start and was surprised to see he came in as a relief pitcher in the first. Threw everything off. But it would have taken a sterling pitching effort today to beat the NCSU pitcher, who was fantastic. Tip of the hat to him for shutting down a very potent VT offense.

If we don't have a second-half collapse like last year, I like our chances for the rest of the year. Obviously Miami, UVA, and Louisville are going to be very difficult so we need to sweep Duke and BC, or at least take 5 of 6. If we can sneak a series win against one of those three other teams and get a win in the others we'll be sitting ok. Miami is smoking hot right now having just swept UVA so next weekend is going to be a test.