Any team that you let stick around, there's a chance they'll come back and get you. And that almost happened tonight. |
Courtney made some great plays for us tonight. She chased down two of them that probably prevented runs. |
Every time we'd battle back, they'd go on a run. They just kept us at bay all night. |
It just shows you how funny this game is. You can not get a hit and still be in the game if your pitching and defense does well. |
It was just one swing of the bat, and it easily could have been us. I was telling their coaches I wish it was the championship so both teams could move on. |
It's nice when they pull together to help someone. |
Jessica pitched a great game. Getting that first win will hopefully kick-start her the rest of the season. |
Once they decided they were going to make that change, they went to their pitching coaches and started pitching from that distance. It hasn't been a big deal pitching or offensively. |
One of my quotes for the girls today was, 'Leave your silver platters at home, because we're not giving them anything. Then we gave up the first one ... I reminded them to put their silver platters away. |
Our defense is definitely our strong point. Hats off to Southeast. They hit the ball hard a few times ... That play to end the game -- that was a shot. |
Our pitcher wasn't focused -- we had too many walks, and hitting-wise, we weren't there. It's one of those games where you get away as quick as you can. |
She shows no emotion on the mound. I can't read her. I don't think her dad (who calls her pitches from the sideline) can read her. |
She took a great angle. We've been stressing that. Early on in the season we weren't taking great angles ... The kids can play defense, we just need our bats to catch up. We need to get confident at the plate. |
She's a great defensive player in right field. She's just a great kid. She's someone that we're looking forward to coming back. We can put her anywhere. |
She's a leader all the way through, on and off the field. |