Miami’s win was strongly backed by a strong, steady start from pitcher Alex McFarlane, who did what no other Hurricane was able to do Friday night: keep the Eagles off the scoreboard.

After losing six-year assistant coach Adam Fisher to Penn State just weeks ago, Miami men’s basketball has found a replacement in new assistant DJ Irving, UM announced last Thursday.

Both Jordan and Roche were selected later in the draft than most had projected them going.

"Our offense really exploded there with the long ball and the extra base hits,” DiMare said. “I love the way we swung the bat today, and just hopefully we can build off of it.”

“Me and Victor, we’ve been playing together since, I would say, summer ball of eighth grade, so we’ve been friends a long time,” Rosario said.

Mederos (1-3) was lifted after only two innings, allowing four earned runs and walking two batters, as Miami (17-10, 10-9 Atlantic Coast Conference) fell behind early on a three-run Pittsburgh attack in the second frame.

“So, it is the wild, wild West, we anticipated this happening," Larrañaga said. "We’ve had a number of our guys announce [their decisions] and we’ve had a number of our guys still in wait-and-see mode."

“I think we created a number of chances that were inches from being a different outcome for sure,” Miami head coach Sarah Barnes said.

Sitting at 5-6 in ACC competition entering another three-game set, Miami essentially needed this series victory over Virginia to keep its hopes alive for at least a berth in the NCAA Regionals, let alone to have a chance to host for the first time since 2016.

Freshman left-handed closer Carson Palmquist struck out a career-high six batters, including the final three, through two-and-one-third innings, as Miami held off Virginia (9-12, 3-10 ACC) 8-6 in the ninth inning at Davenport Field on Friday.