This game will be our second game in four weeks. We have practiced 5-6 weeks to play three games, and the girls are tired of practice.

A team's record is comparative to the teams you play and Dresden has played very good competition.

[The Yankees have 26 games left, all of them against AL East teams. Only the Red Sox, whom they play six times, are above .500.] We have confidence in our abilities, ... Now it's just up to us to play well.

This is why you play the games, to have a chance to win championships. This senior group has won two conference titles (in 2003 and 2004). They?re going to get after it and see if they can get their third.

He always gets us ready to play. He's great in these big games. I'm sure he'll have something for us Thursday night and Friday night. He'll have us ready to go.

Oh ... it's just another game. We still have another (16 games) left. That's when the real important games will be, those last seven of the year. That's when you really need a quality start for your team.