Diamond Deacs move to 17th in polls

The final week of March produced what Wake Forest fans have gotten used to seeing out of their baseball team, and that’s win and after win. Following a 3-1 week featuring a win over Appalachian State and a series win over Miami in Coral Gables, the Diamond Deacs have moved up to 17th in the Baseball America polls.

Wake Forest currently sits at 21-8 (8-4), and solidly in third place in the Atlantic Division, two games above Florida State, and 2 games below Louisville and Clemson. The Diamond Deacs are solidly in the NCAA Tournament field at this juncture, and are looking to make a run at hosting a Regional if they can keep this kind of play up.

Bruce Steel was the mid-week hero for the Deacs on Tuesday night in Boone, as he launched a 9th inning home run to break a 4-4 tie to defeat the Mountaineers.

Against Miami, Wake Forest somehow managed to split the Friday and Saturday games despite managing just 3 runs on 9 hits, which is very uncharacteristic given how hot the bats have been this season. Sunday was more of the powerful hitting that these guys have been known for, blowing Miami out 9-0 in the rubber match on the back of 4 home runs.

The Deacs finished March with a 16-4 record, while outscoring its opponents 163-89 (8.19-4.45 per game).

A big week looms for Coach Walter and his squad though, as two mid-week games against Elon preface a huge intra-Atlantic Division matchup at Louisville this weekend. The Cardinals are 24-3 (10-2), and currently ranked 2nd in the nation according to Baseball America.