Chris Willis

"I am extremely happy in the way we played, to finish the year 51-13 like we did," LSUE head coach Chris Willis said as the team unloaded the bus."In the playoffs you have to get some breaks.

"In this tournament I truly believe that we were the best team there, we didn't get any breaks," Willis said.
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"The guys played hard and competed all year," Willis said.
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"The whole year our guys believed that they deserved to be there," Willis said of the college world series."They expected to be there."

Now that the expectations for success has been raised, Willis said he anticipates continued excellence.

"The freshmen saw the atmosphere and they saw the entire tournament," Willis said."They saw that we should have won and had the best team there.

"Last year we set a tone and we carried it over to this year," he said.