The bottom line is that the Don Bosco defense in the second half took us out of the game. We got impatient.

I know he might put us over that hump that we need. The way he plays, he plays good defense, he can score too. Maybe that can pick up the intensity in everybody else.

One thing that kept us afloat and kept our sanity was the way we were pitching and playing defense, ... We were able to stay positive and optimistic because it wasn't going to take a lot of offense.

Well, it's not the way you want to start out at home. I thought our defense kept us in the game in the first half, and I thought in the second half, (the defense was) very, very good, except for the last run.

Sometimes you fight back like that and it takes all your energy. We needed to play better defense in the first half.

Joe kept us in the game in the second period, then he came out in the third and gave up a couple of real beauties.