 Hello and welcome to the Dave Gage show presented by Buffalo Wildwigs I'm Greg Roy showing with Stevenson head baseball coach Dave Gage coach over the weekend. You had Alvernia and a three game series You had the opener Friday at home and I went up there for doubleheader Saturday You know vernia traditionally one of the top teams in the conference year after year and I guess played pretty well Didn't you know, maybe get the results you'd like but you know, we're in all three games And we're able to you know, battle them tough. We did a great job You know as you said one of the better teams in our conference one of the better teams in the country I think perfect game has them ranked 16th and you know, receiving votes nationally in the division three baseball poll So a very very good team. They just do everything right. They pitch it. Well, they hit well. They execute And we actually put some pressure on them to to make them not do some things well So I was pretty pleased with that but it you know, we were in every single game We lost two games and extra innings and and we beat them one game So I was pretty pleased with that Just wish we would have played that way the the previous six weeks because we've been a little different position. Yeah, right now Yeah, absolutely one of the things seen I notice at least the game on Friday is like you said You put some pressure on me, you know forced them to make some mistakes And you were able to capitalize on those mistakes and put some runs on the board We did a very good job of that and we were down in that game eight to one And against a traditionally powerhouse team like that. It is extremely easy to just set the gloves down and Alvernio got us again But our guys battled and we actually took a lead and just didn't hang on to it there in the end But but we did capitalize, you know, I think we we got some big hits which we've been Struggled with here and there this year and so I was very pleased with the way we played this weekend and goes back to beginning of the year And we talk about improvements Are we getting better and and this weekend we showed that we're getting better Yeah now head into you know what essentially amounts to the final week of the regular season You've got a couple non-conference games and then you've got a series with Arcadia Which is you know defending conference champion and you know be another tough test But the good news is you've got a chance in this final weekend to you know If you take care of business and win two or you sweep the series you've got a chance to Get in the conference playoffs. I think the goal is always to Obviously make the playoffs, but if not be being contentioned on the last weekend Yeah So we do have a chance Arcadia is gonna be a very good team. They're very aggressive They they play the game the right way very well coached And as you said there, you know, they're just as good as alvernia So we have to play the same way we did and hopefully you know All we can do is take care of our own business And if we get the help that we need then we will play on but if not then you know We just need to continue to get better. Yeah, all right coach We should the best select this weekend and this weekend this weekend and we'll talk to you next week Thanks, Greg. All right for Dave Gage. I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Dave Gage show