Michelle Gardner
Michelle Gardner
Michelle "Mikey" Gardner, formerly Michelle Bolster, is an American softball coach and former player. She has been the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers softball team since 2009. She previously served as the head coach at the University of Nevada from 2003 to 2008. She also served as an assistant softball coach at Arizona Stateand Florida State...
against baby gave matter portland putting side spark state step taking tough
It doesn't matter who's on the other side of the field, you have to come out and play. Against Portland State (on Friday), I don't think we gave up, but I don't think we had the spark we had in the first game. I want to keep putting them out there in tough situations, and to know we can get back-to-back wins, it's a big step for us, right this second, and we're taking baby steps.
beat came easily games laid lost mexico struggled third three won
We have struggled a little bit, but after getting beat two games in New Mexico we came back and won the third game, which to me is huge, we could have very easily laid down and lost three games.
defense effort few great hitting kids matter mistakes played pleased runs solid
When you don't score, it doesn't matter how many runs you give up. We played very solid defense. We made a few mistakes here and there, but really, for the most part, our defense did a great job. Our hitting is going to come around. I'm very pleased with the effort the kids gave. They played hard.
prove putting stock
We're not putting much stock into it. That's what they think and your only thing is to prove them wrong.
ball cost critical error hits playing scoring
When you're not scoring runs, one error is going to cost you the ball game. It's not like we're not playing well, we're just not getting critical hits or playing right when we need it.
came huge stayed stopped though win
We stayed disciplined at the plate, we never stopped competing, even though we got embarrassed in the first game. We couldn't make a play, we couldn't do anything. We stayed together, we came back. That's a huge win for us, huge.
class confident core critical definitely good leadership program senior success true
This my first true senior class. We definitely have more versatility. We've got a good core leadership group, which is critical to a program and the success of the team. I feel confident with where we are.
against bottom couple felt good key line loss played recover took trying wisconsin
We actually played very well against Stanford. I felt pretty good about that game. We had a couple of key errors, which, against Stanford, you can't have. The bottom line is we're learning, we're still getting better. Against Wisconsin it took us a while. Some of it is trying to recover from that loss and then going right back out on the field.
capability choice excited good looked love pitches plate runs score starting stuff swung team together ton year
We looked good at the plate all day. We looked confident, we swung at good pitches and made good choices. I'm excited. Good things have been happening. The team has had the capability to score a ton of runs all year long. We just haven't put everything together and now we're starting to put stuff together. That's the way it has to happen. I'm just excited because I really love what we're doing.
against confidence games kept losing needed pushing runs three top
We just kept pushing, pushing, pushing and we got the runs we needed. They needed a little confidence after losing three games against Top 25 teams.
days extremely factor good huge kids last news outside ready since test three weekend worked
This will be a good test for us. The good news is it's everybody's first weekend out. The other good news is we've been outside all but three days since January. Last year, I think it was a huge factor that we hadn't been outside. We should be ready to go. The kids have worked extremely hard. I'm excited. What's another week going to do? Nothing. Let's go play.
excited gets phenomenal plug spark weekend
She had a phenomenal weekend and I'm really excited to have her. She is the spark plug we needed. She competes and she just gets it done.
athletics dad developed harder kids killer nicest
She has athletics in her background. Her dad is harder on her than I could ever be. She has developed that killer instinct, but she's one of the nicest kids you'll ever meet.
defense great played spark
She was the spark plug. She played great defense too.