In the immediate aftermath of South Carolina baseball's season-ending loss to Arkansas on Monday night, there was plenty of pain, sadness and tears in the Gamecocks' dugout at Baum Stadium.
But despite falling one win short of the College World Series, USC's players uniformly described the 2018 campaign as a success, especially praising first-year coach Mark Kingston for his job leading the club from a 20-17 record midway through the season to an NCAA Super Regional berth.
"If I could go all over and do it again, I'd do it tomorrow, I'd start the season out just as bad as we did.