(Newsome) doesn't work (with the) defense, so we didn't want to put him in any coverage and get him confused. And we gave him no run responsibility, we just cut him loose.

Jean Gordon

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The point of this team that has had me the most worried is our defense. But they stepped up big down (at the goal line).

— Jean Gordon

Our philosophy on defense is bend but don't break and we bent a lot tonight. Fortunately we only broke one time.

— Jean Gordon

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We didn't make their defense work. We stood around too much on the perimeter.

— Jamont Gordon

We just had to keep playing hard. We started trapping the ball and they just threw it away. Our defense really helped our offense.

— Mike Gordon

We hadn't faced a 1-3-1 defense all season long and we didn't get many second chances. The only thing I thought we could have done better was outside shooting.

— Deirdre Gordon