CONWAY, S.C. – The No. 16 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will host No. 6 Wake Forest in a non-conference midweek matchup on Tuesday, March 12 with the first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. ET.
ROTATION FOR COASTAL
Tuesday, Feb. 27
CCU - RHP Josh O'Neill (1-0, 4.09 ERA) vs.
WF - RHP Ben Shenosky (1-0, 1.79 ERA)
ABOUT THE CHANTS
• Coastal Carolina enters the week 14-2 on the season and having won 13 straight contests.
• The Chanticleers have scored 10 runs in eight of their 16 games with a season-high 26 on Opening Day. Coastal has scored double-digits in four of the last seven games.
• Coastal hit 18 home runs in five games last week.
Blake Barthol leads the team and is fourth in the NCAA with nine dingers with
Zack Beach adding seven bombs
• Defensively, the Chanticleers lead the NCAA with 21 double plays turned.
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Alexander Meckley and
Cameron Flukey lead the team with 22 strikeouts.
ABOUT THE DEMON DEACONS
• Wake Forest enters play at 12-3 on the season and after dropping its ACC opening series to the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils
• The Demon Deacons opened the 2024 season as the No. 1 ranked team in the NCAA and won 11 of their first 12 games.
• The WF pitching staff has allowed 14 home runs and has struck out 192 opposing batters and issued 94 free bases. Batters are hitting just .195 against the Deacons.
• The Deacs' Chase Burns anchors the pitching staff with a 3-0 record and a 2.31 ERA. He has thrown 23.1 innings, allowing six runs on 14 hits with 43 strikeouts.
• Michael Massey is 3-1 on the year with a 1.23 ERA in 14.2 innings of work. He is second on the team with 25 strikeouts.
• Wake Forest is hitting .278 and has belted 27 home runs, four triples, and 27 doubles for 115 RBIs.
• Jack Winnay (.367) and Adam Tellier (.362) lead the Demon Deacons at the plate and are tied for the team lead with six home runs each.
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY WITH DEMON DEACONS
• The Chanticleers are 27-16 overall versus Wake Forest on the diamond, with the Demon Deacons getting an 11-1 home win over Coastal on April 25, 2023.
• Coastal had an eight-game winning streak against Wake Forest from March 2018 to March 2022.
• The Chants and Deacons first met in Conway, S.C., in March 1978 in a three-game series that CCU won 2-1.
• The Demon Deacons last won in Conway on March 8, 2017, by score of 13-8.
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