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TOM CLARK We got strong play from a few individuals, but we didn't get a collective effort from the whole team...
TONY DITUCCI We're playing pretty well right now. We have a quality team, and when we play a tournament like we d...
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DAN ANDERSON When we get cold (today), we've just got to strap up. We've got to play defense as hard as we can un...
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People see what they want to see
SUSAN BETH PFEFFER We held our first tournament two years ago, but then things got sidetracked last year. Now we're bac...
AL TELLECHEA We did not play as smart as you have to play playing a top 25 team, suffice to say. You've got to pl...
DAVE ODOM It's always special to play for Canada and it was nice because I got a chance to play in the Olympic...
ROBERTO LUONGO This team has just as much ability as last year's. What this team has is depth. Our top two - Ben Gi...
MARK SHRADER The big difference today was how hard we worked on playing together and not worrying about individua...
KATIE DAILEY Our experience will really help the team. For us to get as much playing time as we did last year was...
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AARON MILLER Coach got on our tails about us not playing as hard as we usually play, so we had to really think ab...
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BILL DORENKOTT We actually had a team meeting at one point (during that stretch). We talked about what we needed to...
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CHRIS THERIEN We're all pretty good friends. We've all played other sports together and we've been together for tw...
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JEFF VANARSDEL We've got some big names on this team that get a lot of recognition, but Schumacher has been great f...
ALI OMAR We're a pretty old group of guys. This is pretty much the same team that has come out here for about...
ERIK HENDRICKSON This is too much reality for a Friday.
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ALONZO BROOKS We talked about having something to play for even though we're not playing for (the Rivers title). W...
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ROB DAUM Ozzy wanted to get us back together. It's been 20 years. We did a couple of songs during his far...
GEEZER BUTLER We have been waiting to get a win for a long time. We didn't play as well as I wanted to play, but w...
CLAD SLONIKER Girls who normally don't play much got lot of playing time today, and they did a nice job. Many were...
BOB WEDIN Another loss and we would have been pretty much out of it for the top two places (in the ECC). Now w...
ADAM LUCHTERHAND We finally got the gang back together. It was important for us to play together for a little bit lea...
PATRICK KERNEY We knew they were their two best players, and we couldn't let them get behind us, but they did. As s...
GREG GEORGE We had a very talented team. Ross couldn't put it together. Just like now. They've got a pretty tale...
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BILLY DONOVAN We got Pat Bergmann the ball a lot more and he finished a lot more. It was a great team win. We pret...
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JAMIE FREELAND We just flat got our butts kicked. We didn't show up to play.
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LENNY SMITH Everybody's been working together for years so we all know each other and how to work together as a ...
DAVID GLADSTONE They started coming at us, and we got a little flustered. They scrapped back. They wanted it as much...
DIANA ROBINSON Joe really loosened us up. We were a bit tight. Joe has been carrying us on his back for the last tw...
DAN HINOTE We played well as a team. We executed our sacrifices, got two-out hits. That's what its all about - ...
BARRY HIGHTOWER I?ve never played there, so it is kind of a special thing. It?s been around for so long and it?s got...
TIM DWIGHT As much as this team has been able to do the last two years, we haven't been athletic enough or deep...
BILLY GILLISPIE We just haven't seen a team that quick. We weren't really ready for it. I thought once we got into i...
BRITTANY JOHNSON We had a couple of team meetings after those two losses and we've really got it together now.
NIK ANTROPOV We'll talk about it as a whole team when we get in an outdoor meet or two.
DOUG BACON We were flat after not playing a game for the past two weeks. We didn't play how we are capable of p...
DARIAN NASH We haven't been playing like we wanted to play this whole season. This is a turning point for the wh...
CHARLES SHARON We've got a lot of respect for Portland. We see them as a pretty solid lacrosse team.
CHRIS HALL It felt pretty good. We've played it pretty safe. It'll be interesting to see when we get the whole ...
BLAIR BETTS What's surprised us is how well the team came together and played as a team. We knew we had the tale...
JEFF CLEANTHES We play like 20 games a season together as a group for the last six years and I think it shows. The ...
FLAVIEN CONNE We played together, much better together as a team. Abby is playing better. Both goalies are playing...
PATRICE BRISEBOIS They've been our two main players all year long. Now we just have to get them to play together for f...
KARIN LEARY We got together; it was gut-check time. We decided to pull it out for coach and get an extra win for...
