WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Belmont University baseball team travels to Wake Forest for a Mother's Day doubleheader on Sunday starting at 1 p.m. CST.
After Belmont's series against Georgia State was cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols, the Bruins landed a doubleheader date at Wake Forest. This will be Belmont's first game against an opponent from the ACC since 2017, where the Bruins snuck away with a win at No. 17 Georgia Tech.
This is the first meeting between Belmont and Wake Forest in baseball.
Wake Forest is currently sitting with a 15-22 overall record with a 7-19 record in ACC play. The Demon Deacons are hitting .249 as a team, smashing 65 home runs to go with over 200 runs driven in. Wake Forest also holds a 5.69 earned run average to go with 382 strikeouts on the mound.
The Demon Deacons have two powerful threats on offense in Bobby Seymour and Brock Wilken, who have a combined .291 batting average to go with 28 home runs. Michael Turconni adds productive hitting, collecting a .288 batting average in 32 games. On the mound, Sunday's probable starters Rhett Lowder and William Flemming have recorded a pair of wins each in addition to combining for over 100 strikeouts.
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Belmont and Wake Forest have connections to each other even though this will be the first meeting between the two teams. Wake Forest's Assistant AD for Annual Fund & Major Gifts, Gerard McMahon, received his Master of Sport Administration degree from Belmont in 2009. Belmont's Assistant AD for Broadcasting & Media Relations, Greg Sage, is a 1998 graduate of Wake Forest, earning his bachelor's degree in Economics.
Junior Logan Jarvis has already placed himself in the Belmont Baseball record book. Hitting five triples in the 2021 season, he is now tied for fifth in the program's NCAA Era Single Season record book and 10th in the program's All-Time Single Season record book in that category. He needs just one more to move in a tie for third in the NCAA Era Single Season record book and fifth in the All-Time Single Season record book. Jarvis is currently tied for third in triples in NCAA Division I Baseball.
Several players in Belmont's lineups rank in the top 50 in several statistical categories in NCAA Division I. Carson Shacklett ranks 13th in hit by pitch, John Behrends ranks 27th in runs and 35th in total bases, Jack Rando ranks 26th in sacrifice bunts and Logan Jarvis ranks 50th in on-base percentage, 15th in RBIs and 23rd in sacrifice flies.
Sophomore Carson Shacklett and Logan Jarvis have helped the Bruins this season by getting on base, especially drawing walks. Shacklett is 13th in NCAA Division I baseball in walks, leading the OVC in that category. Jarvis is currently 16th in the nation in walks and is second in that category in the OVC. Shacklett is three walks away from moving in the top 10 in the single season program record book while Jarvis is four walks away from a top 10 spot in program history.
Live stats, radio and ACC Digital Network+ will be available courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics.
