Atlantic Coast
Feb 02, 2022
4 minutes
—Bradley Smart
TEAM TO BEAT
otre Dame’s first super regional team since 2002 is back nearly intact save for All-American first baseman Niko Kavadas and bullpen ace Tanner Kohlhepp. Those two departures loom large, but that’s about it for Link Jarrett’s Irish. Notre Dame returns eight to its starting lineup, its full weekend rotation and plenty of depth in the bullpen. Projecting the Irish’s Opening Day lineup is as simple as taking the group that took Mississippi State to the brink, shifting Carter Putz to first base and adding someone like redshirt sophomore Nick Juaire or transfer Connor Hincks (Virginia) to round out the
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