If you let them run and gun, they'll beat you all over the ice. They have a lot of dangerous weapons, so we have to take care of our end first.

It's probably more frustrating for him. He's giving us a chance to win every night. Those last two games, we didn't even score a goal for him. He's playing real well but it would have been nice to get his confidence up by getting him a win.

You have to look at the positives. We scored some goals. I thought we battled hard.

She (Courtney) started with a press handstand, and had a very solid routine. I expected her score to be higher. They are scoring extremely tough and I am not prepared for that. We're used to getting the 9.0s.

We haven't peaked yet. They (Holmen) have more depth than we do, but you only need four scores. We have scored a 141.25 this year, so these kids are certainly capable.

I told them we couldn't do anything about it. They did the best they can. We knew after the beam we had to take a little time to step back and take a deep breath. We knew to win this meet would be hard. Was it possible? Hell yes.