WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — With thunderstorms in the area, it was a race against the clock for Maryland baseball and Wake Forest. The second-seeded Terps and top overall seed Demon Deacons needed to have their game start before 11 p.m in order to play Saturday night. But once the news broke that the game would begin just before the deadline, it was jubilation in Winston-Salem, with the Demon Deacons fired up for revenge against the team that eliminated them from the College Park Regional a year prior.
After a nearly five-hour delay, Wake Forest came out firing. Junior right-handed pitcher Rhett Lowder got the nod and wasted no time getting to work, mowing down the top of Maryland’s order quickly.