We had (a couple of) girls who have never been here before. The experience was really great for them. We just tried to warn them ahead of time you really can't prepare for this. We've worked hard all year.

Last year, I completely choked in this event. This year this is all we wanted. We wanted to go 1-2 and we finally did it.

I am really proud of how these girls came together. A month and a half ago, I would have said this wasn't going to happen, but the girls have really pulled together and worked hard to reach this goal that they have set.

Our girls really want to get to the finals, because a number of them haven't experienced that yet. Some of them just want to know what it is like, and I think being able to compete at home really gives us an added bonus to accomplish that chance. We are really excited to perform for our home crowd.

We are capable of making good plays and we are capable of doing good things. The girls need to understand that and they need to take it out on the field and make the plays and get the hits.

There's no name-calling because someone missed a question. Boys don't pick on each other as bad if girls are not in the room. They are willing to be peer tutors for each other. They wouldn't do that with girls in the room.