CHAD HOWARD It felt good to go out and play with confidence against a good team. We definitely got our spark bac...
KATIE CAMPBELL We got to keep our heads up and play the ball we've been playing. We got to beat Robinson. We have t...
ANTHONY ALLEN Yeah it was a tough loss. We didn't play very good and we only lost by three. As a team we are playi...
DEIDRE HINZE I thought we played well as far as fundamentals go. We did a good job playing together as a team.
BRUCE BRELAND We never really got the bats rolling today. Their pitching is ahead of our hitting right now, and th...
BRAD BOTSCH They were hot. We came out kinda flat. We just ran into a good team when we weren't playing as stron...
ROBIN BLALOCK We've got to get this fixed. We have to put the fire out. Every team has got a big play on us every ...
CORNELIUS GRIFFIN We normally get the ball rolling in those middle weights and it usually keeps going after that. Unfo...
LUKE LANNO We were still feeling each other out as a team, knowing our specific duties and how we were going to...
JACOB CAREY We're playing pretty good right now. We just got careless and threw the ball away (in the fourth qua...
HARRY MASCH We just got some different personnel in. Those guys are filling the shoes of guys who left (the team...
DERRICK GIBSON We've got to get as much support behind us as we can, ... Got to get a few of those crowds cheering ...
IAN BAKER I think they are a pretty good team. They have so much tradition there. The last two years the talen...
GARY SWENSON We had their lead down to five in the fourth quarter and we got four straight possessions, but never...
CARLYLE ROBINSON I think the girls now know, even if we get a little bit behind, that we can come back and stretch th...
GERRY FOOS We've got two starters out right now so maybe we'll pick it up when we get everyone back and get int...
HEIDI MARTIN It takes a village...we have a very intimate offense so what that says to me was the whole team step...
JENN WARDEN It´s definitely an advantage. We´ve got guys that have played together the last three or four year...
BILL GUERIN It´s definitely an advantage. We´ve got guys that have played together the last three or four year...
BILL GUERIN The kids worked hard pretty much for the whole game. I was impressed about how we executed today (an...
DENNIS FOWLER It just wasn't our whole team's day. We came out flat, they jumped on us, and we didn't fight throug...
DAVID LIGHTY We cover an area that makes it really difficult for us to train together regularly as a team. So whe...
MATHEW SINCLAIR Special teams is a man's game. Not that offense and defense isn't, but you've got to work and you've...
DANNY SMITH Coach has been telling us that we pretty much have to win out. We've got that mentality now, and we'...
JUSTIN MASON We were on the ice on Tuesday and just had team pictures and a little bit of a chat about what's hap...
MEL VOLLMAN It would've been a tremendous win for us, but now we got two tough ones coming up and it won't be ea...
DAN CORBIN Since we did skate three lines and got production from three lines, it made everyone feel better. As...
JOSH BLAISDELL We came out flat even though we were really hyped up, ... I guess we were shocked at their speed but...
KANSAS
HEATHER EMPSON Theyve got the experience and know what it takes to build a temporary city.
TOM CLARK We got strong play from a few individuals, but we didn't get a collective effort from the whole team...
TONY DITUCCI We're playing pretty well right now. We have a quality team, and when we play a tournament like we d...
GARY WAGHER Northbrook was playing pretty tough today and we struggled out there (but) there's no time for us to...
DAN ANDERSON When we get cold (today), we've just got to strap up. We've got to play defense as hard as we can un...
CLIFF HAMMONDS We talked about it today as far as neutralizing their bench. We've got to go out there - me, Mo, Joe...
CHARLIE BELL We really played as a team defensively tonight. We've got each other's backs back there. We knew the...
LUKE SCHRADER We communicate with each other as much as possible. It's something you've got to do with your left b...
ARTURO ALVAREZ I sure hope we're peaking at the right time. We've got to come out Friday and play as well as we did...
MARK YEAGER
People see what they want to see SUSAN BETH PFEFFER We held our first tournament two years ago, but then things got sidetracked last year. Now we're bac...
AL TELLECHEA We did not play as smart as you have to play playing a top 25 team, suffice to say. You've got to pl...
DAVE ODOM It's always special to play for Canada and it was nice because I got a chance to play in the Olympic...
ROBERTO LUONGO This team has just as much ability as last year's. What this team has is depth. Our top two - Ben Gi...
