Wake Forest Athletics
Diamond Deacs Open Season At Winthrop Thursday
2/9/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Feb. 9, 2005
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Wake Forest baseball team opens the 2005 season under first-year head coach Rick Rembielak as the Demon Deacons travel to Winthrop this weekend for the Coca-Cola Classic in Rock Hill, SC. The Deacs and Eagles will play Thursday at 4 p.m., then again on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. Wake Forest will also face Western Kentucky Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.
Rembielak arrives in Winston-Salem after an 11-year stint with Kent State of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). He is the all-time winningest coach of any sport in Golden Flashes history with a career record of 373-251-1 (.597). Against other MAC teams, Rembielak sports an even more impressive record of 200-100 (.667).
Rembielak won four Mid-American Conference regular season championships and three MAC tournament titles, including last season's 2004 Mid-American Conference Tournament. The Golden Flashes have made 12 consecutive appearances in the MAC Tournament. Dating back to 1992, when postseason play was reinstated, Kent State is the only MAC team to appear in every tournament.
Rembielak was named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year three times (1996, 2000 and 2003). In 1996, the Golden Flashes won the conference regular-season title with a 21-7 league record and a 30-20-1 overall mark.
While Rembielak will make his first appearance in a Demon Deacon uniform, senior starting pitcher Tim Morley will make his 42nd career start. The left-handed hurler had an up-and-down season in 2004. Morely went 3-6 with a 7.18 ERA a year ago, but did toss a complete game.
The Eagles come into the contest as the preseason favorite in the Big South Conference. Winthrop, ranked No. 25 by Baseball America, No. 28 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 35 by Sports Weekly/ESPN.
Winthrop will counter with right-hander Kevin Slowey. The junior went 9-4 lsat season with a 3.23 ERA.
WEEKEND PITCHING ROTATION (2004 Stats)
February 10, at Winthrop, 4 p.m., The Winthrop Ballpark
Tim Morley, LHP, (3-6, 7.18 ERA in 2004) vs. Kevin Slowey, RHP, (9-4, 3.23 ERA)
February 12, vs. Western Kentucky, 4 p.m., The Winthrop Ballpark
Josh Ellis, RHP, (1-3, 10.24 ERA in 2004) vs. , Daniel Faulkner, RHP, (8-6, 5.37 ERA)
February 13, at Winthrop, 3 p.m., The Winthrop Ballpark
Matt Hammond, RHP, (First Career Start) vs. tba
