LATROBE, Pa. — At the conclusion of Sunday's practice, Acclimation Days are over. After a players' day off on Monday, the pads go on and the hitting will begin on Tuesday at Saint Vincent College, and that's when things will get real.

"Just like the general approach to work with the group, it's been a really good acclimation period for us," said Coach Mike Tomlin, "an opportunity to talk about some cultural things that we value, to really set the stage for how we work. So when we get in pads next week, we can just get hyper-focused on ball and the technique required to be effective under those circumstances."

In the final 7-Shots of the acclimation period, it once again came down to the wire, and there was no manipulation necessary to get to the point of winner-take-all.

On the first sn

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