That's been our heart and soul all year, our defense. Sometimes, it seems like we're having trouble scoring. When that happens, we've got to keep relying on our defense.
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Related I think the biggest thing we have got to do is just continue to attack the basket. It seems that som... ALLYSON FASNACHT We've been scoring points; that's not our problem. Our defense has left us. The way you play defense... DAVE OBERLE We really stepped up our defense in the second half. We were able to get some transition baskets whi... DUANE PETERSON Our defense is what really got us going. When we get stops, we were able to execute on offense. That... CHAD MCGUIRE Defense, defense, defense. That's been our motto this year. AMY POWELL Defense has been our motto all year, and we stuck to it. BEN KINNE Our defense has been tough all year. CARL SOUSA We were trying to focus on defense and once our defense got going, it helped us click on offense. KAREN AIROLA I?m really pleased with our kids effort tonight. Our game plan all year has been to stick people on ... JASON ANDREWS Our defense was just fantastic as it has been all year. It has been the backbone of our team all yea... AL GUTHMAN Foul trouble hurt us, and we had to change our defense. We had been doing well with our man defense,... CHARLES FREET We know the defense is the heart of our team. It's like any other sport. The people who are scoring ... ART WEAVER When I come in I want to spark it up. Get some steals and get the tempo up. We were scoring easy bas... CHARLES DAVIDSON You lose a starting middle linebacker, ... thats the heart and soul of your defense. ERIC GREEN Everything has been defense, defense, defense. However, I agree. We have got to improve our defense. BROOKE BAKER It just shows we take a lot of pride in our defense. That's something we've been working at all year... BRITTANY WILKINS Our defense all year hasn't been where it needs to be. In the fourth quarter, we showed signs of pla... GREGG ZENEROVITZ Our defensive pressure down the stretch is what got us over the top. We had a couple of huge steals ... DAVE DETERS We got into foul trouble and didn't play our normal defense. We were a step slow and they took advan... MIKE ALBRING Our focus was to keep our intensity on defense. After that our offense just clicked. DREW HOFFMAN We were very good last year, but we went out and got what was on our wish list. The maturity level o... BRENT JOHNSON Coach has been hard on Sky about his defense, but tonight he came to play. Defense, rebounding, scor... DREW RICHARDS We emphasized defense. Our defense had been our Achilles' heel. Now that we're better on defense, we... LANCE JACOBS We've worn teams down with our speed and our defense all year. It's pretty hard for anyone to keep u... KACHINE ALEXANDER I think it was definitely our defense because some nights we were horrible shooting. Our defense is ... HOLLY PADDOCK We were coming off Christmas break and I knew we'd be rusty. Our defense could have been better. Tha... CHARLOTTE JONES That's been our key all year. Our defense has kept us in games and our bats have won them for us. JAY ARTALL My heart just kind of dropped. Our defense got it out of there. AUSTIN MINEFEE When you play three games back-to-back, you lose some energy. When that happens, we just have to pic... AARON WILLIAMS They were hitting their outside shots, we weren't playing really good defense for a while and our of... CAITLIN HYDUKE There's no question our defense has been questionable this season. Our defense came together when we... JOE GATSCHET Our transition defense wasn't good. Our rotations were wrong and they got some rebounds on the offen... JUSTIN SPARKS Our run defense has been great all year. Nobody has been able to run the ball on us, and we don't fe... KYLE WILLIAMS We pride ourselves on our defense. We keep our hands up and keep getting in there. JUSTIN BERRY We played well. Our problem has been defense. When we needed to get a stop tonight, we couldn't get ... JAKE GOLDY The last half against Duluth we had trouble on defense and we need to improve on that. We sometimes ... ERIC HALL I kind of laughed at that a little bit, but it was true. When I'm playing aggressive and looking for... DREW NEITZEL Erica got us off to a good start in that first quarter. We had very balanced scoring again and our d... ANDREA GORSKI What well be trying to do against La Villa will be perfection. We want to perfect our plays and play... HECTOR GARCIA It seems to me like our whole team is sick right now. They're all coughing and having trouble breath... DEREK HEYLIGER We got a little complacent on defense. They converted on all our mistakes. ANDRE HEARD They were faster than us, got to the ball faster and controlled the game. We wanted to push our fiel... KARA SUHIE We were a little disappointed that we didn't get to finish out the tournament. But we still got in t... KAREN HUNNICUTT Our defense definitely did not play as well as we had been playing in the first half. But having ano... MATT BRITNER It shows that we can get it done on the offensive end, but they're also scoring 88 and that says our... ALYSSA NELSON We all played really good defense tonight. We're focusing on defense. We started the year off really... KATHLYN MCCLAIN Our lower levels have been very successful, and they're very hungry to show their worth on the footb... DENNIS DRUST Our defense took them out of it. It looked like their kids were a little tired. They played three pr... ED SENNETT He's been incredible for us all year. He's been the heart and soul of our team. DREW SULLIVAN It's crucial for us to give ourselves scoring chances on fast breaks. It all starts with our