Terri Holmes
Terri Holmes
added biggest competition concerns depth fill harder hurts knows lack last small teams
Depth was one of our biggest concerns last year. We only had 13 players, so we really added to our depth. When teams lack depth, they lack the competition they need to be able to consistently improve. That's one of the things that hurts teams when they have a small roster. Everyone knows they're going to have to play. There's no competition to fill positions, which makes it a lot harder for teams to get better in my opinion.
great lose softball won
It was just a great softball game. We didn't lose that game, they won it. It was a great battle. They just executed a little more than we did.
bottom errors extra game learn teams until
It was a back-and-forth game until the bottom of the sixth. We started off with two fielding errors and they had a bases-loaded double. We have to learn not to give teams extra outs.
bad excited facing good horrible learn work
They are very good and very well-coached. We're excited (about facing them again). We'll do some different things defensively and work on our mentality. If we can learn from this, it wasn't a bad day. If we don't, then it was a horrible day.
difficult excited focusing hard improve indoor last morning outside playing practices softball time trying
The last time we were outside was in the fall. So we're really excited to get out and play some games. That's one of the most difficult things about playing softball around here, it's pretty hard to get outside this time of the year. But indoor practices have been going well. I really like our attitude. We're going every morning at 6 a.m. Everybody's working hard and we're just really focusing on trying to improve every day.
both game happened together
It was a well-played game by both teams. We happened to put something together at the right time.
ball hit sioux
It was a pitcher's duel. We hit the ball really hard, but right at Sioux Falls.
caught controlled dominated game high level played tale
It was kind of a tale of two games. In game one, we dominated and controlled things offensively and defensively and played with a high level of energy. In game two, we got caught flat-footed a little bit.
behind defense good played whale
Lisa pitched a whale of a game, and we played good defense behind her.
behind defense good improvement
Lisa had really good defense behind her. They made some outstanding plays. You could really tell the improvement from yesterday.
best good teams
Pittsburg is the best we're going to see. They are solid, one through nine. We want to play good teams and be able to play with them and play better each day.
good runners second twice unable
We had runners at first and second twice with no out and were unable to score. We did everything else as good or better than they did.
both carried game gave mentally physically
I think it carried over and gave them momentum. We had a let-up both physically and mentally in game two.
ball good hard hit hitting innings
We hit the ball hard the first two innings right at Wayne. If you keep hitting the ball hard, good things will happen.