I thought our effort was definitely there. Our girls worked very hard. This is always an emotional game.

I told the girls before the game that starting off strong could be a key. I thought Mexico had a little advantage having won in this sectional last year and having all of their starters back.

I thought the girls played well tonight. We didn't handle the pressure as well as I would have liked, but they played well.

Overall the girls, they just did numerous things well versus one thing here. …. I really do think it was one of our better games all-around.

I thought it was a great team effort defensively. The girls did what they needed to do to win.

We got caught flat one time and it hurt us. But the girls walked away feeling good about how they played.