Pitching was not the problem in the tourney. We gave up no more than 3 ER's in every game of the tourney. Our pitching was great.
We are a gutsy ballclub. Too many injuries. Not enough timely hitting. Not a team that did some basics well, average to good fielding, not putting the ball enough into play, too many K's, not moving runners over, not enough speed. We ran up against the one team that had our number, played small ball very well and knew how to pitch and limit damage (the big inning). Teams who advance know how to play small ball, defense and who also can hit with power. UR had 1 1/2 of these traits.
I'm proud of these Spiders. Because of many events, we weren't good enough. I look forward to next year. We will be a different ballclub with many holes to fill, especially the power bats. Keep the faith, this team has raised its win total every year for 4 years and most of our top pitching will return.