Our defense did not play as well at first. We had some errors from reliable people, but it was surprising to go 10-2 with out defense struggling. We have done a much better job since.

I guess people just have to accept it. That's how I play. I'm going to maybe have 50 unforced errors one day, but I'm going to also have 50 winners that day.

We were down 5-2 in the first couple of innings after the defense committed a few errors. But all the players calmed down and played a great game from the fourth inning on.

We hit the ball better (the second game). We're struggling playing defense. In the first game we had mental errors. In the second game we had physical errors, but we cut down on the mental errors. With enough repetitions, the physical errors should go down.

If we can just get the defense behind her — we haven't had defense all year. We had eight (errors) yesterday at Monterey. It's making the pitchers get extra outs and throw to extra batters. We're making rookie mistakes, and the people making them aren't rookies.

I think what we do best right now is play defense. They're going to get some yards. They're too talented. We just can't let them get runs of 70 and 80 yards.