Head coach Scott Forbes pleased with UNC's domination through regional
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North Carolina head coach Scott Forbes spoke to the media after the Tar Heels’ 9-3 win over East Carolina on Sunday, which advanced them to the super regional.
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It is the third straight year UNC has advanced to the super regional and hosted it. The Tar Heels will face the winner of No. 12 seed Texas A&M and USC from the College Station Regional.
Here’s what UNC’s skipper said below.
On his team’s performance throughout their sweep of the Chapel Hill Regional…
“Our guys, they showed up. The definition of a team. I watched (Saturday’s) game again last night and I see our guys celebrating that aren’t everyday players. That’s the mark of a great team. And our guys played well top to bottom all weekend.
“I’m mostly excited for these guys on our team more than anybody else. The players make the team, players make the program, that’s why everybody’s here to watch. They put in work since August 17. That’s why we won that regional. We’re process-oriented, though. We’re going to move on, and we’re going to start busting it tomorrow in the weight room to get ready for this super regional here at Boshamer Stadium…
On Folger Boaz…
“I just thought Folger Boaz was outstanding, phenomenal teammate, phenomenal leader for us, part of that big junior class that we work really hard to recruit. They’ve done so much for us. I thought he was aggressive. I thought he set the tone early, and we had to have a good start on the mound, and we needed three or four innings. That’s what he gave us. Walker McDuffie came in, got a big double play ball, and then Jackson Rose was outstanding. They just pick each other up. As far as the debate, we just feel like Folger is better when he starts, and Rosie’s starting to get used to coming out of the bullpen and looked really good against Georgia Tech. So that was our plan. …
On being aggressive early…
“We wanted to strike early and work hard to get a lead, even if that meant bunting and that type of thing. We didn’t have to do that necessarily, but you know that helps and again puts more pressure on them, makes them make decisions. They had to go to Norby early, and he’s their best guy, and man, he’s pitched off pure guts, give him a lot of credit. Obviously he must be a great team first guy to go to the bullpen like that in his draft year. But we had a couple big swings of the bat against him, and didn’t let him settle in, so that was big for us.”
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