Hoos in No Hurry to Head Home – Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site

By Jeff White (jwhite@virginia.edu)VirginiaSports.com HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Any game now could be his last as a college baseball player. Has that crossed AJ Gracia’s mind? Of course. “It’s pretty hard to ignore that,” the University of Virginia center-fielder said Saturday evening at Southern Mississippi’s Pete Taylor Park. Gracia, a junior, is projected to be an early pick in this summer’s Major League Baseball draft. He spent his freshman and sophomore years at Duke, where he saw older teammates go to great lengths to extend their college careers. They set an example he’s following this postseason as a Cavalier. “I think there’s something to be said about [how] you’re kind of looking the end right in the face, playing college baseball, and you don’t want it to end,” Gracia said. “I think we’ve kind of talked the last couple of weeks about just fighting for another day together. So that’s kind of where I’m at with that.” After winning the first elimination game of the NCAA tournament’s Hattiesburg Regional, the Wahoos are assured at least one more day together. Second-seeded Virginia (37-22) meets third-seeded Jacksonville State (47-14) on Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. The loser’s season will end. The winner will
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