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Official Statement:

[Christian Odjakjian @OdjHoops]

Sorry these are long... but Deacons Daily is officially ending :..(

I'm really proud of what we we were able to build as a team in less than a year. Big s/o to @essexthayer7 @BenConroyWFU and the rest of DD!

Don't worry though... I'm not going anywhere 😎

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[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

Certainly worth a look from Wake Forest here.

[Christian Odjakjian @OdjHoops]

Congratulations to Coach Larrañaga and the Miami Hurricanes for making the Final Four!

This group has such amazing chemistry and trust in each other. I love watching them play. It's just fun basketball. And Coach L is the mastermind behind it all...

ACC represent!

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

For the second-straight year, the ACC (which has routinely been looked down upon) will have a team in the Final Four.

There will not be another representative from any other Power Five conference.

I'm sure this fact will be promptly forgotten the moment next season tips off.

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

"I've never seen the Couch as packed as it was. I'm forever grateful to the Wake Forest community."

- Josh Hartle

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

"We're a really special staff. I'm really thankful to be a part of it."

- Josh Hartle on Wake Forest holding Miami to 2 runs all weekend

*Miami scored 37 last weekend*

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

"This is a culmination of a lot of hard work by a lot of people. Just a testament to all the great things we are doing at Wake Forest."

- Tom Walter on the weekend attendance record

Also touched on the success of the athletic department as a whole, referenced John Currie, Steve Forbes and Dave Clawson

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

"Huge win for the program. Josh Hartle battled early, settled down and threw the ball really well."

- Wake Forest head coach Tom Walter

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

FINAL: Wake Forest 4, Miami 1 (8 innings)

Hartle: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 9 K

Bennett: 1-4, 3 RBI, HR
Cueto: 1-1, 2 HBP, BB
Hawke: 2-4
Johnson: 1-2

Deacs get the huge sweep against a ranked team. Will return to action for a Tuesday midweeker 20 miles down I-74 at High Point.

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

Hawke flies out to left to end the inning, but the Deacs get an insurance run on a Cueto homer.

We will go to the eighth at 4:38. Keener back to the mound.

Wake: 4
Miami: 1
T8

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

Miami makes a pitching change at 4:36.

Two outs in the inning. If the next 9 minutes go quick, they may have just lost themselves the game on that call.

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

GIO CUETO TO THE MOOOOOOOOOON

102 mph off the bat and 384 ft over the left field wall gives the Deacs an insurance run.

Wake: 4
Miami: 1
B7, 2 Outs

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

Keener comes out of the bullpen and strikes out three batters.

Reinisch-Costello-Cueto due up.

Wake: 3
Miami: 1
B7

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

Dave Clawson goes up to NESCAC country to bolster his defensive line.

Two-time conference defensive player of the year.

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

It is now 4:18.

This very well could be the final inning. Can't start a new one after 4:45. Miami has a flight to catch.

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

Walters comes in and slams the door shut on the Deacs, stranding two.

That's going to do it for Josh Hartle, and another very good start for the sophomore: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 9K

In to pitch is Seth Keener, who tossed a scoreless inning yesterday.

Wake: 3
Miami: 1
T7

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

Josh Hartle is REALLY FREAKING GOOD

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

Hartle adds two strikeouts to his total (9), and keeps the lead at two.

Hawke-Johnson-Kurtz due up.

Wake: 3
Miami: 1
B6

[Essex Thayer @essexthayer7]

Just announced that the weekend attendance at The Couch was 5,967, a regular-season series record.

Great weekend and the fans played a huge role.

Time to finish the job.