Every week varies here, some of it depends on what the kids have going on at school, as far as tests and papers and things like that. It's easy to forget that they are still students too. Sometime it's a nice break when you have a lot of things going on, but sometimes you don't and you're just anxious to play. |
I felt comfortable that we could play through it and get some runs. We had a runner on and had some pressure, and that will change the momentum of the game a little bit. |
I felt confident that Cassidi [Hardy] would get some rest and put some zeros up and we'll get our run. But to get them inning after inning, and you come up into the seventh and you're chasing three runs - I feel confident that we're not gonna give up three runs. I was real happy that we finished things off. |
I know our record isn't great, but we've played a tougher schedule than either one of these teams. So hopefully we'll be able to stand out a little bit here. |
I liked the way they answered back. |
I think it's a major concern. If we were playing here [Thursday] we would have a tough time getting the field into shape. We have gotten a good amount of precipitation the past two days so I wouldn't be surprised to see it get rained out. |
I think with the four games this week we know we're going to stay sharp. |
I told my players that we have worked too hard to give up now. |
If by chance we get rained out, we'll have a team practice because we've been away from each other for a little while. [Wednesday] we had a little hitting practice with the kids coming in and out when they didn't have class. I'm not too concerned about the time off. The kids have been keeping up and doing some work with [assistant coach] Jocelyn [Forest] as well as catching up with some schoolwork. We should be fine when we get back out there. |
It gives you an advantage. The second game we got a little better swings at her and the third game the same. It just helps -- you have an idea of what they are throwing. |
It's a great thing to get a run in the first, you can do more when you're ahead. You can be more aggressive and take more risks. |
It's a tough weekend. You need some breaks to beat some of the bigger teams. We need day-to-day consistency to keep ourselves in games in the sixth and seventh innings and get some big plays. We are going to grow a lot in a week. |
It's just a cycle and things and it is very frustrating for the kids. I give a lot of credit to them for coming right back out, right back at it, 100 percent. Nobody has let up, nobody is down on themselves. They realize there is a reality to what's going on and they are going to keep fighting through that. |
It's one of those things where I wish I knew the complete answer, how this all would be solved, how we could come out and get great pitching everyday. It's tough, that's why our record is where it's at. |
Our chemistry is awesome, the best in my four years here. We all got to be on the same page. It's great to see people pulling for each other on the bench. |