No. 21 Baseball Starts Season Jan. 28
Deacons open ACC-Disney Baseball Blast against defending national champion Miami.
Jan. 20, 2000
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.-The Wake Forest baseball team, ranked 21st in
the preseason Baseball America poll, will open the 2000 season at the
ACC-Disney Baseball Blast Jan. 28-30 in Orlando, Fla.
The Deacons will open the tournament against defending national
champion Miami on Friday, Jan.28 at 3 p.m. The Hurricanes are ranked fifth
in the preseason poll. Wake will also face 23rd-ranked Central Florida and
14th-ranked Rice over the weekend. Also participating in the tournament are
24th-ranked Clemson and North Carolina.
The Deacons return five starters and 16 letterwinners off a team
that set a school record for victories with a 47-16 record. They also won
their second consecutive ACC Tournament championship and advanced to the
Super Regional round of the NCAA playoffs.
