This is the time of year when I start to pay attention to other spring sports - mainly lacrosse and baseball. I went to The Dugout and did some looking around to get a little info on the Heels baseball team. But it's just a bunch of game threads. I also checked the rankings and see that we're pretty much a consensus top 10 team right now so that's awesome. But I don't know squat about this year's team. Can someone here (calling @Raising Heel ) fill me in on what kind of team we have this season? Are we an offensive club or defensive? What's our pitching like? If I remember correctly from last year, wasn't our bullpen supposed to be a strength? TIA.
I also checked out the lacrosse rankings/standings. We're ranked 14th in the country but already have 3 losses. Granted, two of those losses were really close and were to an undefeated Hofstra team and a 7-1 Richmond team (the third loss being to traditional power Johns Hopkins). But that's a bit concerning because we haven't even played ND, UVa, Syracuse, duke and Maryland yet. That could be 5 more losses right there because every one of those teams except UVa is ranked ahead of us (and UVa is ranked right behind us). So I'm looking for someone to give me the low down here too (paging @UNC71-00). Are we a threat for another run or did we lose too much from last year's championship team? Also, how's the women's team?
I also checked out the lacrosse rankings/standings. We're ranked 14th in the country but already have 3 losses. Granted, two of those losses were really close and were to an undefeated Hofstra team and a 7-1 Richmond team (the third loss being to traditional power Johns Hopkins). But that's a bit concerning because we haven't even played ND, UVa, Syracuse, duke and Maryland yet. That could be 5 more losses right there because every one of those teams except UVa is ranked ahead of us (and UVa is ranked right behind us). So I'm looking for someone to give me the low down here too (paging @UNC71-00). Are we a threat for another run or did we lose too much from last year's championship team? Also, how's the women's team?