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Wake Forest Enters 2024 ACC Baseball Championships as No. 8 Seed
5/19/2024 11:02:00 AM | Baseball
The Demon Deacons open postseason play at the ACC Championships on Wednesday, May 22 at 3 p.m. versus Pitt before closing out pool play against North Carolina on Friday, May 24 at 7 p.m.
CHARLOTTE – The Wake Forest baseball team earned the No. 8 seed in Pool A for the 2024 ACC Baseball Championship and will open postseason play on Wednesday in Charlotte at Truist Field.
The Deacs (36-19, 15-15 ACC) will begin play in Charlotte on Wednesday, May 22 at 3 p.m. against Pitt (26-27, 10-20 ACC) inside Truist Field before concluding pool competition on Friday, May 26 at 7 p.m. against top-seed North Carolina (41-12, 22-8 ACC). Both games will be on ACC Network.
The team with the best record in each pool will advance to the semifinals, which are scheduled for Saturday, May 25 at 1 and 5 p.m. on ACC Network. If teams are tied at the end of pool competition, the team with the highest seed in the respective pool will advance.
The 2024 ACC Championship Game is set for Sunday, May 26 at noon on ESPN2.
For more information on the 2024 ACC Tournament, click here. For tickets, click here.
2024 ACC Baseball Championship Seeds and Pools
Truist Field; Charlotte, N.C.
POOL A - #1 North Carolina, #8 Wake Forest, #12 Pitt
POOL B - #2 Clemson, #7 Louisville, #11 Miami
POOL C - #3 NC State, #6 Duke, #10 Virginia Tech
POOL D - #4 Virginia, #5 Florida State, #9 Georgia Tech
2024 ACC Baseball Championship Schedule
Tuesday, May 21
No. 11 Miami vs. No. 7 Louisville, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 9 Georgia Tech vs. No. 5 Florida State, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 10 Virginia Tech vs. No. 6 Duke, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Wednesday, May 22
No. 4 Virginia vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 12 Pitt vs. No. 8 Wake Forest, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 3 NC State vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Thursday, May 23
No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 11 Miami, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 12 Pitt, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 6 Duke vs. No. 3 NC State, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Friday, May 24
No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 4 Virginia, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 2 Clemson, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 8 Wake Forest vs. No. 1 North Carolina, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Saturday, May 25
Pool A Winner vs. Pool D Winner, 1 p.m. (ACC Network)
Pool B Winner vs. Pool C Winner, 5 p.m. (ACC Network)
Sunday, May 26
ACC Championship, 12 p.m. (ESPN2)
Regular Season Highlights
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The Deacs (36-19, 15-15 ACC) will begin play in Charlotte on Wednesday, May 22 at 3 p.m. against Pitt (26-27, 10-20 ACC) inside Truist Field before concluding pool competition on Friday, May 26 at 7 p.m. against top-seed North Carolina (41-12, 22-8 ACC). Both games will be on ACC Network.
The team with the best record in each pool will advance to the semifinals, which are scheduled for Saturday, May 25 at 1 and 5 p.m. on ACC Network. If teams are tied at the end of pool competition, the team with the highest seed in the respective pool will advance.
The 2024 ACC Championship Game is set for Sunday, May 26 at noon on ESPN2.
For more information on the 2024 ACC Tournament, click here. For tickets, click here.
2024 ACC Baseball Championship Seeds and Pools
Truist Field; Charlotte, N.C.
POOL A - #1 North Carolina, #8 Wake Forest, #12 Pitt
POOL B - #2 Clemson, #7 Louisville, #11 Miami
POOL C - #3 NC State, #6 Duke, #10 Virginia Tech
POOL D - #4 Virginia, #5 Florida State, #9 Georgia Tech
2024 ACC Baseball Championship Schedule
Tuesday, May 21
No. 11 Miami vs. No. 7 Louisville, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 9 Georgia Tech vs. No. 5 Florida State, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 10 Virginia Tech vs. No. 6 Duke, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Wednesday, May 22
No. 4 Virginia vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 12 Pitt vs. No. 8 Wake Forest, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 3 NC State vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Thursday, May 23
No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 11 Miami, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 12 Pitt, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 6 Duke vs. No. 3 NC State, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Friday, May 24
No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 4 Virginia, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 2 Clemson, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 8 Wake Forest vs. No. 1 North Carolina, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Saturday, May 25
Pool A Winner vs. Pool D Winner, 1 p.m. (ACC Network)
Pool B Winner vs. Pool C Winner, 5 p.m. (ACC Network)
Sunday, May 26
ACC Championship, 12 p.m. (ESPN2)
Regular Season Highlights
- Wake Forest reached the 30-win mark for the third-straight season, the longest such streak since the Deacs won 30 or more in six-straight seasons from 1997-2002.
- Deacon Nation showed tremendous support at David F. Couch Ballpark in 2024 as this year's season attendance of 76,888 fans set a new program record.
- Set a weekend attendance record of 10,542 with sellouts in all three games of the series against North Carolina.
- Finished the 2024 regular season home slate with a program-record eight sellouts.
- Junior Nick Kurtz became the Wake Forest program record holder with 182 free passes throughout his career entering tournament play, surpassing Pat Blair (180, 2010-13). Additionally, he also set the single-season walk record with his nation-leading 70th of the campaign, surpassing Brock Wilken's 69 bases on balls a season ago. Kurtz has 17 multi-walk performances on the season and eighth with at least three.
- Junior right-handed pitcher Chase Burns became the Demon Deacon single-season strikeout record holder, surpassing Rhett Lowder's 143 strikeouts a season ago.
- Burns leads the nation with 169 punchouts on the year and has struckout 13 or more in his last four starts.
- The right-hander is one of just four Atlantic Coast Conference pitchers all-time to win ACC Pitcher of the Week five times in a season.
- For the second-straight year, the Demon Deacons paced the country, having placed nine student-athletes on the 2024 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist list in the past two seasons.
- Senior Jake Reinisch was joined by juniors Chase Burns, Seaver King and Nick Kurtz as four of this year's 68 candidates coming from 18 different conferences and 48 different schools.
- Wake Forest was the best team in the country in 2023 at drawing a free 90 feet with 424 on the season, good for 11 more than any other team and continued that trend in 2024.
- The Deacs have now drawn 349 free passes in 2024 to lead the ACC and rank third nationally.
- The 105 Demon Deacon home runs mark the third consecutive season the Deacs have reached the century mark and it is the fourth-highest home run total in program history. Coming into the ACC tournament, only 22 teams in the country have 100 or more home runs with the Deacs entering postseason play ranked second in the ACC and tied for 14th nationally.
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