Lori Blade
Lori Blade
ball changed great kept moved threw
Syd was great today. She moved the ball around, she changed speeds, she kept them off-balance and threw a great game.
early great settled sharp threw
Syd threw another great game. She was not sharp early on and they got a run, but she settled in after that and tossed a great game.
explode nervous nice run top
It was nice getting a run early. But I was still nervous with two outs in the top of the seventh, they can explode at any time.
kids quit stuck
The kids stuck to it and didn't quit on me. That's the most important part.
basketball best credit game goes good tonight
They're a very good basketball team. We didn't play our best game tonight and they did. So the credit goes to them.
great proud turned
There's always one (tough game) in there. (Bethalto) turned in a great effort. They have to be proud of their effort.
free girls hard hit stepped stretch throws
Their non-scoring girls stepped up and scored tonight. And they hit 10 of 13 free throws down the stretch and that's hard to come back on.
expect good injuries kids run stuck
These kids have been through a lot between the injuries and the disciplinary actions. But they've stuck together. I expect them to make a good run in the postseason.
good hard help pitchers runs score start worked
This is a good start for us. We've worked really hard on hitting. We've got to be able to score some runs to help our pitchers out. We did that today.
composure four girls keeping last proud respond teams
The girls didn't quit, and that's the key. I'm proud of them for keeping their composure the last four minutes. This is the postseason. Teams are going to come in and give us everything they have, and we have to respond to it. And for the most part tonight, we did that.
The only thing I could do was tell them that.
behind board defense early helped nice plays relax relaxed second settled
We got on the board early in the second game, and I think that helped to relax Bethany. She got relaxed and settled in and the defense made some nice plays behind her.
ask
Like I said, you can't ask for anything more than that.
defense game hopefully nice pleased rough settled threw
She had a rough first inning. Hopefully that was just the first game jitters. She settled in after that and threw a real nice game. I was pleased with that and with our defense overall.