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No. 22 Wake Forest Secures Series with 8-1 Victory over Siena
2/21/2026 7:50:00 PM | Baseball
Sophomore starting pitcher Chris Levonas punched out 10 Saint hitters over 5.0 innings, while sophomore reliever Duncan Marsten added a career-high seven strikeouts.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Behind a career-high matching 10 strikeouts for starting pitcher Chris Levonas, the No. 22 Wake Forest (5-1, 0-0 ACC) baseball team cruised to an 8-1 win over Siena on Saturday afternoon at David F. Couch Ballpark.
Levonas matched the longest outing of his career, going 5.0 innings while allowing just three hits and a run. Through his first two games, the Holmdel, N.J., native has struck out 19 batters and given up one run in his 8.2 innings pitched.
Sophomore right-hander Duncan Marsten added 3.1 scoreless innings in relief while logging a career-high seven strikeouts.
Sophomore outfielder Luke Costello led the Demon Deacons offensively as he went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a stolen base against the Saints.
HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
STAGGERING STATISTICS
"Really happy with the way that Chris Levonas and Duncan Marsten threw the ball tonight. We only walked two batters on the night, which was huge for us. Any time our guys have that type of stuff and are pounding the zone like they did tonight, we're certainly going to be hard to beat. We did enough offensively. Javar Williams set the tone again. We cashed in on some good opportunities. Luke Costello had a good game today and drove in some big runs for us. It's good to see both Austin Hawke and Luke Schmolke back in there. We're starting to get some of our pieces back together and hopefully we'll be able to get some more in the game soon. " - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest goes for the sweep of the Saints tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET on ACC Network Extra.
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Levonas matched the longest outing of his career, going 5.0 innings while allowing just three hits and a run. Through his first two games, the Holmdel, N.J., native has struck out 19 batters and given up one run in his 8.2 innings pitched.
Sophomore right-hander Duncan Marsten added 3.1 scoreless innings in relief while logging a career-high seven strikeouts.
Sophomore outfielder Luke Costello led the Demon Deacons offensively as he went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a stolen base against the Saints.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Levonas recorded a pair of strikeouts in the top of the first, topping out at 100 mph.
- Wake Forest jumped on the Saints immediately with three runs in the first.
- Center fielder Javar Williams got the inning started on a hit-by-pitch and moved into scoring position on his ninth stolen base in six games.
- Sophomore Dalton Wentz worked a walk to put a pair of Demon Deacons on base.
- Right fielder Luke Costello stayed hot with a single into shallow center, putting Wake on the board.
- Designated hitter Matt Conte was the second hit-by-pitch of the inning to load the bases.
- A productive at-bat from first baseman Ryan Preisano plated the second run of the frame.
- Catcher Jimmy Keenan singled through the left side to drive in Costello and cap the scoring in the first.
- A flyout, strikeout and groundout got Levonas through the second unscathed.
- Costello drove in two more with a single through the left side to push the lead to 5-0 after two innings of play.
- After a leadoff walk, Levonas struck out the next three batters to bring his total to six through the first three innings.
- Levonas recorded another three-up, three-down frame in the fourth.
- The Demon Deacons added another run on an RBI groundout from Keenan in the bottom of the fourth.
- Siena got on the board with a run in the top of the fifth.
- Wentz drove in his fifth run of the series with an RBI groundout to get the run back for Wake Forest in the bottom half.
- Sophomore Duncan Marsten entered in the sixth, working a scoreless frame for the Demon Deacons.
- Marsten recorded a pair of strikeouts to keep the Demon Deacon advantage at 7-1 at the stretch.
- The Lake Balboa, Calif. native recorded three more strikeouts in the eighth.
- After Marsten's career-best seventh strikeout of the evening, senior Luke Schmolke made his season debut and recorded the final two outs of the game for Wake Forest.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- Starting pitcher Chris Levonas and sophomore right-hander Duncan Marsten combined for 17 of Wake Forest's 18 strikeouts.
- Levonas matched both his career-highs in innings pitched (5.0) and strikeouts (10) against the Saints.
- The sophomore has allowed just one run while striking out 19 batters over his first 8.2 innings of the season.
- Marsten recorded a career-high seven strikeouts over the course of 3.1 scoreless innings in relief.
- Levonas matched both his career-highs in innings pitched (5.0) and strikeouts (10) against the Saints.
STAGGERING STATISTICS
- In their first six games of the season, the Demon Deacons have combined for 87 strikeouts, including 18 against the Saints on Saturday.
- The Deacs have logged three games with at least 15 punchouts this season.
- The Deacs have logged three games with at least 15 punchouts this season.
"Really happy with the way that Chris Levonas and Duncan Marsten threw the ball tonight. We only walked two batters on the night, which was huge for us. Any time our guys have that type of stuff and are pounding the zone like they did tonight, we're certainly going to be hard to beat. We did enough offensively. Javar Williams set the tone again. We cashed in on some good opportunities. Luke Costello had a good game today and drove in some big runs for us. It's good to see both Austin Hawke and Luke Schmolke back in there. We're starting to get some of our pieces back together and hopefully we'll be able to get some more in the game soon. " - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest goes for the sweep of the Saints tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET on ACC Network Extra.
FOLLOW THE DEACS
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Levonas, Chris (1-0)
L: Siciliano, David (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Pincince, Owen 1
RBI: Thompson, Josh 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pincince, Owen 1
Batting:
3B: Conte, Matt 1
RBI: Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Costello, Luke 3 ; Keenan, Jimmy 2 ; Preisano, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Costello, Luke 2 ; Williams, Javar 3 ; Stein, JD 1 ; Conte, Matt 1
SB: Costello, Luke 1 ; Williams, Javar 2 ; Stein, JD 1
HBP: Williams, Javar 1 ; Lewis, Kade 1 ; Conte, Matt 1
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