Tom Peterson
Tom Peterson
Tom Petersonwas an American retailer, pitchman, and television personality from Portland, Oregon. Peterson opened his first store in 1964, which grew to a regional consumer electronics, home appliance, and furniture chain in the 1970s. His memorable television commercials and unusual promotions made him a widely recognized personality in the Portland area by the 1980s, leading to several cameo appearances in the films of Gus Van Sant...
expect high host losing matches tournament
These matches are really important. We can't be losing and expect to have a high seed. We want to host a first-round tournament match.
harder performed played plays pressure served
They served harder and more consistently than us. They performed better under pressure and made the right plays at the right time. They out played us tonight.
hard ivan whether
Ivan is still sore. It's hard to say whether he'll play.
alive both column hold hopes hosting huge loss teams tied weekend win
This weekend is a huge deal. We're tied in the loss column and we have to win both to keep our hopes alive of hosting the MPSF championship. We're really the only two teams that hold their own destiny.
against ball beach few good perception shot team weeks
We need to get better ball control, but we feel we're getting better. The whole team has the perception that we're a different team than even a few weeks ago. We've got a good shot to play well against Long Beach State.
ball improve serve
We need to improve our ball control. We didn't serve well tonight. If we can improve that, we will be better.
guys harder missed played problem served tonight
We played very well and played a lot of guys, a lot of guys that need experience. Our one problem tonight was our serving. We served harder but we missed too many.
competing diego division hard hardest respect san team work
UC San Diego is the only Division II team competing in our league. While they are at a disadvantage in that aspect, they work very hard and are very well coached. We want to go in there and play our hardest and show that we respect them.
accept coming matches playing time work
We have some time to work on things now. We just need to get better. We have important matches coming up. We can't accept not playing great.
errors magical played settled sorts
We made all sorts of errors in the first game. We were nervous. We just settled down after that and played the way we can. There wasn't anything magical about it, we just played better.
critical ourselves
We've got to let ourselves play well at critical times in the match. Sometimes, we didn't even get swings.
best both chance fighting host line match prove team
We both have a lot on the line this weekend. We're fighting for the chance to host a first-round match while they (Hawaii) are out to prove they're the best team in the league.
accolades believe coaches five guys recognized respect shows talent team
When we get accolades we believe it is a team award. To have five guys recognized shows the respect other coaches have for the talent on our team.
against playing road sure tomorrow
We have to go on the road against No. 2 (Cal Irvine) but first is tomorrow night. We have to make sure we're playing better each night. That's who will come out on top, who's playing better at the end.