Hokies Finish with Deacs
VirginiaTechandWakeForestUniversitywillbemeetingforthe63rdtimeinbaseball whentheyopentheirthree-gameAtlanticCoastConferenceseriesonThursdayatEnglish Filed.Thetwoschoolsfirstmetonthediamondduringthe1911seasonwiththeHokies takingan11-2victoryinBlacksburg.TheHokiesandDemonDeaconsplayedhardball11 timesfrom1911throughthe1927seasonwhentheWakeForestcampuswaslocatedinWake Forest,N.C.TheDeaconswonsixofthosefirst11contests. VirginiaTechwasachartermemberoftheSouthernConference,aleagueWakeForest joinedin1936.Ironically,fromthetimetheDemonDeaconsjoinedtheleagueuntilthey withdrewin1953,theyneverfacedtheHokiesinbaseball. Theseriesresumedin1957,withWFUholdinga28-23edgeingamessincethento buildanoverall34-28advantageintheseries.TheDeacspostedathree-gamesweepofTech inWinston-Salemlastseason,winningbyscoresof12-1,7-3and13-5.TheHokieshadlost 11-straightgamesintheseriesuntiltakingtwooutofthreegamesin2005atBlacksburg.Tech wontheopeninggame6-3,lostgametwobyascoreof7-5andthentookthefinalmeeting 7-6.Priortothat,theHokieshadnotbeatenWFUsincea13-2wininBlacksburgduring the1988season. Techhasa16-12recordagainstWakeForestinBlacksburg,includinga2-5markat EnglishField.TheHokiesare11-22ontheroadrecordversustheDemonDeacons.Wake haswon15ofthelast17meetingsbetweentheschools.
Hokieball 2007
Hokie Baseball Update
Tech's Record
The Series
Overall:22-29;H:10-14;A:9-14;N:3-1 ACC:6-21;H:1-11;A:5-10 DayGames:18-23;NightGames:4-6 This Week (May 14-20) hL Charlotte Thurs. WakeForest Fri. WakeForest Sat. WakeForest 3-9 7p.m. 7p.m. 2p.m.
Series Records Team Series/Last Meeting/Score WakeForest WFleads34-28/2006/aL,5-13 Last Week (Apr. May 8-13) aW VMI aL Duke aL Duke aW Duke 9-0 4-9 1-7 8-4
Hokies' Tentative Lineup (by position)
CL C 11 MattFoley Sr. or 36 AnthonySosnoskie Fr. 1B 8 SeanO'Brien r-Jr. 2B 5 MattHacker Jr. SS 4 WarrenSchaeffer Sr. 3B 3 BryanThomas Sr. LF 25 JoseCueto Jr. CF 7 NateParks Sr. RF 17 SeanRyan So. or 2 SteveBumbry Fr. DH 9 LukePadgett So. or 36 AnthonySosnoskie Projected Starting Pitchers G1 23 GregFryman Sr. G2 20 AndrewWells Sr. G3 10 AdamRedd Sr.

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