That last one was a good one for us. When you go on a weekend trip and go 3-1, it always helps give us confidence.

It gives us a lot [of confidence]. I think for opening Big Ten weekend, we played well.

Aimee came in and pitched really well. She really held us together.

[Clark credited the goalkeeping efforts of Chris Cahill, who had his second shutout of the weekend and was named to his second straight all-tournament team.] You really can't start off much better that that, ... We were playing without starting defender Dale Relias who was out with an injury so our defenders played very well.

We played much better than we did last week. Maybe it was the long weekend we had that gave us some rest. But it won't get any easier for us.

To add players like Murray and Blasdell is great for us. We're like the NFL in that every weekend is a dogfight. Adding experienced players who know what it takes to win is invaluable.