Games 6-9 • Wake Forest vs. Kent State • February 26-28 • Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park Deacs Welcomes Kent State for Four-Game Series 2010 Schedule/Results THE MATCHUP Wake Forest looks to snap a three-game losing February 26-28, 2010 February (2-3) streak this weekend as it hosts Kent State in a Wake Forest vs. Kent State 19 (Fri.) Army W, 6-2 four-game series at Gene Hooks Field at Wake Wake Forest Baseball Park 20 (Sat.) Dayton W, 7-5 Forest Baseball Park. The Demon Deacons bring a 2-3, 0-0 Winston-Salem, N.C. 1-2, 0-0 20 (Sat.) Army L, 2-5 2-3 record into this weekend’s action after dropping 21 (Sun.) Dayton L, 10-19 PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION 23 (Tue.) Coastal Carolina L, 0-2 a 2-0 pitchers’ duel to Coastal Carolina on Tuesday 26 (Fri.) Kent State 4 p.m. night. Freshman Patrick Blair led Wake offensively Friday (4:00 p.m.) vs. Kent State 27 (Sat.) Kent State 1 p.m. against the Chanticleers, going 2-for-4 at the plate, LHP Austin Stadler (So., 1-0, 1.50) vs. RHP Robert Sabo (R-Jr., 0-1, 7.94) 27 (Sat.) Kent State 4:30 p.m. while three Wake Forest relievers combined to Saturday (1:00 p.m.) vs. Kent State 28 (Sun.) Kent State 1 p.m. no-hit Coastal Carolina over the final five innings. LHP Tim Cooney (Fr., 1-0, 2.84) vs. LHP Kyle Hallock (Jr., 0-0, 11.25) March (0-0) Saturday (4:30 p.m.) vs. Kent State 2 (Tue.) Winthrop 4 p.m. Wake starter Justin Van Grouw had a solid first RHP Brandon Johnson (Jr., 0-1, 9.00) vs. RHP Brennen Glass (R-Jr., 0-0, 0.00) 5 (Fri.) Xavier 4 p.m. collegiate start, giving up two runs on five hits over 6 (Sat.) Xavier 4 p.m. four innings of work. Sunday (1:00 p.m.) vs. Kent State 7 (Sun.) Xavier 1 p.m. LHP Niko Spezial (Fr., 0-1, 4.91) vs. LHP David Starn (So., 0-1, 7.20) Tuesday (4:00 p.m.) vs. Winthrop 9 (Tue.) at Coastal Carolina 4 p.m. Deacon Notes -- The Deacons have an all-time 10 (Wed.) at UNC Wilmington 4 p.m. TBA vs. TBA 12 (Fri.) at Georgia Tech* 4 p.m. record of 1807-1293-22 ... Head coach Tom Walter 13 (Sat.) at Georgia Tech* 2 p.m. is 2-3 in his first season at Wake Forest. Walter’s 14 (Sun.) at Georgia Tech* 1 p.m. career record currently stands at 430-334 ... Fresh- LIVE GAME COVERAGE 17 (Wed.) Gardner-Webb 6 p.m. man Patrick Blair went 2-for-4 against Coastal on Television: None 19 (Fri.) NC State* 6 p.m. Tuesday, recording the second multi-hit game of his 20 (Sat.) NC State* 6 p.m. Radio: KentStateSports.com 21 (Sun.) NC State* 1 p.m. freshman season ... Mark Adzick, Ryan McGrath Live Stats: WakeForestSports.com 24 (Wed.) at High Point 6 p.m. and Michael Dimock combined to throw five no-hit Twitter: www.Twitter.com/WFUBaseball 26 (Fri.) at Virginia Tech* 5:30 p.m. innings against the Chanticleers on Tuesday ... 27 (Sat.) at Virginia Tech* 2 p.m. Redshirt junior outfielder Ryan Semeniuk leads the SERIE S HI S TORY V S . KENT STATE 28 (Sun.) at Virginia Tech* 1 p.m. Demon Deacons with a .409 batting average and 30 (Tue.) Charlotte 6 p.m. Wake Forest-Kent State Series: Wake Forest has a 14-3 advantage April (0-0) six RBIs ... Sophomore pitcher/first baseman Austin against Kent State in a series that dates back to 1961. The Demon Dea- 31 (Wed.) at Elon 7 p.m. Stadler has hit a team-high two home runs and also cons have won three straight meetings, sweeping the Golden Flashes 2 (Fri.) at Miami* 7 p.m. driven in four RBIs ... Pitchers Austin Stadler and Tim the last time the two teams met in 2007. 3 (Sat.) at Miami* (CSS) 7 p.m. Cooney each turned in quality starts last weekend, 4 (Sun.) at Miami* 1 p.m. as Stadler went 6.0 innings and allowed one run, Last Time vs. Kent State: Wake Forest opened the 2007 season by 7 (Wed.) High Point 6 p.m. sweeping Kent State in Winston-Salem. The Deacs scored eight runs in all 9 (Fri.) Florida State* 6 p.m. while Cooney pitched 6.1 innings, giving up two 10 (Sat.) Florida State* 6 p.m. runs ... The Demon Deacons were picked to finish three games, winning the opener 8-7, the second game 8-4 and the series 11 (Sun.) Florida State* 1 p.m. fifth in the ACC Atlantic Division in the coaches’ finale 8-6. 