FSU Goes For Sweep Today

Probable Starters for FSU and Tennessee:
Florida State - Ryan Strauss, rhp (2005 stats: 1-0, 4.58 ERA)
Tennessee - Lance McClain, lhp (2006 stats: DNP)

FSU will attempt to sweep the series with Tennessee today.

Jamey Shouppe Regarding 2007 Season: "From an experience standpoint, we like the guys that are coming back. Guys like Bryan Henry, Michael Hyde and Brian Chambers have all been in the fire. Luke Tucker has been through a good season. Some of the guys still need to come through that haven't done so yet and be what we expect them to be. Ryan Strauss could have a breakout year. We are counting on him. Caleb Graham, Travis Burge and Jimmy Marshall are all guys we expect a lot of. We have some new faces like Casey Whitmer, Danny Rosen and Matt Fairel who have shown some pretty good ability so far. They just need to get their feet wet early so they are ready for the ACC when we get to conference play.

"You like the fact we have a lot of experience returning. What concerns us is the lack of a dominant Friday night guy. I think we can overcome that with depth and giving teams enough different looks. That will be an asset for us. The loss of Tyler Chambliss was a big loss for us but I think we replaced him with several different pitchers. You never replace a pitcher as good as Tyler with just one player. I like the pitching staff this year better than last from the experience standpoint. The returning guys have all pitched versus ACC caliber competition and there is a new infusion of talent. Our second year guys are going to be better in 2007. I think we will be a better staff overall than last season."