You had two teams out there going for everything. Going for the lines, going for the tough shots. There were a few errors, but the quality of volleyball was just so high.

We definitely needed this one. We've had a rough preseason and with the tough teams we faced last week, these are the games we need to get.

They hit a lot of tough shots. You've got to give them credit for making the shots they had to. I don't know if I've ever coached a game where a team shot 70 percent in the second half and we still won.

They execute very well and they made shots tonight. Both teams competed. They executed and they made more shots than we did. I thought we battled and we fought. They just made more shots.

It was tough, ... I gave everything I had on those match points and she just came up with better shots. I said from the third set on, 'Just go for it.' It worked.

It's tough. The whole team's looking up at the shots and you know the scoring chances are so much in their favor. You don't have anything going offensively. The defensive zone is sloppy. When you don't have anything going for you, it's hard to come back. It's hard to dig yourself out of that hole.