I thought Christina Schade shot very well today. This was the first time she was in the counting group and she responded very well. I thought we were very consistent today. We didn't have great scores, but we didn't have any real bad ones either.

We were tight, they got out running, and we never recovered.

It was a pretty inspiring evening for the kids.

It's a big relief that she is back. We didn't have her in the lineup today, but her performance was very encouraging. She is such a trooper. She's been coming in early and staying after practice and knows what it takes to be successful. She will provide a big boost to our lineup as we continue on this year.

It was a good performance for us. We just faced a team that is better than we are. Plain and simple.

It's always difficult in the first match back from break and having not shot as a team for a couple of months. We have been back for about 10 days training, but traditionally we haven't shot as well the first time out as we typically do.

We never like to lose. We came here today to win. But I am very proud of the team and the way they shot today. It's our team high score and we are improving. We are starting to come together as a team and are getting better. We are working hard.

It's always great to shoot against Alaska-Fairbanks no matter how good they are. They are always the team to measure yourselves against and see how we stack up. The kids are very excited and motivated. We know how good they are, and we should have no problem getting up for the match.