Yesterday, I told the girls we needed to score nine goals to win. That's exactly what we did. We knew we were going to need a little more offense in the playoffs.

For the team and the program, this means we're moving upwards. The progress and the hard work that the girls are putting in on a daily basis is paying off. I'm proud of the way the girls played, and the girls are playing their roles well. It was truly a team effort.

Nothing we wanted to happen happened. They were a very good team. I think we were just overpowered and overmatched.

I think everything went pretty smoothly. We had a pretty good summer and we worked our tails off during the year. There weren't any major glitches and I was pretty happy with the results.

We have a very young team. We're going to work on getting back to the semifinals and going further.

I purposely tried not to call timeouts this year because I didn't want to give the other team a break. Our players are in top condition and they don't need breaks.