Here is your ACC Weekend Preview for February 26th-28th. I will have much more in-depth previews once we enter the conference portion of the schedule. The ACC teams have a fairly easy slate this week with Boston College and NC State facing the most difficult opponents. The Eagles head down to Auburn to play the host Tigers, Missouri and Florida Atlantic while NC State takes part in the “Baseball at the Beach” tourney which features James Madison and nationally ranked squads in Coastal Carolina and UC-Irvine. Besides those two ACC teams, the rest of the conference has fairly easy matchups with Florida State hosting Hofstra, Rhode Island heading to Virginia, Xavier going to Georgia Tech, Manhattan taking on the Hurricanes, Maine and North Carolina facing off, Wright State at Clemson, Delaware at Maryland, Fordham at Duke, Kent State at Wake Forest, and Virginia Tech heading to Charleston Southern.
Hofstra at #2 Florida State
Saturday Game 1: Florida State – LHP, Sean Gilmartin (1-0) vs. Hofstra – LHP, Joe Burg (0-0)
Saturday Game 2: Florida State – LHP, John Gast (1-0) vs. Hofstra – RHP, Cody Normand (0-1)
Sunday- Florida State – RHP, Geoff Parker (0-0) vs. Hofstra – RHP, Kevin Rigopoulos (0-1)
Predictions
Brian Foley: FSU Sweep
Michael Lemaire: Florida State beats Hofstra (3-0)
Skip McCarthy: FSU Sweep
Kyle Tait: FSU Sweep
Hofstra Series Notes
Florida State Series Notes
Rhode Island at #3 Virginia
Friday: Rhode Island – Tim Boyce vs Virginia – Danny Hultzen
Saturday: Rhode Island – TBA vs Virginia – Robert Morey
Sunday: Rhode Island – TBA vs Virginia – Cody Winiarski
Predictions
Brian Foley: Virginia Sweep
Michael Lemaire: Virginia Sweep
Skip McCarthy: Virginia Sweep
Kyle Tait: Virginia Sweep
NC State vs UC-Irvine, James Madison, and Coastal Carolina
Friday: NC State Cory Mazzoni (1-0, 1.80) vs UC-Irvine Christian Bergman (0-0, 10.38)
Saturday: NC State Danny Healey (0-0, 16.20) vs James Madison Kyle Hoffman (6-5, 6.64 in 2008)
Sunday: NC State Jake Buchanan (1-0, 1.04) and Jim Birmingham (1-0, 0.00)
Predictions
Brian Foley: NC State goes 0-3
Michael Lemaire: NC State goes 1-2
Skip McCarthy: NC State goes 0-3
Kyle Tait: NC State goes 1-2
Xavier at Georgia Tech
Friday: Georgia Tech – Deck McGuire, RHP, Jr. (1-0) vs. Xavier – Nate Mutsch, RHP, So. (0-1)
Saturday: Georgia Tech – Brandon Cumpton, RHP, Jr. (1-0) vs. Xavier – Tommy Shirley, LHP, Jr. (0-0)
Sunday: Georgia Tech – Jed Bradley, LHP, So. (1-0) vs. Xavier – Jon Richard, LHP, Sr. (0-1)
Predictions
Brian Foley: GT Sweep
Michael Lemaire: GT Sweep
Skip McCarthy: GT Sweep
Kyle Tait: GT Sweep
Xavier Series Notes
GT Series Notes
Manhattan at Miami (FL)
Friday: Miami – LHP Eric Erickson vs. Manhattan – RHP Mike Giordano
Saturday: Miami – LHP Chris Hernandez vs. Manhattan – RHP Tom Costigan
Sunday: Miami – RHP Jason Santana vs. Manhattan – LHP Mike Gazzola
Predictions
Brian Foley: Miami (FL) Sweep
Michael Lemaire: Miami beats Manhattan (2-1)
Skip McCarthy: Miami Sweep
Kyle Tait: Miami Sweep
Manhattan Series Notes
Miami (FL) Series Notes
Maine at North Carolina
Friday: UNC Matt Harvey vs.Maine TBA
Saturday: UNC Patrick Johnson vs Maine TBA
Sunday: UNC Colin Bates vs Maine TBA
Predictions
Brian Foley: UNC Sweep
Michael Lemaire: UNC Sweep
