He’s a kid that’s got four pitches for strikes. When you can do that you can be effective. You have a chance to be a good starter because if you only have one or two...

Obviously, I thought we could have scored a few more runs. We left a lot of guys on base and ran ourselves out of an inning. We certainly had the possibility of scoring more runs....

I don’t have one negative thought about them the whole weekend. We played hard. We played well. It was two very, very good teams. Certainly this game today, 3-2, could have gone either way. We...

It’s been a great streak and, hopefully, he can keep it going.

I thought we swung the bats, obviously, very well, and Alex threw extremely well. You have to give Duke credit, they came back and scored some runs, but we held on and got a good...

When your offense scores early, you don’t have to be afraid to make one mistake. We got some early runs for Alex, a couple of insurance runs late, and played good defense.

I think we are certainly not intimidated coming in here or going to Miami or going to Alabama or wherever we have gone. The only place we haven’t played well is at Florida State, but...

They’ve been struggling a little bit, but they’re playing a lot better right now. I certainly expect them to play well against us.

I think that we believe we are a good club, and we are trying to show that we can play with other good clubs.

He threw well today. It’s good to see him back to being the Heath of old. He’s a great pitcher and he’s our No. 1 and it’s good to see him go out and have...

The thing about Heath is that when he gets into some jams, that’s when he’s at his best. When he gets guys on base, he focuses a little better. I thought he threw some really...

It was a great weekend for us. Anytime you can go on the road and sweep a team, it is very difficult to do. I am really proud of the way the guys played today....

I am real pleased with the way Heath threw. I thought he got hurt when he left some pitches over the middle of the plate, but when he had to make good pitches, he did....

We set the tone early. Dempsey got the home run in the first inning and we scored another one after that.

Most of the year, every time we’ve gotten beat we’ve come back ready to play. We got beat 10-0 on Tuesday and we won 10-0 here today. And I can tell you I like the...

We had lost three out of four and were struggling a bit. We were not playing poorly; we just couldn’t get a win, and this was a big win against a really good club. It...

They’re a good offensive club. But we didn’t pitch very well. You’ve got to give them credit. They swung the bats well. When we made a mistake they made us pay. We made enough of...

Obviously, we have a great rivalry with them. Historically, we enjoy playing each other. There’s no love lost between the two of us. There is a great deal of respect for both clubs, for each...

We got up 7-0 and with Heath (Rollins) on the mound, you feel pretty comfortable. I’m pleased with the way we swung the bat. We had 10 different guys get hits.

I thought it was another good outing. Heath, of course, threw extremely well, except in one inning when he got a couple balls up. All in all, though, I thought we played pretty well.

It would have been tough to take him out with a no-hitter against Wake Forest. I don’t know if he’d ever have forgiven me if I’d done that.

It was a very good weekend for us. It feels good to be 7-2 right now. If you told me at the beginning of the year that this is where we would be after nine...

McDonald threw a great ball game. He’s gotten better every single time out. His first start was down at Alabama and he struggled with his command. Today he worked ahead in the count, threw three...

After that, we do have to find some answers.

This was a huge game for us. I can’t even say how big it was for us. If we had lost today and gone down two games to them, face the possibility of getting swept...

They’re very sound fundamentally. They’ll be a very, very good club. If we think because we beat Alabama and Alabama beat them that we’re going to win that series then we’re going to be in...

Settle entered in a really tough spot. Closer is a tough job; you’re either the hero or the goat, no in-between. He did a good job in that situation.

We’re excited about getting ready to play in the Big South. I think it’s going to be another great run. We’re ready, hopefully, to defend our title.

They are a good offensive club, and today is just a start. It is only one game. We’ve said over and over, every day is a new day in the game of baseball. We have...

We have a veteran lineup but we have a very good nucleus of young kids, freshmen who also can play. They’re getting their opportunities and making the best of them.

(Martin) threw strikes and was ahead in the count. When you throw as hard as he does and you’re ahead in the count you’re going to be successful.

Actually, we wanted him to not go more than 80 (pitches) and he went 92, which I don’t think is going to hurt him if we decide to come with him on Sunday. He had...

We’ve always wanted to try to figure out ways to improve our attendance. There’s no doubt it’s a great advantage if you can have a lot of people in the stands cheering for you and...

It was just kind of typical of the way the day went. We just didn’t play very well. When you play good clubs and don’t play very well you’re going to get beat.

We’re still working that out. Josh McDonald has gotten better every single time out. He threw well this past weekend. He’s one of our top four starters.

We’ve always played well here. We’re a good club, and I think we’re trying to show we can play with other good clubs. We’re certainly not intimidated.

We needed a big effort out of him today. His thumb was bothering him. It was getting worse as the game went on. I’m so proud of him, the way he competed.

We just didn’t do the job, offensively or defensively. They are a good club, but they certainly aren’t 10-0 better than us. The third inning really killed us; it was the classic big inning that...

You look at our schedule. We won two out of three at Miami. We won two out of three at Alabama and we’ve won every other game we’ve played. As a coach, you can’t ask...

Blake Martin’s a great pitcher. The problem with him was that he hadn’t thrown strikes in the past. Today he did. When he throws the ball across the plate he’s a very, very good pitcher....

We enjoyed it the last time we were down there. Historically, we’ve played pretty well at Coastal. But it’s a new year.

These are huge weekends and it would be a tremendous advantage if we could have 1,000 or 1,200 or even 1,500 fans at the ballpark cheering for us. It would be a great advantage to...

Heath threw very, very well. We made some adjustments with his delivery, and he is still working on those. But when he focuses and throws strikes, he is great.

Offensively, I am a little disappointed in how we’ve been swinging the bat this weekend. Fortunately, we’ve got good pitching, and that has carried us, but we need to get some more timely hits and...

It’s like I said before. Certainly there is a good measure of satisfaction in that. My job is to prepare the guys. It’s their job to go out, play and win. And I say it...

This was a good game. It had a lot of excitement. We kept trying to get back in. We just couldn’t keep them from scoring. Tomorrow, hopefully, it’ll be a better day.

This weekend is going to be the third in three big weekends for us and we’ll have a very good picture of where we’re going to stand in the conference after this weekend.