Wake Forest Athletics
Baseball Game Notes - Wake Forest at Virginia
4/6/2012 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 6, 2012
Wake Forest Travels to Virginia for ACC Battle
• Wake Forest will travel to Charlottesville, Va. for the first time since 2008 to take on ACC foe Virginia on Saturday-Monday.
• The Demon Deacons and the Cavaliers have not played each other in a regular season series since the 2009 season.
How to Catch the Games
• Listen to the play-by-play on WakeForestSports.com for the games on Saturday and Sunday.
• Be sure to see the Deacs play their first televised game of the season on Monday, as the game will be on ESPNU at 7 p.m.
• You can also get live updates via the Wake Forest baseball Twitter account. Follow the team @WFUBaseball or Twitter.com/WFUBaseball.
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest took Game 1 of the series at No. 5 North Carolina before dropping the final two games to the Tar Heels.
• The Friday night victory came in exciting fashion, as the Demon Deacons captured a 7-6 win in extra innings.
• Mark Rhine knocked in the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly in the 12th to plate Carlos Lopez. Jack Fischer then recorded his first-career save to preserve the win for Wake Forest.
• After a 7-3 loss on Saturday to UNC, the Deacs tied Sunday's finale at 3-3 in the top of the ninth with two outs before North Carolina earned a walk-off victory in the bottom of the inning.
This Weekend's Opponent
• Virginia enters the weekend series with Wake Forest having gone 8-2 in its last 10 games.
• The Cavaliers defeated James Madison 15-5 in their last outing, after dropping two of three at NC State last weekend.
Series History
• Wake Forest is 81-69 all-time against Virginia dating back to 1955.
• The Cavaliers have had the upper hand of late, winning four straight, including a 13-1 victory over the Demon Deacons in last year's ACC Baseball Championship.
• The Deacs last beat Virginia, 7-4, in the 2008 ACC Baseball Championship in Jacksonville, Fla.
Next Up
• Wake Forest will be on the road once again when it travels to Charlotte to play the 49ers on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
• The Demon Deacons will return home next weekend for a three-game ACC series with Georgia Tech.
