North Carolina A&T made a little personal history on Tuesday night at War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro. For the first time in school history the Aggie baseball team hosted the No. 1 team in the country, when Wake Forest paid a visit.
Wake Forest, who played for the national championship last season, is just a short 30 minute drive down I-40 traveling from Greensboro to Winston-Salem. But there is much more distance between the mid-major and Power Five programs.
The Demon Deacons are the top rated team in the latest NCAA poll and a favorite to compete for the national title again. The Aggies fell short in their effort to upset the Deacs on Tuesday but the historic moment will live on.
NCAT committed five errors and walked Wake Forest 11 times, losing to the Demon Deacons 12-1.
Junior second baseman Tre Williams drove in the Aggies’ only run of the evening in the fifth inning with an RBI sacrifice fly to center field to score Enrique Wood, cutting Wake’s lead to 8-1 at the time.
The Aggie season is off to a very good start despite the loss. NCAT is currently sitting at 6-2 with its only other loss coming against Prairie View A&M.
The Aggies return to War Memorial this weekend, March 1-3, to face Eastern Illinois. They will play the Panthers at 4 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday.
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