You can't win unless your pitcher is throwing strikes. She's thrown a lot of strikeouts. But she has a good defense behind her. ... If she gives up a hit, they will make the play.

210

If my defense is weak, and giving up 2-3 runs, we're dead.

193

Coming in I thought we were a good team. Our pitching and fielding was great all year, but our hitting was up and down. But we worked hard. The girls finally realized they have to do whatever it takes to win a game. Right now we're on top of our game.

189

Our biggest strength is that we've played as a team all year. It's never one person that makes a team and we've gotten effort from all of them.

158

If everything is equal and we get no bad bounces, I think we have a chance for states. I'm confident that the team can do it.

153

Sooner or later, we just told ourselves that we're going to win one of these games. We knew we would come out of it.

152

It really has been like that for us. We're just going. Anything can happen. We're hot, and for us to lose, I think someone is going to have to have their A-game. Our players have the confidence and they are expecting to win.

123

When you play at this level, one mistake can be the game.

108

That probably turned the game. If she doesn't make that play, they've got second and third with two outs. Then, they could get a base hit or a passed ball and the game turns around.

106