14 (Wed.) Elon 6 p.m. preseason poll ... Senior catcher Mike Murray and 16 (Fri.) at Boston College* 2:30 p.m. WEATHER RE P ORT 17 (Sat.) at Boston College* 1:30 p.m. junior outfielder Steven Brooks are the captains of 18 (Sun.) at Boston College* 1 p.m. the 2010 Wake baseball team. 20 (Tue.) at Charlotte 6 p.m. 21 (Wed.) UNC Greensboro 6 p.m. Rankings -- Wake Forest and Kent State are not 23 (Fri.) Duke* 6 p.m. ranked in any of this week’s polls. 24 (Sat.) Duke* 6 p.m. Fri., Feb. 26 Sat., Feb. 27 Sun., Feb. 28 25 (Sun.) Duke* 1 p.m. Sunny & Windy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy 28 (Wed.) at Appalachian State 4 p.m. High 46, Low 30 High 49, Low 29 High 48, Low 29 May (1-3) 7 (Fri.) at North Carolina* 7 p.m. PROBABLE POSITION STARTERS 8 (Sat.) at North Carolina* (RSN) 1 p.m. 9 (Sun.) at North Carolina* 1 p.m. Pos. # Player B-T Yr. GP-GS Avg. HR RBI Notes 11 (Tue.) at Winthrop 6 p.m. C 15 Mike Murray L-R Sr. 5-4 .200 0 3 Named a team captain in 2010 12 (Wed.) at UNC Greensboro 6 p.m. 1B 9 Austin Stadler L-L So. 5-4 .250 2 4 Leads the team with two home runs 14 (Fri.) Clemson* 6 p.m. 15 (Sat.) Clemson* 6 p.m. 2B 8 Benley Heyman R-R So. 3-3 .250 0 0 Moves from SS to 2B in 2010 16 (Sun.) Clemson* 1 p.m. 3B 10 Shane Kroker R-R So. 5-4 .357 0 0 Went 5-for-10 over final 3 games last weekend 18 (Tue.) Appalachian State 6 p.m. SS 6 Pat Blair R-R Fr. 5-5 .250 0 1 Had two of Wake’s four hits against Coastal 20 (Thur.) Maryland* 6 p.m. 21 (Fri.) Maryland* 6 p.m. RF 7 Mac Williamson R-R R-Fr. 5-5 .263 1 4 Hit first collegiate home run against Army 22 (Sat.) Maryland* 1 p.m. -or- 3 Carlos Lopez R-R So. 4-4 .231 1 3 Tied Sunday game against Dayton with 3-run homer 26-30 ACC Tournament! TBA CF 1 Steven Brooks R-R Jr. 5-5 .316 0 0 Hit .400 with three doubles in opening weekend Home Games in Bold * ACC Games LF 26 Ryan Semeniuk R-R R-Jr. 5-5 .409 1 6 Leads the team in batting average and RBIs All times are Eastern DH 3 Carlos Lopez R-R So. 4-4 .231 1 3 Tied Sunday game against Dayton with 3-run homer ! - ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) -or- 25 Matt Conway R-L Fr. 2-1 .333 0 0 Made first start against Coastal Carolina Games 6-9 • Wake Forest vs. Kent State • February 26-28 • Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park QUICK FACTS The Coaches -- Tom Walter is in his first season as the Wake Forest ACC STANDING S (A S OF FEBRUARY 26) Name of School Wake Forest University head coach on Friday. Walter has a 2-3 record as the Demon Deacon head coach. He comes to Winston-Salem after spending the last City / Zip Winston-Salem, N.C. / 27109 ATLANTIC DIVISION five seasons at New Orleans, where he led the Privateers to a pair of School Conference Overall Founded 1834 NCAA Tournament appearances and the Sun Belt Championship in NC State 0-0 .000 --- 4-0 1.000 Enrollment 4,476 (undergraduate) 2007, the school’s first league title since 1979. Walter’s career record Clemson 0-0 .000 --- 3-0 1.000 Nickname Demon Deacons in his 14 years of coaching currently stands at 430-334. Florida State 0-0 .000 --- 3-0 1.000 School Colors Old Gold & Black Boston College 0-0 .000 --- 2-1 .667 Home Facility WF Baseball Park / 6,000 Scott Stricklin is in his sixth year as the head coach of the Golden Wake Forest 0-0 .000 --- 2-3 .400 Maryland 0-0 .000 --- 0-3 .000 Surface / Dimensions Natural Grass Flashes. In 2009, Stricklin guided Kent State to a 43-17 overall record, LF - 320, LC - 345, CF - 390, RC - 345, RL- 316 a 17-9 mark in the Mid-American Conference and a trip to the NCAA COASTAL DIVISION Affiliation NCAA Division I Tempe Regional. The 2006 MAC Coach of the Year, Stricklin has a School Conference Overall 184-105 record in his six years at Kent State. Conference Atlantic Coast Georgia Tech 0-0 .000 --- 5-0 1.000 North Carolina 0-0 .000 --- 4-0 1.000 President Dr.