Our two freshman pitchers pitched outstanding today. They stepped up big for us and pitched the way you'd hope they would when you recruit them.

I never like losing but if we win (today) we win the series, and that's what you have to do against the good teams.

Gilbert kept us in the game and gave us a chance to win which is what you want at that point. He did a really good job for us.

Illinois is an excellent team with a chance to win the national championship. They simply overpowered us today.

It went very well. We had a nice group of volunteers here today to help us put a lot of trees in the ground.

Our fervent hope is they get this done in time for us to carry the Mountain West and San Diego State. (Cox executives) are well aware of the impact of San Diego State and the local market. We know it's important, we want it and we're doing our best to get it done.