Nice quote: "I wrote about Virginia Tech’s defense on Friday, but the Hokies stood out for their airtight defense all weekend. Everyone knew Virginia Tech can really hit, but this isn’t a team that sells out of offense by playing mashers who are also butchers on defense. There are plenty of teams like that, but Virginia Tech is not one of them. These Hokies can really defend, with bona fide stars up the middle in Cross, Schobel, catcher Cade Hunter and playmaking veteran Eduardo Malinowski at second.

Cross entered the season as a consensus first-round talent, a Team USA veteran with track record. But Schobel and Hunter have played their way into top-three-rounds consideration this spring, and their emergence as legitimate stars has truly changed this club."