With Rocker and Leiter already spent, Vanderbilt will need true freshman RHP Christian Little to rise to the occasion as he did in the SEC Tournament. Similarly, Stansbury has used their two best pitchers, and will hope whomever they throw out there can give them at least 4 IP. Who will stay alive in the tourney and advance to try to beat NC State twice in a row? Let’s look a bit closer.
Offense: Both teams are more than capable offensively, but Stansbury did just crush Zona 14-5 in an elimination game, whereas Vandy made an okay Wolfpack pitcher look like Greg Freaking Maddux, wasting an all time effort by Jack Leiter in the process.