Devin Ortiz cemented his spot in Virginia baseball lore in a win-or-go-home game that allowed the Cavaliers to advance to this weekend’s NCAA super regional. “Something like today is something you dream about.”For much of this season, it seemed like a dream that wouldn’t come true. Like many of Virginia’s upperclassmen, coach Brian O’Connor said Ortiz committed early after the Cavaliers won the 2015 national championship. “‘You want to go to the NCAA Tournament, you’ve got to be 18-18’” in the ACC, Dickinson recalled O’Connor telling the team. “I was like, OK, it’s better that the game’s at nine, because now I don’t have to think about it all day,” Ortiz said, describing the previous day’s anticipation as “a nightmare.”Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...

Source: thestar June 11, 2021 19:30 UTC