She had a will to compete. She would play any position for us, one through five.

If they are not paid, they will not play the quarter-final. That's absolutely sure, absolutely certain.

Losing Meredith hurt our rotation more than anything else. With her in there it allowed me to rest certain people. But when when she left, I couldn't do that and it was a factor.

She was just like another starter for us. She gave us energy.

Hopefully we're growing. We may not have advanced, but hopefully we're growing and maybe the young kids understand what it takes to get to this level. Now we've got to figure out how to get back.

There was some intrigue in starting this program from scratch. Getting these girls from three high schools to come together as one and really work together has been great.