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Fox Sports
14 hours ago
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Wake Forest wins 3rd straight elimination game at regional to force deciding game against host Vols
Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Wake Forest won its third straight elimination game at the Knoxville Regional, this time on a bases-loaded walk by Jack Winnay for a 7-6 victory over No. 14 national seed Tennessee on Sunday night. Wake Forest (39-21) forced a deciding game on Monday against Tennessee, which is looking for its fifth consecutive super regional appearance. The Vols (45-17) had their 14-game win streak in regionals come to an end. Haiden Leffew (4-1) struck out the side in the top of the ninth inning to give Wake Forest a chance for a walk-off in the bottom half. Matt Scannell led off the ninth with a walk and he scored when Winnay drew a four-pitch walk against Nate Snead. Marek Houston homered in the first and singled up the middle in the ninth for Wake Forest. Javar Williams added a two-run shot in the fourth — the 14th of the regional for the Demon Deacons — for a 6-2 lead. Andrew Fischer and Levi Clark each had a two-run homer for Tennessee to tie it at 6-6. Tennessee reliever Brandon Arvidson allowed five earned runs in 5 1/3 innings, while striking out 12. Snead (4-2) fielded a bunt in the ninth but Kade Lewis reached safely to load the bases for Winnay. Houston also homered in the first game of the day for Wake Forest. ___ AP sports: recommended in this topic
Winnipeg Free Press
14 hours ago
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Wake Forest wins 3rd straight elimination game at regional to force deciding game against host Vols
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Wake Forest won its third straight elimination game at the Knoxville Regional, this time on a bases-loaded walk by Jack Winnay for a 7-6 victory over No. 14 national seed Tennessee on Sunday night. Wake Forest (39-21) forced a deciding game on Monday against Tennessee, which is looking for its fifth consecutive super regional appearance. The Vols (45-17) had their 14-game win streak in regionals come to an end. Haiden Leffew (4-1) struck out the side in the top of the ninth inning to give Wake Forest a chance for a walk-off in the bottom half. Matt Scannell led off the ninth with a walk and he scored when Winnay drew a four-pitch walk against Nate Snead. Marek Houston homered in the first and singled up the middle in the ninth for Wake Forest. Javar Williams added a two-run shot in the fourth — the 14th of the regional for the Demon Deacons — for a 6-2 lead. Andrew Fischer and Levi Clark each had a two-run homer for Tennessee to tie it at 6-6. Tennessee reliever Brandon Arvidson allowed five earned runs in 5 1/3 innings, while striking out 12. Snead (4-2) fielded a bunt in the ninth but Kade Lewis reached safely to load the bases for Winnay. Houston also homered in the first game of the day for Wake Forest. ___ AP sports:
Yahoo
14 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Wake Forest wins 3rd straight elimination game at regional to force deciding game against host Vols
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Wake Forest won its third straight elimination game at the Knoxville Regional, this time on a bases-loaded walk by Jack Winnay for a 7-6 victory over No. 14 national seed Tennessee on Sunday night. Wake Forest (39-21) forced a deciding game on Monday against Tennessee, which is looking for its fifth consecutive super regional appearance. The Vols (45-17) had their 14-game win streak in regionals come to an end. Advertisement Haiden Leffew (4-1) struck out the side in the top of the ninth inning to give Wake Forest a chance for a walk-off in the bottom half. Matt Scannell led off the ninth with a walk and he scored when Winnay drew a four-pitch walk against Nate Snead. Marek Houston homered in the first and singled up the middle in the ninth for Wake Forest. Javar Williams added a two-run shot in the fourth — the 14th of the regional for the Demon Deacons — for a 6-2 lead. Andrew Fischer and Levi Clark each had a two-run homer for Tennessee to tie it at 6-6. Tennessee reliever Brandon Arvidson allowed five earned runs in 5 1/3 innings, while striking out 12. Snead (4-2) fielded a bunt in the ninth but Kade Lewis reached safely to load the bases for Winnay. Houston also homered in the first game of the day for Wake Forest. ___ AP sports:
USA Today
14 hours ago
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- USA Today
Wake Forest forces deciding Game 7 in Knoxville Regional against Tennessee baseball
Wake Forest forces deciding Game 7 in Knoxville Regional against Tennessee baseball No. 2 regional seed Wake Forest (39-21) defeated No. 14 national seed Tennessee (45-17), 7-6, in the Knoxville Regional of the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament on Sunday. The Demon Deacons won the contest in the ninth inning after Jack Winnay walked with the bases loaded. Sunday's game marks the first time the Vols last host at home in a regional game under head coach Tony Vitello. Tennessee's last regional home loss was to Wake Forest in 2001. Andrew Fischer went 2-for-5 for Tennessee. He hit a two-run home run, recorded three RBIs and scored one run. Levi Clark also hit a two-run home run for the Vols. He recorded two RBIs and scored one run. Gavin Kilen went 1-for-4. He hit one double, scored two runs and recorded one RBI, while Dean Curley went 1-for-2 and scored one run. Nate Snead (4-2) received a loss for the Vols. He pitched 1.1 innings, allowing one run, four hits and two walks. Snead recorded three strikeouts, while totaling 41 pitches, including 25 strikes. Dylan Loy started for the Vols. He pitched 1.1 innings and allowed one run, one hit and one walk. Loy recorded two strikeouts, while totaling 21 pitches, including 13 strikes.. Brandon Arvidson also appeared in relief for Tennessee. He pitched 5.1 innings and allowed five runs, five hits and and three walks. Arvidson recorded 12 strikeouts, while totaling 108 pitches, including 70 strikes. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
Fox Sports
20 hours ago
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- Fox Sports
Wake Forest heading to Knoxville Regional final after beating Cincinnati 10-3
Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Marek Houston went 3 for 5 with a home run and a double and four RBIs, Matthew Dallas pitched 7 2/3 solid innings and Wake Forest eliminated Cincinnati from the Knoxville Regional with a 10-3 victory Sunday. The Demon Deacons (38-21) will play No. 14 national seed Tennessee in the regional final and would have to beat the defending national champion twice to reach super regionals for the second time in three seasons. Cincinnati (33-26), which beat Wake Forest in Friday's regional opener, was held scoreless until the eighth inning. Wake Forest was up 10-0 by then. Austin Hawke and Matt Scannell also went deep for the Demon Deacons, who have homered 12 times over three regional games. Dallas (5-1) allowed three runs on eight hits and a walk and struck out four in his longest outing of the season. Jack Natili had an RBI groundout and Christian Mitchelle hit a two-run double in the eighth for the Bearcats' runs. Wake Forest tagged Cincinnati starter Carson Marsh (3-6) for four runs in 2 1/3 innings. ___ AP sports: recommended