MARK SHRADER The big difference today was how hard we worked on playing together and not worrying about individua...
KATIE DAILEY Our experience will really help the team. For us to get as much playing time as we did last year was...
SAMANTHA MAHONEY The first two games we really struggled finding our identity, but now we've come together and starte...
ALEX MIDDLETON The timing was really good. We all have tons of songs but we wanted to begin from scratch so we got ...
GERALD EATON As a whole, we didn't play up to our potential. We kept them out of the circle okay, except for the ...
CARMEN SCHOOLCRAFT There are some tendencies for people to step up and get out of character and try to do too much. I d...
FRED THOMAS Coach has been awesome about keeping us together as a team. We go watch opponents play as a team. We...
ALLIE WOODS We're lacking [confidence] right now. We're lacking. I think we need to understand that we're a good...
MARCUS GINYARD [That could be the situation throughout the game, but Razorbacks defensive backs coach Bobby Allen s...
BOBBY ALLEN This team's been playing with injuries for three years now, and different guys have been picking it ...
AARON MILLER Coach got on our tails about us not playing as hard as we usually play, so we had to really think ab...
BRANDON BOWDRY We've got to come together and make sure we've got the whole team hitting on eight cylinders if we a...
BILL DORENKOTT We actually had a team meeting at one point (during that stretch). We talked about what we needed to...
ASHLEY KEY We've stayed with it pretty much through the whole trip, we've been consistent. We've worked hard, w...
CHRIS THERIEN We're all pretty good friends. We've all played other sports together and we've been together for tw...
JAMES COLEMAN We had talked about playing smart with our offensive possessions because they switch their defenses ...
JEFF VANARSDEL We've got some big names on this team that get a lot of recognition, but Schumacher has been great f...
ALI OMAR We're a pretty old group of guys. This is pretty much the same team that has come out here for about...
ERIK HENDRICKSON This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS We played together like we've been playing the last few games. As a matter of fact, we are playing r...
ALONZO BROOKS We talked about having something to play for even though we're not playing for (the Rivers title). W...
LARRY DINS I think we match up as well as any team in the region against them. When you're playing a good team ...
BRAD COLEMAN A win is a win. We're not exited about watching it, but we got the two points. Now we need to take t...
ROB DAUM Ozzy wanted to get us back together. It's been 20 years. We did a couple of songs during his far...
GEEZER BUTLER We have been waiting to get a win for a long time. We didn't play as well as I wanted to play, but w...
CLAD SLONIKER Girls who normally don't play much got lot of playing time today, and they did a nice job. Many were...
BOB WEDIN Another loss and we would have been pretty much out of it for the top two places (in the ECC). Now w...
ADAM LUCHTERHAND We finally got the gang back together. It was important for us to play together for a little bit lea...
PATRICK KERNEY We knew they were their two best players, and we couldn't let them get behind us, but they did. As s...
GREG GEORGE We had a very talented team. Ross couldn't put it together. Just like now. They've got a pretty tale...
BARRETT BROOKS It's great we get lucky and we win these games because they're really tough. Especially now. They've...
JOZEF STUMPEL Pretty much everyone in the brigade walks by the trophy at every day, and it's a big sense of pride ...
DAVID MAHONEY Our starters didn't play a lot of minutes, and it was good to see us score as many points as we did ...
BILLY DONOVAN We got Pat Bergmann the ball a lot more and he finished a lot more. It was a great team win. We pret...
ANDREW PRESTON [Mann has not been the familys only benefactor. Members of Talladega Creek Baptist Church and Pastor...
BARBARA UPTON [On Shred , the fraternal interplay is unmistakable.] I've been playing with my brother pretty much ...
DAVE HERRERA There's been a real good improvement. The biggest thing I told them is not to get down about last we...
JAMIE FREELAND We just flat got our butts kicked. We didn't show up to play.
SAMUEL WEST With this team, what you see is what you get. We?re playing with a lot of confidence right now, prob...
LENNY SMITH Everybody's been working together for years so we all know each other and how to work together as a ...
DAVID GLADSTONE They started coming at us, and we got a little flustered. They scrapped back. They wanted it as much...
DIANA ROBINSON Joe really loosened us up. We were a bit tight. Joe has been carrying us on his back for the last tw...
DAN HINOTE We played well as a team. We executed our sacrifices, got two-out hits. That's what its all about - ...
