If we can develop as a team and overcome the challenges of being on the road that much, I think we can hit our stride by the middle of the season and potentially be pretty threatening. But those are a lot of ifs. We need to strive to improve one week at a time and see how good we can become.

This is probably the most athletic team I've ever coached. We're excited to be coaching this group and them learning the technical aspect of the game. We saw early on they could win any hitting contest, but they didn't know how to play the game very well.

The first day went well. We're taking care of touches on the ball much better. I think by the end of the six weeks we'll have improved a lot as a team and moved in the right direction. We had good winter preparation before spring practice. We look strong and healthy, and hopefully we'll stay that way.

I am really pleased in how we responded after game two competitively. That was a huge motivation for FSU, being at home and coming back like that. I am glad we stayed very competitive and we figured out a way to get the job done.