That was the key to the first game. The second game, we put the ball in play a lot better. Our kids responded well after the first game loss.

I was really apprehensive about this game and the key is we took care of the ball in the second half and that's not easy against Maryland. We battened down the hatches and really settled down in the second half.

The same way every time. We've never made it to the second game (of the final). It's always the first game. What beat us was we didn't hit the ball. On defense, you've got to give our guys credit. We played with a lot of heart. There were lots of times they could have scored two or three runs, but we kept battling and battling.

Keith is really hitting the ball well for us. He hit a shot in the gap in the first game and made it to third.

We hit the ball much better in this game.

We are trying to let some different kids play on the kickoff team, but that's the second straight game we've given up a touchdown. If not for that, we would have been up at halftime.