BARRY HIGHTOWER I?ve never played there, so it is kind of a special thing. It?s been around for so long and it?s got...
TIM DWIGHT As much as this team has been able to do the last two years, we haven't been athletic enough or deep...
BILLY GILLISPIE We just haven't seen a team that quick. We weren't really ready for it. I thought once we got into i...
BRITTANY JOHNSON We had a couple of team meetings after those two losses and we've really got it together now.
NIK ANTROPOV We'll talk about it as a whole team when we get in an outdoor meet or two.
DOUG BACON We were flat after not playing a game for the past two weeks. We didn't play how we are capable of p...
DARIAN NASH We haven't been playing like we wanted to play this whole season. This is a turning point for the wh...
CHARLES SHARON We've got a lot of respect for Portland. We see them as a pretty solid lacrosse team.
CHRIS HALL It felt pretty good. We've played it pretty safe. It'll be interesting to see when we get the whole ...
BLAIR BETTS What's surprised us is how well the team came together and played as a team. We knew we had the tale...
JEFF CLEANTHES We play like 20 games a season together as a group for the last six years and I think it shows. The ...
FLAVIEN CONNE We played together, much better together as a team. Abby is playing better. Both goalies are playing...
PATRICE BRISEBOIS They've been our two main players all year long. Now we just have to get them to play together for f...
KARIN LEARY We got together; it was gut-check time. We decided to pull it out for coach and get an extra win for...
CHAD HOWARD It felt good to go out and play with confidence against a good team. We definitely got our spark bac...
KATIE CAMPBELL We got to keep our heads up and play the ball we've been playing. We got to beat Robinson. We have t...
ANTHONY ALLEN Yeah it was a tough loss. We didn't play very good and we only lost by three. As a team we are playi...
DEIDRE HINZE I thought we played well as far as fundamentals go. We did a good job playing together as a team.
BRUCE BRELAND We never really got the bats rolling today. Their pitching is ahead of our hitting right now, and th...
BRAD BOTSCH They were hot. We came out kinda flat. We just ran into a good team when we weren't playing as stron...
ROBIN BLALOCK We've got to get this fixed. We have to put the fire out. Every team has got a big play on us every ...
CORNELIUS GRIFFIN We normally get the ball rolling in those middle weights and it usually keeps going after that. Unfo...
LUKE LANNO We were still feeling each other out as a team, knowing our specific duties and how we were going to...
JACOB CAREY We're playing pretty good right now. We just got careless and threw the ball away (in the fourth qua...
HARRY MASCH We just got some different personnel in. Those guys are filling the shoes of guys who left (the team...
DERRICK GIBSON We've got to get as much support behind us as we can, ... Got to get a few of those crowds cheering ...
IAN BAKER I think they are a pretty good team. They have so much tradition there. The last two years the talen...
GARY SWENSON We had their lead down to five in the fourth quarter and we got four straight possessions, but never...
CARLYLE ROBINSON I think the girls now know, even if we get a little bit behind, that we can come back and stretch th...
GERRY FOOS We've got two starters out right now so maybe we'll pick it up when we get everyone back and get int...
HEIDI MARTIN It takes a village...we have a very intimate offense so what that says to me was the whole team step...
JENN WARDEN It´s definitely an advantage. We´ve got guys that have played together the last three or four year...
BILL GUERIN It´s definitely an advantage. We´ve got guys that have played together the last three or four year...
BILL GUERIN The kids worked hard pretty much for the whole game. I was impressed about how we executed today (an...
DENNIS FOWLER It just wasn't our whole team's day. We came out flat, they jumped on us, and we didn't fight throug...
DAVID LIGHTY We cover an area that makes it really difficult for us to train together regularly as a team. So whe...
MATHEW SINCLAIR Special teams is a man's game. Not that offense and defense isn't, but you've got to work and you've...
DANNY SMITH Coach has been telling us that we pretty much have to win out. We've got that mentality now, and we'...
JUSTIN MASON We were on the ice on Tuesday and just had team pictures and a little bit of a chat about what's hap...
MEL VOLLMAN It would've been a tremendous win for us, but now we got two tough ones coming up and it won't be ea...
DAN CORBIN Since we did skate three lines and got production from three lines, it made everyone feel better. As...
JOSH BLAISDELL We came out flat even though we were really hyped up, ... I guess we were shocked at their speed but...
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