defense... JASON FERRELL In the first half, we were playing kind of nonchalant. Sometimes our offense is off but we'll still ... CAITLIN HYDUKE Sometimes we gamble a little bit too much on defense. Sometimes it pays off. Sometimes it hurts our ... DOMINIC CRAYTON Defense is what has killed us. The games that we've won, our defense has been outstanding and the ga... BRANDON FARR I thought our defense triggered our offense. We got into a nice flow when we played good defense and... BRIAN COLBERT In the first quarter we came out just on fire. Then Sheena got in foul trouble and I sat her down. T... STEVE ADEN All year long, we have relied on our defense and we are going to have to do that at state. AL SNYDER We've only got two new guys this year. Our pitching has been up and down a little bit. We've been mi... FRANK PERMUY We really got after it defensively, and I thought that was the key to the game. Our defense was real... RONNIE ARROW Our defense got them again tonight. That's what got us through all our games and that's what won us ... ERIN BROCKA We need to step up our defense as a team. Our defense has been slacking. We've been too focused on o... JASON PETRIMOULX I felt good at halftime because we played probably our worst half of the year and were still up five... PHIL COLICCHIO I think we were kind of flat. Our defense wasn't our best at the beginning of the game. We focused o... JODIE RUNNER Our defense is key to us right now. We've got to play good defense. That's our driving force. JOHN GAY In the last minute-and-a-half we got a little sloppy on defense, but our girls did a great job on de... JOE ECKLEY We tried to keep the defense up on them and that led to getting our offense started. I was as happy ... JASON DAWSON We were definitely all over the place on defense. Defense just sparks our offense so many times. I d... DEBBIE MERRILL Before Christmas, offensively we were running our stuff really well. But looking at out defense, we'... GARY TURCOTT Our defense has just got to keep picking it up. There were some times, I thought, that we slacked a ... KRISTI SNIDER Our defense put us in some great situations. They've done that all year. GREG THOMAS Shes become the heart and soul of the team. Shes the true center half weve been missing the five yea... EVA LANG Our defense this year is much different than it's been in the past. We have more defenses than we've... DARCI LEWIS We've been working on being more of a team defense and also working on our one-on-one defense. KARIN BROWER We changed up our defense more, our ball pressure on the guards was amazing. I think all around, we ... JENNY DEMUTH Another good start with great passing, movement and defense. Our defense has been good and our team ... CHUCK RAMSEY Andy Eastwood is our new offensive coach and he's helping us with our man up offense. We had trouble... ROB ATKINSON Gray was a very good game for us. It was a good way to bounce back after Lake Region. We had a lot o... RICK CLARK We've got to rest. We've got 10 guys on our team. We've got to work on our defense and get back to D... JACOB GRUSE Our press got us going in the beginning, and our trap zone got us going too. It was our defense. JOHN MORAN We didn't know what they were going to play on defense, and we had trouble in the first half. We mad... LARRY DOLAN We're still making adjustments in personnel to get to where we want to be. But we need to play bette... GARY GIANCOLA Good teams find a way to win, and we feel like we're a good team. We put so much intensity on our de... TIM BRANHAM Coronado is a prolific scoring team, and we kept them out of the nets. That says a lot about our goa... BILL NAFTALY Our defense all of a sudden got really good. I didn't think we were playing bad defense before that,... DAVE BOOTS Our defense businesses are hitting on all cylinders, having consistently met or exceeded targets for... DANIEL P. BURNHAM The lesson is this: When the road gets dark and all hope seems lost, there's nothing to do but keep ... SARAH ARTHUR We play better defense than we do offense. We try to score off our defense. We concentrate a lot mor... DAVE SCUDDER We've been working on our defense. We didn't want to let (Tiffany Crocker) shoot. We moved around an... CARLISHA MULLINS It wasn't a beautiful win, but it wasn't an ugly win. We're having trouble offensively with our yout... DAN ROIGER So far I think we've got after it this year. I think we've been flying around the football. I think ... JOSH LAZARO We were getting a little worried. But we were confident we had it. All season our defense has been c... BRIAN WAGNER Defense has been our weak point this year, particularly in the second half. JEFF MALLOY Northwestern has been scoring a lot of goals, so I think they will be a handful for our defense, but... EMILY FRANCIS We have a lot of confidence in our defense and when you're scoring offensively, they both feed off o... FLIP SAUNDERS All of our pitchers have been throwing really well. We've been focusing on throwing strikes. That's ... BRAD LABRUYERE Somehow in the locker room we lost our intensity. Defense is so important to us. When our intensity ... JEFF HAWES First of all, our shooting from the free throw line was atrocious in the first half. That set the to... HOWARD WHITE Our defense has been playing well and this was our 10th shutout this year. I was pretty confident on... DWAYNE LAWRENCE It all starts with our defense. MAGGIE COMBS I've never seen anything like it before in my career. Our defense just kept its composure and gutted... DAVE PALMQUIST Our agility and speed will really help us on defense. And our offense is going to come from defense. AMANDA PADILLA
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