We played well, and one thing we've been working on is playing well as a team. We've started picking it up a little bit. The kids have stopped making excuses and have done a good job of picking it up.

It's one of those things where you know the team is better than the way we've played. We see it from time to time. Trouble is, our bad stretches last a little longer, which comes from us having a younger team. We haven't been able to figure out how to kick ourselves in the behind and bounce back faster.

We played as scared as we can be. There's always a team out there that's everyone's Achilles' heel, and they are mine.

We played together, much better together as a team. Abby is playing better. Both goalies are playing well.

We really need to step up and play well against them.

That kind of offense always helps the pitcher settle down and do a good job.