[Winning a championship] would be great. It's been a dream in the Bloomingdale community with these kids coming up through the ranks. It was a great thing in 2001. We had sisters on the team then and these are the younger sisters now. |
Everybody has to step up [tonight]. So many of the kids are good friends, and this rivalry has grown overnight. There is a lot of pride at stake. |
For me, it was one of her best moments. She was trying to round everybody up and trying to make everybody feel good about their season and what they did. |
I think it makes everyone want to raise their game. Honestly it's something that you can't teach. I think you're born with it. |
I thought we had much more of the play in the second half. It was definitely better after the goal. Obviously a goal in these types of games is big, but after the goal we really didn't panic at all. |
I was pretty pleased with the defensive part of it, we just have to tighten it up a little. [Coca] has just been maturing game after game after game for us. She's a student of the game, and there are very few kids that take it that seriously. |
It was a through ball and Kelsey had a lot of effort. Kelsey's strong and powerful, and she made a great run. |
It was OK, we've got to play better next time. There's a lot more on the line so we have to play better. |
It's such an advantage to have [that first goal]. Then if you get two goals up, it's even that much better. |
She plays the whole game, she's always moving forward and she's opportunistic in front of the goal. When you have a player of her ability with the passion she has for the game, it's contagious for the whole team. |
She really impressed me as our captain. She really stepped up and made everyone feel okay. She didn't show disappointment (after losing in the finals) and she let her teammates know how proud she was of them. |
She was just on fire in that game. I'm not sure what it was but she just took over that game. |
That was probably our best chance and we took advantage of it. Like them we had our share of chances but the defenses and the keepers kept coming up big. |
That's the way the games always go. The players have a lot of pride and take this seriously. There's a lot of pride on the Newsome sideline. They've been to a final four. It's the same here. |
They were real nervous in the beginning. We got more into a rhythm, realized we could play with them and then I think our fitness helped us a lot. |