The Miami Hurricanes won the annual three-game series against in-state rival Florida last weekend for the first time since 2014. Last weekend’s dispatching of the consensus preseason No. 1 team has earned UM glittering accolades of their own.
But the Canes—ranked as high as first by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and placed in the top ten by every other major publication—will now be tested on how they handle success as the Virginia Tech Hokies come to Coral Gables and Atlantic Coast Conference play commences.
“We’re worried about Friday night now,” said starting pitcher Daniel Federman on 560 WQAM’s Hurricane Hotline Tuesday.