He brings a lot of toughness to the midfield and he's pretty skilled for a guy who has been playing for about a year.

We graduated some very solid lacrosse players. But we have great guys [returning].

He's got a lot of talent and has been playing [lacrosse] four or five years. He's got to play big for us, and he does. He has a ton of heart. He moves well in the cage and he's not afraid of anything.

They're smart and they work together. The defense is going to be real solid this year.

We're usually looking for 94% density. That's a pretty high number.

They've got some guys who throw pretty hard. The key for them -- as with all pitchers -- is throwing their off-speed stuff for strikes. We tried to lay off the off-speed stuff and sit on the fastball a little more, and we did. Overall, we hit the ball hard. We hit the ball hard the first four innings but just right at people.