West Virginia played exciting, tough, resilient and attacking baseball in its sweep of the Clemson Regional of the NCAA tournament, in which the Mountaineers took a pair of games from Kentucky sandwiched around another over the host Tigers to claim its second consecutive road regional crown.

It may need more than that to achieve a super regional win over national power LSU.

At Clemson, the Mountaineers did many things right. They never got down on themselves, even when trailing by large deficits. They hit with two outs, scoring runs in that setting just as they had done for much of the season. They showed good plate discipline, working 10 walks while striking out only 13 times over the weekend as they put the ball in play.

And yet, at this level, sometimes more is required.

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