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Steven M. Sipple: Gomes embraces pressure on mound even after crushing end to last season

Colby Gomes went off to college and learned something about himself that he really likes.

"I love pressure," the Nebraska sophomore right-handed pitcher said this week. "When I pitch under pressure, that's when I'm at my best."

He wasn't necessarily aware of that trait when the 2019 season started.

"I figured it out last season because in high school there's really no pressure," the former Millard West star says. "You just go and play. But then you come here, and every game means something. You had to grow because of that. Now it's kind of what makes me tick.