They are a tough team to play, and they are even tougher to play in a smaller pool like ours. It should be a really good game. Also, it is our last home game of the year, and it is senior day. Even if the weather is not that great, we are hoping for a big crowd to give us that extra edge. |
This was our first home game this year against a ranked team and having a big crowd really adds energy to the game and our players definitely feed off of that. The student athletes at Santa Clara have a mutual respect for one another so having them all cheering for the team really made us want to play well in front of them. |
We are going to push the counter attack even more so than last year, and everybody will get more involved in the half court offense. We do not have one dominant offensive threat, but most everybody on our team has a solid offensive game. The key for us is to find and expose mismatches when we are on offense. |
We came out strong like we needed to. It's a great game to have under our belts heading into tomorrow's game with UC Davis. The UC Davis game is really big for our team and we're looking forward to it. |
We graduated only one starter in Catherine Flynn , but she was our leading goal scorer last year. I don't think we have one player that is going to score like Catherine did last year, but as a team, I think we will be able to fill that void by having several players increase their offensive production. |
We had a lot of freshmen who stepped up and played well last season. They now have a year under their belts, so I think we'll improve this year. |
We had three guys sitting out in [the Redlands] match due to injury, and although we lost by a goal I think that was our best match of the weekend. I was really happy with a lot of the things I saw from a lot of our guys, we went deep off of the bench and they stepped up and contributed. |
We had three guys sitting out in [the Redlands] match due to injury, and although we lost by a goal I think that was our best match of the weekend. I was really happy with a lot of the things I saw from a lot of our guys, we went deep off of the bench and they stepped up and contributed. |
We like being seeded third. Having the first-round bye will be really important because then we will be more rested going into the second-round game. I do not like to think past our first game, but the path to the championship game is much better as a three seed than as a four or five seed, which is what we have been the past three years. |
You don't know until you've played a few games who is going to step up and do things, but I think we have a lot of offensive talent out there that we're going to utilize in different ways. |