Wake Forest Athletics
Sunday, March 15
Winston-Salem, N.C.
3 p.m.
Wake Forest University
15-5, 3-3
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Florida State
15-4, 3-0
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Wake Forest
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Williams Records Career Day in Series Finale Against No. 20 Florida State
3/15/2026 6:42:00 PM | Baseball
Junior center fielder Javar Williams notched career highs in hits (4), RBIs (4) and home runs (2) to lead the Deacs offensively.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Despite a career day by junior centerfielder Javar Williams, the No. 12 Wake Forest baseball team (15-5, 3-3 ACC) dropped the series finale against No. 20 Florida State (16-3, 3-0 ACC) by a score of 12-6 on Sunday afternoon at David F. Couch Ballpark.
Williams recorded career highs in hits, RBIs and home runs as he ended the game going 4-for-5 with two home runs and four RBIs.
The Dartmouth, Mass., native opened the scoring with a solo home run over the left field wall in the first inning, before adding a two-run blast in the seventh. Williams also added an RBI single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth.
Sophomore catcher Matt Conte tallied a pair of hits against the Seminoles, including a solo home run in the ninth.
Sophomore right-hander Troy Dressler impressed on the mound as he struck out a career-high eight batters while allowing just one run in 4.0 innings of relief.
HOW IT HAPPENED
FROM COACH WALTER
"It's tough to play from behind like we did all weekend against a good team. We had some chances to grab some momentum after Javar [Williams] home run in the first inning. We got two outs on three pitches and had the 9-hole hitter on a 0-2 count. We walked him and then made a bad 2-2 pitch on the next hitter for the home run and the momentum swung right back into their dugout. We probably should have taken Duncan [Marsten] out after the third inning because he wasn't throwing the ball great. We probably should have gone to Troy [Dressler] a little sooner. That's certainly on me and could have kept it at a 5-1 game and then the other late innings might change. When their starting pitcher was out there with a big lead it makes it easier for him to pitch. We didn't get into their bullpen soon enough. If we would have kept it 5-1, I feel like we could have found a way to win that game. Same thing when we got to 8-3. We needed to put up a zero there. We hit a guy trying to bunt. Then we get a big out and get to 0-2 again to the 9-hole hitter and then he hits a grand slam. We just need to execute better in those situations to grab the momentum. We didn't do that all series. It was a disappointing weekend and now we'll have to be ready to go on Tuesday." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
The Demon Deacons will be back in action at David F. Couch Ballpark for a midweek matchup against Liberty on Tuesday evening. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra.
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Williams recorded career highs in hits, RBIs and home runs as he ended the game going 4-for-5 with two home runs and four RBIs.
The Dartmouth, Mass., native opened the scoring with a solo home run over the left field wall in the first inning, before adding a two-run blast in the seventh. Williams also added an RBI single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth.
Sophomore catcher Matt Conte tallied a pair of hits against the Seminoles, including a solo home run in the ninth.
Sophomore right-hander Troy Dressler impressed on the mound as he struck out a career-high eight batters while allowing just one run in 4.0 innings of relief.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Florida State grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the first.
- Junior centerfielder Javar Williams cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the first as he lasered a solo shot over the left field wall.
- The Seminoles tacked on a pair of runs in the second to extend their lead.
- Florida State added another run in the third.
- The Seminoles pushed their lead to 8-1 in the fourth.
- Sophomore reliever Troy Dressler tallied a pair of strikeouts in a scoreless fifth inning.
- The Mifflinburg, Pa., native continued to deal on the mound as he struck out the side in the sixth.
- Wake Forest threatened with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth, but were unable to capitalize.
- The Deacs logged another three-up, three-down frame in the top of the seventh.
- Following a leadoff single by freshman shortstop JD Stein, Williams rocketed his second home run of the game to make it 8-3 in the home half of the seventh.
- Florida State scored four runs in the top of the eighth.
- Williams tallied his career-high fourth RBI of the afternoon on an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth.
- Junior first baseman Kade Lewis added a sacrifice fly to make it 12-5.
- Senior right-hander Will Ray pitched a scoreless frame in the ninth.
- Sophomore catcher Matt Conte launched a solo home run to left-center to move the Deacs within six runs in the bottom of the ninth.
- Wake Forest fell to Florida State, 12-6.
FROM COACH WALTER
"It's tough to play from behind like we did all weekend against a good team. We had some chances to grab some momentum after Javar [Williams] home run in the first inning. We got two outs on three pitches and had the 9-hole hitter on a 0-2 count. We walked him and then made a bad 2-2 pitch on the next hitter for the home run and the momentum swung right back into their dugout. We probably should have taken Duncan [Marsten] out after the third inning because he wasn't throwing the ball great. We probably should have gone to Troy [Dressler] a little sooner. That's certainly on me and could have kept it at a 5-1 game and then the other late innings might change. When their starting pitcher was out there with a big lead it makes it easier for him to pitch. We didn't get into their bullpen soon enough. If we would have kept it 5-1, I feel like we could have found a way to win that game. Same thing when we got to 8-3. We needed to put up a zero there. We hit a guy trying to bunt. Then we get a big out and get to 0-2 again to the 9-hole hitter and then he hits a grand slam. We just need to execute better in those situations to grab the momentum. We didn't do that all series. It was a disappointing weekend and now we'll have to be ready to go on Tuesday." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
The Demon Deacons will be back in action at David F. Couch Ballpark for a midweek matchup against Liberty on Tuesday evening. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Moore, Bryson (3-0)
L: Marsten, Duncan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Paulino Jr., Kelvyn 1
HR: Dowd, Brayden 1 ; Stuetzer, John 1 ; Bailey, Myles 1 ; Putnam, Eli 1
RBI: Dowd, Brayden 2 ; Paulino Jr., Kelvyn 1 ; Stuetzer, John 4 ; Bailey, Myles 2 ; Putnam, Eli 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bavaro, Will 1 ; Williams, Chase 1 ; Fisher, Cal 1 ; Dowd, Brayden 1 ; Cmeyla, Nathan 1 ; Stuetzer, John 3 ; Bailey, Myles 2 ; Putnam, Eli 2
SB: Stuetzer, John 1
HBP: Bavaro, Will 1
Batting:
HR: Conte, Matt 1 ; Williams, Javar 2
RBI: Lewis, Kade 1 ; Conte, Matt 1 ; Williams, Javar 4
SF: Lewis, Kade 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stein, JD 1 ; Schaaf, Blake 1 ; Conte, Matt 1 ; Williams, Javar 2 ; Keenan, Jimmy 1
Game Leaders
AB
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RBI
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AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
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AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
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