We strive to deny the other team any opportunities in the defensive third. We've taken pride in that this year and it's really paid off.

We've got a special thing going. Not a single one of (the players) has taken anything we do or that we've done for granted. We're working every game as hard as we can and we're doing the right things to get the job done.

She's been doing that all year long for us. She's the backbone of this team and this defense. We're not giving many shots, but when we do give them, we know we've got somebody back there that's going to make the save when it counts.

She has come up huge many times already this season.

A big part of it for us has been our defense. We defend very, very well.

You're talking about two of the best players in the St. Louis area, not just the metro-east, when you speak of Dalton and Friedman. I thought we did a nice job of limiting their opportunities. We've done a great job on defense the entire year, and we just continue to do that.