After a nearly-two-hour delay, the thunder stayed around as West Virginia and No. 13 Wake Forest knocked 26 total hits as the Demon Deacons downed the Mountaineers 12-8 in the NCAA Regional final last night in Winston-Salem. The hosts used a six-run fourth inning to separate themselves from the pesky upstarts.
Despite the loss, WVU’s season will go down as one of the most successful in school history, finishing 36-26. This was the first time WVU baseball has reached the NCAA tournament since 1996.
Wake Forest, the No. 1 seed and host of the regional, set the pace early, scoring two runs in the both the first and second innings.