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Torry Holt

I remember when they signed Isaac back, I called and congratulated him. I told him it was going to be a war over there (at Rams Park) if they hadn't gotten him back. We both laughed. It's good to see him back on the field. I'm glad to have another opportunity to play ball with him this season.

Otherwise, I'm pleased with the way the team performed. We moved the ball nicely. We were tough on defense.

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(Penn State's) setter sets the ball fast, both forward and back. So as blockers we have to be ready not to bite on certain players, because then we get beat.

Penn State's defense was good; I think we had opportunities that we weren't willing to take half chances. I've got young players right now that want every goal to be a World Cup-quality goal. A toe poke counts just as much as a bicycle kick so we have to take chances and shoot the ball more.

Penn outplayed us physically, passionately and in the way you play soccer. They were able to ping the ball around, and we were chasing the ball around like a rabid dog looking for a loose bone." ()

Pelzer looked good coming out of the blocks. We thought he threw the ball well, and we actually thought about getting him out after the fourth inning but decided to leave him in for a few more pitches to try and get the decision. He'll be in the mix all season.

(Pella) was double-teaming me - they knew who I was - and I was just trying to fight through it and get my teammates the ball when they'd be open. I was having trouble most of the game, but I tried to step it up in the fourth quarter.

Pedro is hitting good pitches. He is a talented kid that if he gets strikes he is able to hit the ball pretty well.

Dave Stewart

People are pacing off yardages, looking for sprinkler heads, hunting for yardage markers, driving their carts to every ball because they have GPS. How did you used to do it? You'd see the 150-yard marker, figure you were about 170, and say it's a 5-iron. You played by sight and feel. Now they go by the exact number, and that takes time.

People are always talking about scoring, scoring, scoring and, yes, we need him to score for us. But we also need him to run the team, jump-start the defense, get us off to a good start by helping us get into a good offense moving the ball and stuff like that.

Our kids were loose (in the first half); the shots just didn't fall. The second half, we ran our offense, and our kids got their feet squared up. We got the ball inside, then we hit some threes to open up the lead.

Our kids wanted to get the ball on the rim so early, they didn't take good shots. Some of them were forced and I think they got caught up in the moment.

Our kids played really hard defensively. We were trying to eliminate some of the Woodland strengths. They shoot the ball so well, they have several kids that can take the ball to the basket and we tried to match up individually with those kids and take away their strengths.

Our kids played pretty well. Our press made a big difference. We got some big runs in it and we shot the ball much better. I thought it was a solid performance for us.

Our kids played hard. Unfortunately, we just couldn't get the ball to drop in the second half, while they shot 65 percent.

E. O. Wilson

Our kids played hard, ... The ball just didn't bounce our way this week. We had some things happen that just kill you in a close ball game.

Our kids played extremely hard, we just did not shoot the ball very well. We have to step back and look at the things we accomplished. We had a great season and the kids have a lot to be proud of.

Our kids just had that strong will to win, and we stopped making mistakes and started to hit some shots at the right time and the ball bounced our way.

Our kids just did a great job of coming out of the locker room and taking control of the game. We just talked about trying to turn up our pressure a little bit. We had done that pretty well in the first half, but we did really well in the third quarter?. It was a pretty frenetic pace, but it was the kind of pace that we like in that game. We were able to get them to turn the ball over quite a bit. That was really the key to it.

Our guys just seemed to move the ball well. They (IMSA) have some good guys that can play, we had open shots in the first quarter, and they were falling. Everybody gets one or two shooting nights each season, and this was ours.

Our guys hit the ball well, and our pitchers threw well.

Our guys have put in a lot of work into weightlifting, summer and fall ball to get to this point. Now, hopefully, we'll relax and play, and play well.

John Chaney

Our guys had trouble making baskets. And our guys had trouble trying to get the ball to our shooters.

Our guys had some lapses, but we held it together, held our poise and that's what you've got to do. We took care of the ball at the end when we spread the floor at the end.

Our guys gave a good effort. They fought, but we didn't take care of the ball in the second half. A lot of that had to do with Ohio State's quickness.

Our guys fought hard to more the ball at times. We just had a hard time stopping the pass especially the long passes.

Our guys did a nice job. They were ready to play. Offensively we moved the ball a lot better ... We had some energy tonight.

Our guys did a great job. They passed the ball well and shots went in. Guys make shots and it becomes contagious.

Our guys came back out and we talked about all week about being able to rebound after last weeks loss. The guys came back and fought hard. Our defense did a good job the whole game. The offense got off to a slow start, but then came on and were able to move the ball and score some points.

Our guys are starting to believe in the system. The key to our success has always been being unselfish, playing team defense and sharing the ball on offense. I think you saw some of that on both ends of the field today.

Our guys are doing a nice job of stepping up and filling roles. We played great as a team tonight. We competed, we moved the ball well, and we took good shots.

Scott Skiles

Our guys always come back. But it was the second game in a row we weren't ready to play when the ball went up. We're still learning on the fly. We don't have guys with 30, 40, 60 games of playoff experience.