Skip McCarthy: UNC Sweep
Kyle Tait: UNC Sweep
Wright State at Clemson
Friday: Wright State Alex Kaminsky (0-0, 3.60 ERA) vs Clemson Casey Harman (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Saturday: Wright State Michael Meintel (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Clemson Scott Weismann (1-0, 3.86 ERA)
Sunday: Wright State Max Friedman (0-0, 1.29 ERA) vs Clemson TBA
Predictions
Brian Foley: Clemson goes 2-1
Michael Lemaire: Clemson sweeps
Skip McCarthy: Clemson sweeps
Kyle Tait: Clemson sweeps
Boston College vs Auburn, Florida Atlantic, and Missouri
Friday: LHP Pat Dean (1-0, 2.57) vs. Auburn RHP Jon Luke Jacobs (0-1, 7.71)
Saturday: RHP Mike Dennhardt (1-0, 0.00) vs. Florida Atlantic RHP Mike Gipson (1-0, 0.00)
Sunday: RHP Andrew Del Colle (0-1, 99.00) vs. Missouri LHP Aaron Blunt (0-0, 1.80)
Predictions
Brian Foley: BC goes 2-1
Michael Lemaire: BC goes 2-1
Skip McCarthy: BC takes 2 of 3
Kyle Tait: BC goes 2-1
Delaware at Maryland
Friday: Delaware – Brian Rorick vs Maryland – Brett Harman
Saturday: Delaware – Rich O’Donald vs Maryland – Eric Potter
Sunday: Delaware – Nick Young vs Maryland – Sander Beck/Adam Kolarek
Predictions
Brian Foley: Delaware wins 2 out of 3
Michael Lemaire: Delaware wins 2 out of 3
Skip McCarthy: MD takes 2 of 3
Kyle Tait: Maryland goes 2-1
Fordham at Duke
Friday: Fordham – Max Krakowiak vs Duke – Michael Ness
Saturday: Fordham – Brian Pendergast vs Duke – Eric Pfisterer
Sunday: Fordham – TBA vs Duke – Jonathan Foreman
Predictions
Brian Foley: Duke takes 2 out of 3
Michael Lemaire: Duke takes 2 out of 3
Skip McCarthy: Duke Sweeps
Kyle Tait: Duke wins 2 out of 3
Kent State at Wake Forest
Friday: Wake Forest LHP Austin Stadler (So., 1-0, 1.50) vs. KSU RHP Robert Sabo (R-Jr., 0-1, 7.94)
Saturday Game 1: Wake Forest LHP Tim Cooney (Fr., 1-0, 2.84) vs. KSU LHP Kyle Hallock (Jr., 0-0, 11.25)
Saturday Game 2: Wake Forest RHP Brandon Johnson (Jr., 0-1, 9.00) vs. Kent State RHP Brennen Glass (R-Jr., 0-0, 0.00)
Sunday: Wake Forest LHP Niko Spezial (Fr., 0-1, 4.91) vs. Kent State LHP David Starn (So., 0-1, 7.20)
Predictions
Brian Foley: Wake goes 1-3
Michael Lemaire: Wake goes 2-2
Skip McCarthy: Wake sweeps
Kyle Tait: Wake goes 1-3
Kent State Series Notes
Wake Forest Series Notes
Virginia Tech at Charleston Southern
Friday: VT – Justin Wright vs Charleston Southern Anthony Markham
Saturday: VT – Jesse Hahn vs Charleston Southern Charlie McCready
Sunday: VT – Joe Mantiply vs Charleston Southern Tyler Thornberg
Predictions
Brian Foley: Charleston Southern goes 2-1
Michael Lemaire: VT goes 2-1
Skip McCarthy: VA Tech sweeps
Kyle Tait: VT goes 2-1
Charleston Southern Series Notes
Virginia Tech Series Notes
5 comments
Better take another look at that Wolfpack prediction;
http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41941&SPID=3728&DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=204896295
There’s a Big, Bad Wolf lurking in Myrtle Beach!
Great win for NC State.
Looks like y’all lose on the UNC sweep of Maine.
Sweet pick Foley on CSU taking 2 of 3 from VT.
Wait until you see how bad my picking record is when I put out the standings. Bad is an understatement.
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