We challenged our seniors to step up. At 5-5, it was their time to show they were really good. We knew we were in for a battle. We're not in midseason form. The only thing we had a flow in was extra-man [offense]. It's quite the X factor when your goalie robs the other team.

Dave Cottle

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We haven't practiced well since the Duke game, and unfortunately, maybe we needed a loss to recognize that. We didn't handle success as well as we would have liked.

— Dave Cottle

We've been playing from behind the last couple of games and playing with such a frenzy trying to catch up. To get a lead really settled us down some. We only had three turnovers in the first half. We were efficient and Joe shot the ball well.

— Dave Cottle

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I think we're a lot better team than we were on April 1. If that [first game] was a heavyweight fight, we got knocked out in the first quarter. This one I thought was a decision.

— Dave Cottle

We thought Towson was in a good spot coming into this game. They were coming off a loss, so we knew we would be in for a battle. At times today, they played better than us.

— Dave Cottle

We've got to win some individual battles [on defense]. We can't slide to a hundred different guys. We have to limit their transition and make them earn every goal.

— Dave Cottle