1949 Wake Forest Baseball

School: Wake Forest (SoCon member 1936-1953)

Sport: Baseball

Year (Coach): 1949 (Lee Gooch)

Notable

Won the 1949 Southern Conference title with a 24-2 record and 13-1 league mark during the regular season … Coached by Lee Gooch … Only conference loss came in a 7-5 decision to NC State … Started the season with a 20-0 record … Finished 31-4 overall and won the District III playoffs in Charlotte, N.C., and the NCAA Region B title in South Bend, Ind., with two wins over Notre Dame to advance to the College World Series in Wichita, Kan. … Defeated Southern Cal twice, but dropped two games to eventual national champion Texas to finish as runner up.