Wake Forest Baseball Announces 2008 Schedule
11/1/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Nov. 1, 2007
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest will play 25 games against teams that participated in the 2007 NCAA Tournament, highlighting the Demon Deacons' 2008 schedule which was released today.
The Deacons will open the season Feb. 22-24 with four games in Malibu against traditional baseball power Pepperdine. The Deacs and Waves have never met previously on the diamond.
Wake Forest will play its home opener against in-state rival Appalachian State on Feb. 27. In all, the Deacs will play 20 games against in-state competition, including non-conference matchups with UNC Greensboro, High Point, Charlotte, Elon, UNC Asheville and Davidson.
After facing the Mountaineers at home, Wake Forest will travel to Dothan, Ala. for four non-conference games in a round-robin tournament hosted by Troy Feb. 29 - March 2. The Deacs will play Kennesaw State, two against Troy and wrap up the trip with a contest against Big Ten foe Penn State.
Wake Forest opens ACC play at home against Clemson March 7-9. The Deacs will also host ACC rivals Maryland (March 14-16), Florida State (March 28-30), Virginia Tech (April 11-13) and Duke (May 9-11).
The Deacs will play conference road series at Miami (March 21-23), NC State (April 4-6), Virginia (April 18-20), Georgia Tech (April 25-27) and Boston College (May 15-17).
Georgia Tech is back on Wake's schedule after a two-year hiatus in the series. However, the Deacs will not face Tobacco Road rival and 2007 College World Series runner-up North Carolina this season. Unless Wake and UNC meet in the postseason, it will mark the first time since the 1950s that the two teams have not met on the diamond.
Wake Forest has 25 non-conference games scheduled, 17 of which will come on the road and 10 of which are against 2007 NCAA Tournament participants. The Deacs will play home-and-home series with Appalachian State, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Davidson, High Point and UNC Greensboro.
Of its 13 non-conference foes, Wake Forest has never faced Kennesaw State, Pepperdine or Troy.
The 2008 ACC Baseball Championship is scheduled for May 21-25 in Jacksonville, Fla. at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. The top eight teams from the regular season will advance to the conference tournament.
NCAA Regional play is slated for May 30 - June 2 at campus sites. The NCAA Super Regionals will be held June 6-9 at campus sites, and the 2008 College World Series will follow on June 14-25 in Omaha, Neb.
Wake Forest is coming off a 2007 season that saw the Deacs advance to the ACC Championship Game and qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002. Wake finished the season 34-29 overall and 14-16 in ACC play.