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Kelly Quinlan
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Baseball Gameday: Wake Forest vs. USC
Wake Forest welcomes 12-time national champions Southern Cal to Winston-Salem for a three-game series this weekend.
The Matchup
• Wake Forest welcomes 12-time national champions Southern California to Winston-Salem for a three-game series from Feb. 24-26.
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest’s bats came to life in a 15-8 victory over area rival UNCG. Wake Forest tallied 18 hits on the day, including a 5-for-5 effort with a double, home run and five RBIs from senior Jonathan Pryor.
• Stuart Fairchild also homered and had two hits, while Logan Harvey, Ben Breazeale, Johnny Aiello and Jake Mueller pitched in with multi-hit efforts as well.
Wake Forest Storylines
• The Demon Deacons are coming off their first NCAA Tournament season in nine years, as they qualified for the College Station Regional a year ago and knocked off Minnesota in the opening game. Wake Forest earned three total wins in postseason play, also defeating Virginia and Duke at the ACC Championship.
• Despite losing D1Baseball National Player of the Year Will Craig, a first-round pick of the Pirates, and All-American Nate Mondou, a 13th-round pick of the A’s, Wake Forest does return all five of its regular starting pitchers, as well as five starting position players. Draftees Parker Dunshee (Cubs - 14th round) and Chris Farish (Indians - 31st round) elected to return to Wake Forest for the 2017 season. Dunshee, as well as outfielder Stuart Fairchild, earned Preseason All-America honors.
• Thanks to his complete game, one-hit shutout on Feb. 17, Connor Johnstone was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week.
Opponent And Series History
• Wake Forest and USC are meeting for the second-straight year in a home-and-home series. Last year, the Trojans took two-of-three from the Deacs in Los Angeles. The teams also met twice in the 1949 College World Series, with Wake Forest claiming both games.
• USC enters with a perfect 4-0 record after sweeping Coppin State last weekend and beating Long Beach State on Tuesday.
Looking Ahead
• Wake Forest continues its nine-game homestand on Tuesday, playing host to Davidson at 4 p.m.
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Wake Forest welcomes 12-time national champions Southern Cal to Winston-Salem for a three-game series this weekend.
The Matchup
• Wake Forest welcomes 12-time national champions Southern California to Winston-Salem for a three-game series from Feb. 24-26.
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest’s bats came to life in a 15-8 victory over area rival UNCG. Wake Forest tallied 18 hits on the day, including a 5-for-5 effort with a double, home run and five RBIs from senior Jonathan Pryor.
• Stuart Fairchild also homered and had two hits, while Logan Harvey, Ben Breazeale, Johnny Aiello and Jake Mueller pitched in with multi-hit efforts as well.
Wake Forest Storylines
• The Demon Deacons are coming off their first NCAA Tournament season in nine years, as they qualified for the College Station Regional a year ago and knocked off Minnesota in the opening game. Wake Forest earned three total wins in postseason play, also defeating Virginia and Duke at the ACC Championship.
• Despite losing D1Baseball National Player of the Year Will Craig, a first-round pick of the Pirates, and All-American Nate Mondou, a 13th-round pick of the A’s, Wake Forest does return all five of its regular starting pitchers, as well as five starting position players. Draftees Parker Dunshee (Cubs - 14th round) and Chris Farish (Indians - 31st round) elected to return to Wake Forest for the 2017 season. Dunshee, as well as outfielder Stuart Fairchild, earned Preseason All-America honors.
• Thanks to his complete game, one-hit shutout on Feb. 17, Connor Johnstone was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week.
Opponent And Series History
• Wake Forest and USC are meeting for the second-straight year in a home-and-home series. Last year, the Trojans took two-of-three from the Deacs in Los Angeles. The teams also met twice in the 1949 College World Series, with Wake Forest claiming both games.
• USC enters with a perfect 4-0 record after sweeping Coppin State last weekend and beating Long Beach State on Tuesday.
Looking Ahead
• Wake Forest continues its nine-game homestand on Tuesday, playing host to Davidson at 4 p.m.
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