You want to win every game. But I look at 17 runs and 23 hits, and plug McFarlane and Irving in there, and we're right where we need to be.

I would have taken some of those 15 runs or 23 hits in Game 1 or 2, but unfortunately it doesn't work that way.

He pitched an outstanding game. We just couldn't score enough runs for him to win.

After the Saint Martin's game (a 105-104 overtime win on Feb. 11), we did something we hadn't done since I've been here. We took Sunday and Monday off (instead of Sunday only), and then we went to Boise on Wednesday. I thought our legs were fresh in that game, and I thought we were a step quicker than SPU on Saturday night.

It was a boring game, but we did a lot of little things well. It was a good win and sets up a huge week coming up. Next week will go a long way to determining the order for the state playoffs, so it's very important that we play well.

We got a couple big hits to score multiple runs. Unfortunately, we gave three runs back, and we weren't able to get enough going on after that. Their pitching was solid. I thought our guys fought hard and played a good game.