They are starting to believe. This is a team with heart right now. |
They practice just as hard as everybody else and they'd like to play too. So we got a lead and we just wanted to get them in there. They went out there and they gave it their best shot. |
They're going to have to learn how to handle their roles. Some who played last year might not play as much this year. We have some good freshmen. |
Things that we've worked on -- the two-strike approach, hitting your spots, picking each other up in certain situations -- I thought those were really important and they did a really good job of that. |
This team has a lot of heart. They never quit. I'm proud of them. They are starting to believe in themselves and if we continue like this, we could be playing for a while. |
We didn't stay in our element very well. We made no adjustments and it was really a poor mental approach. |
We had phenomenal pitching, and when you can take their offense and shut it down like Ashley did, that was awesome. |
We pitched phenomenal. You can't say enough about how they [Serrano and Burkhart] pitched. |
We stayed to the plan pretty well. [Serrano] came in relief one time but we had the relief situation all planned. I'm pretty happy with the pitching right now. |
We were already in the top bracket because we won our pool. It's a situation where we were going to play Georgia, Michigan and Tennessee there. [Michigan and Tennessee] are two top-10 schools that we'd like to match up with. |
We're looking for the hot bat and the combinations that are really going to click. The team is getting better and some people are making the most of their opportunities so we've got to continue to go that way. |
What she has done has been remarkable. More and more, though, she is not getting a lot of good pitches to hit because of what she's done. Sometimes pitchers are pitching around her, so she's going to have to adjust. |
You can't give the U of A five free passes. I think [Serrano] hit two and walked three in four innings, and that's not characteristic of her. |
You try to make all the routine plays and let the great ones happen. |