The best part was being in the middle of the ring because the roar of a crowd in a packed stadium is pretty awesome. But once I had that power, I made all the wrong choices.

I would feel very bad if I was an Italian skater. You expect to hear the roar of the crowd. It's a little bit dead out there.

The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating.

The girls have done quite well for this point in our season. We were looking at a strong bid for the district team championship, but players we expected to return to the program chose not to come out this year.

This is a very young boys team and most of them are picking up rackets for the first time ever.

Branda is steady. She is very competitive and most of her match losses have been close ones against No. 1 seeds.