We came out with good intensity, but could not seem to get goals out of good possessions. Our defense did a great job of frustrating them, and then when we were able to get our offense on track things started going our way.

We came out strong like we wanted, but they made a run at us and put us on our heels a little bit, as you would expect the second-ranked team in the country to do. I am really proud of the way our girls fought the entire way. We knew this was going to be a tough task, but the team responded well.

We just need to play tougher. We need to take better care of the ball and hustle to make plays. We'll move on from this game and work on improving.

We're obviously disappointed with the outcome, but we just did not do the things down the stretch to win the game. We just need to learn from this, but we also need to move on.

It was disappointing on our part. Uncharacteristically, we turned the ball over in critical situations. We just have to move on and figure it out.

Late in the first half, this was a one-goal game, but we really dug down and showed the toughness that we've been talking about. We maximized our chances on offense, controlled the ball well, and defensively I thought we made things very difficult for them.