For many children, joy comes as the result of mining something unique and wondrous about themselves from some inner shaft.

We haven't practiced well since the Duke game, and unfortunately, maybe we needed a loss to recognize that. We didn't handle success as well as we would have liked.

We had quality scoring chances but the difference in the match was their goalkeeper. She's got my vote for all-district, I'll tell you that right now. She kept them in the game.

We've been playing from behind the last couple of games and playing with such a frenzy trying to catch up. To get a lead really settled us down some. We only had three turnovers in the first half. We were efficient and Joe shot the ball well.

I think we're a lot better team than we were on April 1. If that [first game] was a heavyweight fight, we got knocked out in the first quarter. This one I thought was a decision.

Getting a hat trick in soccer is almost a miracle.