Elliott Avent

You have to feel good about that offense.

You have to feel good about that offense.

It's a dual-sided thing. As much as we knew in our dugout that we could come back against East Carolina, read more

It's a dual-sided thing. As much as we knew in our dugout that we could come back against East Carolina, they knew it too. Maybe we didn't do it all by ourselves.

We faced one of the best pitchers in the country today, a tremendous competitor and a class act, and he read more

We faced one of the best pitchers in the country today, a tremendous competitor and a class act, and he was magnificent. It was a great college baseball game. We made it interesting in the ninth, but we were just too far in the hole at that point.

I thought the biggest thing of the game tonight for our guys, and I give them a lot of credit, read more

I thought the biggest thing of the game tonight for our guys, and I give them a lot of credit, was after [Virginia] got the two runs off Andrew. Knowing how tough Doolittle is - he one of the toughest pitchers in this league - to bounce right back out there and get two runs, that to me was a big point in this game.

I heard him yell at [All-America first baseman Aaron] Bates the other day. Not many people yell at Aaron Bates read more

I heard him yell at [All-America first baseman Aaron] Bates the other day. Not many people yell at Aaron Bates . That's when I knew Caleb Mangum had arrived.