You can sugarcoat anything if you strip it of context. The bottom line is we got knocked out of our own regional for the first time since 2006, by a team with vastly less talent than us (even with our injuries).
UTSA trotted out a pitcher with a 7.85 ERA and we scored just one run against him in six innings. UTSA took the lead in the first inning and we never came close to threatening them despite it being a must-win game. We hit a miserable .198 with RISP during the entire regional. And in the first loss to UTSA we blew a 6-1 lead with multiple fielding errors by Flores and Gasparino, who both played horribly all weekend but never saw the bench. Three of UTSA's runs were unearned in a game they won by two.
This wasn't some heroic underdog story where we fell just short despite giving it our best. We basically invited UTSA to kick us out of the tournament and they obliged. We played horrendously in all three phases and lost a very winnable game. Spencer and Schuessler are gone next year, and we're probably losing Belyeu, Galvan and Borba to the draft. Next year's team is going to have its struggles.