I think this year we're going to have to focus more on our defense. Our pitching is strong, but not as strong as it was last year.

As they say, defense wins championships. We put most of our focus on defense. We want to pressure you for 32 minutes. We want to force turnovers and we want to capitalize on them.

Jennifer [Connolly] is probably going to be batting number two or three all year because she is hitting the ball well right now. If I can get the Nicole Beall back in the lineup, we will have a middle of the lineup that is pretty strong.

They are young but they at least know how to play the game so you don't have to go over all those fundamentals as much. But I look forward to it that just means I have several more years to work with them.

I expect that from her, and her play on first today was great. She's a good kid and a great athlete.

Because we felt Freedom was a little weaker we tried a few things we wouldn't normally try in a close game. You have to see how your runners are going to do in these non-district games. The hit the ball well and they listened well.