Meanwhile, the Deacons' resident bleach blondes answered Barthelemy's challenge and eventually started to hammer Noles starter Robby Read. Sophomore Jamie D'Antona and junior designated hitter Ryan Johnson lit up the sky, tallying 6 RBIs between them that culminated on Johnson's grand slam bomb in the fifth inning. Junior rightfielder Ryan Braun added a two-run shot, but the Deacon offense jumpstarted too late in the 18-10 loss. Morley fell to 2-2 on the year.

March 31 proved to essentially be a tug-of-war battle of supremacy between the Deacons and Seminoles. Freshman Brian Bach, he of nerves of steel, bended, but did not break - holding the fireworks to five runs in five innings. Meanwhile, as junior Nick Blue and Johnson chipped away at the 'Noles' lead, knocking in one run apiece, junior chucker Seth Hill finally froze any and all FSU firepower. Hill, as they say, was simply "cooler than the other side of the pillow," ceding only one hit in 2 1/3 innings. Now clutch performances became a necessity, and junior centerfielder Adam Bourassa and junior catcher Stephen Ghutzman literally and figuratively stepped up to the plate. Bourassa laced a two-run, two-out, double in the bottom of the eighth to knot up the game 5-5. One inning later, Ghutzman ripped a pinch-hit two-run homer to set the score at 7-5. Bush (3-1), who has anchored the bullpen all spring, sealed the remarkable victory, tossing 1 1/3 innings of no-hit ball to chalk up another ACC triumph for Greer's Gang.

"(The large crowd) inspired our players all series," Greer said. "It was fantastic and I would love to see more of it."

After a couple days to unwind from the intense FSU series, the Deacs jaunted on over to Greensboro hoping to continue their rampage against UNC-G. The Spartans proved to be no match for the raw Deac power. D'Antona and Ghutzman were money all afternoon long, driving in 2 runs apiece. In the process, D'Antona set soar homer No. 7 of the season. Morley started the game; lasting three innings while capitulating three runs, before Mr. Freeze himself - Hill - emerged from the bullpen. Hill (2-0) continued to extinguish any and all opposition in sight while flinging four innings. He gave no runs and only two hits, and whiffed four Spartans. "Hill has improved every game he has pitched in," Greer said of Hill.

Hanson and Bush, as sure a bet as a pen can be, yielded UNC-G no hits in their two innings of work. Bush earned his seventh save of the year after his perfect inning.

"It has been a coaches' dream come true to have two people in the bullpen (Bush and Hanson) who are at times unhittable," Greer said. "It essentially reduces the game to six innings, because both of them are capable of pitching two innings (while the other one would pitch the remaining inning). It is a very comforting feeling."

The Deacons continue to roll through their murderer's row of a schedule, now squaring off against ACC arch-nemesis North Carolina. The Tar Heels are No. 21 in the nation and stand at 8-1 in the conference thus far. First pitch is set for April 5 at Hooks Stadium at 3 p.m.