When Miami Hurricanes first baseman CJ Kayfus started his Saturday, he wasn’t having a bad season. A .299 hitter through his 18 prior games, Kayfus decided this wasn’t enough and led Miami with a 7-for-9 day, driving in 7 RBI with three home runs.

“Overall, we’re playing okay, but not quite the way I want to see us play,” Miami head coach Gino DiMare said. “The good thing is we won the game, but we have a lot to improve on. All facets. I want to see us clean things up and play a lot better.”

"We didn’t have an answer for their offense," Miami head coach Gino DiMare said. "It seemed like every ball they hit was hard. To me, they were too comfortable at the plate. We have to do a better job of locating pitches. We have to do a better job of getting ahead. The wind was blowing out and they got the ball up in the air."

“The guys were swinging the bat,” Miami head coach Gino DiMare said. “The ball is jumping off their bats right now. We feel like we can hit for power in our lineup. It’s kind of our MO.”

Sunday might have been slow at Mark Light Field, but the grand moment — a walk-off home run by first baseman CJ Kayfus — was more than worth the wait.

“Fan Fest and the Alumni Game is always a fun, fun event,” Miami head coach Gino DiMare said. “It’s a great treat to have some great players from all different eras get introduced.”

While Miami’s other sports teams competed on the East Coast over the weekend, the track and field team traveled to the dry desert of New Mexico for its third meet of the season.

“Everybody knows what the goal is this year and it’s getting to Omaha,” Miami outfielder Zach Levenson said. “Nobody liked the way last year ended.”

The Miami men’s basketball team (14-3, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)) is in the midst of trying to prove its Elite Eight run last year was not a fluke. So far, the ‘Canes have answered the call as one of the legitimate contenders in the ACC.

For the first time this season, the No. 12 Miami Hurricanes (13-2, 4-1 ACC) lost a game in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) on Wednesday night against Georgia Tech at McCamish Pavilion, 76-70.