Ray Tanner
Ray Tanner
Ray Tanneris the athletic director at the University of South Carolina, a position he took on July 13, 2012 after spending 16 successful seasons as head coach of the university's baseball program. His record since arriving at Carolina in 1997 is 738-316. He led USC to three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2002, 2003 and 2004, three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2010, 2011 and 2012, two College World Series Championships in 2010 and 2011, and coached the...
bumps few hitting
We're hitting a few bumps in the road. But we're working our way out.
bit extended super
We extended him a little bit today, he did a super job.
bit teams
We're banged up a little bit but other teams are banged up too.
ball dead excited fact field helps hit others preach pull uses
The fact that he uses the whole field ... that's when you get excited about a young hitter. You always preach that. The fact that he does it helps others see the advantages. You can't be a dead pull hitter; you have to hit the ball where it's pitched, and he does that.
credit either game gone good pitching run scoring staff
We had some good scoring opportunities and didn't capitalize, but you've got to give the other team's pitching staff credit for getting out of a run scoring situation. It was a game that could have gone either way.
beat best tonight
To beat them you've got to be at your best and tonight we weren't.
played
We played about as well as we could.
five guys left pleased
We probably could have left him out there for around five innings, but we just wanted to give the other guys a chance. I was pleased with the bullpen, certainly.
bats early game hard helped relax scholars-and-scholarship scoring swing today
We were a little more comfortable offensively and we did swing the bats better. Baseball's a hard game and we have to be more comfortable when we play it. Scoring early today helped us relax a little bit.
ahead college current excited facility former location moving none players second special stadium venue
We're excited to be moving ahead with a stadium and a location that will be second to none in college baseball. The new facility will be a special venue for our former players, current players and our fans.
again great job pitchers
Our pitchers once again did a great job.
beat certainly great team tonight
They've got a great team and if you're going to beat them you have to be at your best. Certainly tonight we weren't.
advantage bottom few gone half hit last opportunity position runners scoring tied took
They had runners in scoring position and it was tied at one and with a big hit there things could've gone a different way. We took advantage of an opportunity in the bottom half of the inning without getting many hits. You have to be opportunistic and we've been able to do that the last few weeks.
handle themselves
They're blue-chip prospects. They have been everything I have thought they would be and more. Not only are they talented, but they handle themselves well for young players. ...They will make an impact.