Friday, May 31
Greenville, NC
6 p.m.
Wake Forest University
vs
VCU
No. 19 Wake Forest Begins NCAA Tournament at Greenville Regional
5/30/2024 6:14:00 PM | Baseball
First pitch on Friday against VCU is set for 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Kicking off its third-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, the No. 19 Wake Forest baseball team opens NCAA Tournament play against VCU on Friday, May 31 at 6 p.m. on ESPN+ and ESPNU as the No. 2 seed in the Greenville Regional hosted by East Carolina on Friday.
This is the Demon Deacons' 16th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance and marks the Deacs third-straight postseason appearance.
Wake Forest has made three College World Series appearances, highlighted by winning the program's first national championship in 1955 and a run to the semifinals a season ago. Overall, the Demon Deacons hold a 52-33 record at the national tournament.
The Demon Deacons (38-20) are set to start graduate transfer David Falco against the Rams (37-21) Christian Gordon on Friday evening.
Demon Deacon Hotel Sendoff
Join us to send off the Demon Deacons before they take on VCU on Friday. Fans are encouraged to gather at the Hilton Greenville lobby (207 SW Greenville Blvd, Greenville, North Carolina 27834) as the team departs at 3:15 p.m.
Members of Deacon Nation are also invited to stick around after the send off to enjoy fellowship and drinks at Julep Contemporary Kitchen located inside the hotel prior to game time. Stay connected with what's going on in the postseason here and find all the information you need this weekend by clicking here.
Opponent/Series History
No. 1 Seed ECU - 43-15 (American)
No. 2 Seed Wake Forest - 38-20 (ACC)
No. 3 Seed VCU - 37-21 (Atlantic 10)
No. 4 Seed Evansville - 34-23 (Missouri Valley)
Greenville Regional Schedule
Game 1: No. 1 East Carolina vs. No. 4 Evansville | Fri. May 31 | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Game 2: No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 VCU | Fri. June 31 | 6 p.m. | ESPN+ and ESPNU
Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser | Sat. June 1 | 12 p.m. | TBD
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner | Sat. June 1 | 6 p.m. | TBD
Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser | Sun. June 2 | 12 p.m. | TBD
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner | Sun. June 2 | 6 p.m. | TBD
Game 7*: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser | Mon. June 3 | TBD | TBD
*-Game 7 will only be necessary if the winner of Game 5 also wins Game 6.
2024 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament Schedule
Regionals: Friday-Monday, May 31-June 3
Super Regionals: Friday-Sunday, June 7-9 or Saturday-Monday, June 8-10
First day of MCWS games: Start Friday, June 14
MCWS finals: Saturday-Monday, June 22-23/24
Regular Season Highlights
The Greenville Regional is paired with the Knoxville Regional. The winners of those two regionals will play in a Super Regional the following weekend (Friday, June 7-Monday, June 10). In addition to No. 1 national seed Tennessee, the regional features Southern Miss, Indiana and Northern Kentucky.
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This is the Demon Deacons' 16th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance and marks the Deacs third-straight postseason appearance.
Wake Forest has made three College World Series appearances, highlighted by winning the program's first national championship in 1955 and a run to the semifinals a season ago. Overall, the Demon Deacons hold a 52-33 record at the national tournament.
The Demon Deacons (38-20) are set to start graduate transfer David Falco against the Rams (37-21) Christian Gordon on Friday evening.
Demon Deacon Hotel Sendoff
Join us to send off the Demon Deacons before they take on VCU on Friday. Fans are encouraged to gather at the Hilton Greenville lobby (207 SW Greenville Blvd, Greenville, North Carolina 27834) as the team departs at 3:15 p.m.
Members of Deacon Nation are also invited to stick around after the send off to enjoy fellowship and drinks at Julep Contemporary Kitchen located inside the hotel prior to game time. Stay connected with what's going on in the postseason here and find all the information you need this weekend by clicking here.
Opponent/Series History
- The Deacs and VCU will meet for the 14th time on Friday and have only played twice since head coach Tom Walter took over in 2010, holding a 2-0 clip against the Rams since then.
- Wake Forest and ECU last met in 2014 and the Deacs hold a 16-12 all-time advantage over the Pirates in a series that dates back to 1954.
- The Demon Deacons and Evansville last met in 1999 and have split the all-time series 2-2 dating back to 1991.
No. 1 Seed ECU - 43-15 (American)
No. 2 Seed Wake Forest - 38-20 (ACC)
No. 3 Seed VCU - 37-21 (Atlantic 10)
No. 4 Seed Evansville - 34-23 (Missouri Valley)
Greenville Regional Schedule
Game 1: No. 1 East Carolina vs. No. 4 Evansville | Fri. May 31 | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Game 2: No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 VCU | Fri. June 31 | 6 p.m. | ESPN+ and ESPNU
Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser | Sat. June 1 | 12 p.m. | TBD
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner | Sat. June 1 | 6 p.m. | TBD
Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser | Sun. June 2 | 12 p.m. | TBD
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner | Sun. June 2 | 6 p.m. | TBD
Game 7*: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser | Mon. June 3 | TBD | TBD
*-Game 7 will only be necessary if the winner of Game 5 also wins Game 6.
2024 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament Schedule
Regionals: Friday-Monday, May 31-June 3
Super Regionals: Friday-Sunday, June 7-9 or Saturday-Monday, June 8-10
First day of MCWS games: Start Friday, June 14
MCWS finals: Saturday-Monday, June 22-23/24
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 seven sellouts.
- Junior Nick Kurtz became the Wake Forest program record holder with 182 free passes throughout his career, surpassing Pat Blair (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 had 19 multi-walk performances during the regular season and eighth with at least three. He currently sits at 187 free passes in his career and 76 this season alone.
- 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, who was named the 2024 ACC Pitcher of the Year, led the nation during the regular season with 169 punchouts on the year and struckout 13 or more in his last four starts in the regular season. Additionally, his total 184 strikeouts this season rank third in ACC history, trailing just Brian Barnes of Clemson (208 in 1989) and Chris Benson of Clemson (204 in 1996).
- Burns has recorded 12 double-digit strikeout performances this season and accounts for nine of the top-10 single-game strikeout performances in school history, all coming in this year alone.
- The right-hander is one of just two Atlantic Coast Conference pitchers all-time to win ACC Pitcher of the Week six 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 drawn 371 free passes to this point to lead the ACC and rank second nationally.
- The 113 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 had 100 or more home runs with the Deacs entering Regional play ranked first in the ACC and tied for ninth nationally.
The Greenville Regional is paired with the Knoxville Regional. The winners of those two regionals will play in a Super Regional the following weekend (Friday, June 7-Monday, June 10). In addition to No. 1 national seed Tennessee, the regional features Southern Miss, Indiana and Northern Kentucky.
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