It was very close, to the point where I was skipping practice days at a time. When you skip four days in a row, it's hard to get yourself to go back. I went through phases where every day I wanted to quit.

I couldn't believe it. I don't think I've ever felt so good after finishing a race. To finish first in the state and with my best time, there's not a better feeling than that.

I'm taking baby steps. Yeah, it's going to take a while. Slowly in practice, I can see that I'm getting more comfortable and going back to how I used to play — not being timid.

It's very frustrating. We're working hard and very well at practice, but it doesn't matter how you did in practice if you don't transfer it to the game.

I don't know why we struggled to hit the ball today. We worked on hitting the outside pitches in practice all week, because we knew that is all she would throw. I don't know why struggled, but we did managed to score one run.

These things happen on a real disaster. It's good practice.