How do you rate the team’s performance in the opening series?
Staff writer J.D. Smith: They played as they were expected to. A top-15 team against a team that isn’t projected to do well in its conference should lead to blowouts, even in baseball. The pitching performance was spectacular, though, and could lead to big things this season.
Staff writer Reagan Earnst: A+. The Cougars were simply dominant in their opening series against Villanova. Winning the series by a combined score of 27-4 makes it impossible to even form an argument otherwise.