start for the Demon Deacons.
