Last year, we started seven freshmen, and this year we will probably only start two. That makes it a lot easier for us to compete because we will have maturity and experience.

This was probably the worst defensive game we've had this year; this was horrendous. We just had a hard time executing anything we wanted to do (on offense) and sometimes our kids do that; let me know if you find out how to get them to do what you ask.

We will get a lot of players in during the tournament and get a good idea of who fits where in the lineup. In practice you get a good idea, but there is nothing like real-game situations.

Her name of the game is speed. Mary puts a lot of pressure on the defense because of her speed and we will score runs when she is on the bases.

If she stays healthy, she will be a dominating force on the mound and she will give us a very good chance to win (when) we score the runs.

We feel like we have very strong pitching and our defense looks really good, too.