Ashley is a very consistent player; that's her strength. She just is a very solid tennis player. |
Ashley was playing a girl that was just irritating her. She was saying things and stalling. I told her the only way she is going to lose is by letting the girl get to her. |
God only knows the player with the most determination and fight is Katie, and seeing her go down early because she can't move is tough on everybody. It really affects (the team). |
I don't like starting the season off on the road, but I don't have much choice. Getting opponents to come here (during the winter) is very difficult. |
I don't think we lost because it was a shape issue; we literally played three days in a row and I don't think we lost because we were tired. I think we lost because we were overwhelmed by the situation, we got off in the latter part of the match. It's a learning lesson for us all, and we have a month to prepare for the tournament. |
I don't want to schedule cupcakes. We can't do that. We can't afford to do that with our schedule. You don't get better by playing weaker teams. You get good by playing tough opponents. |
I haven't seen her physically. But I would say that I feel a sense of confidence that she is behind what we are doing over here. |
I like it when we play with emotion. The emotion makes it fun, makes it interesting and it's the emotional matches that you remember. |
I try to show them that tennis is more a case of problem solving. When you're playing a match, in order to succeed, you have to find a way to manipulate the ball to win the point and the match. |
I'm trying to convince them to change their game in certain situations. When the occasion arises and the score is tied, I'm trying to get them to stay focused and positive and hang in there with a lot of fight. |
I'm trying to get them to play the way that they can so that when we get into the Big East they'll be playing good tennis. |
If you're playing a match and all of a sudden somebody gets a serious injury, you start to think that this match isn't really that important when compared to somebody's face. It's scary; that's the first time we've had that happen. It's tough to play, because your mind is on your fallen teammate. |
It's a match we never should have won. They (St. John's players) don't have fond memories of that match. They don't like us. |
It's more than hitting hard; you have to find what the opponent can and cannot do and exploit that. I see them in the last three or four months as more accepting of my coaching. |
It's really great that Ashley can step up and play at flight four comfortably. It's great to know she has that ability. |