The defense is young and fast, plus they have a lot of options down low. The strength of this team is going to be how hard they play. With Christian, Jesse and Dan and a good returning core at midfield, we should be OK.

We did a good job getting out on them. We played good defense. We struggled a little offensively but we finished strong in the fourth quarter.

He has to develop strength in that arm.

She pitched great. She stayed in it even if she walked a batter. Defense was behind her and she did a great job.

We played great defense tonight, which has been our strength the whole season. We get into passing lanes and pressure the point guard to force turnovers and deflect passes.

They talk about his defense, but what I saw offensively was not a weak shortstop. He's got more strength than I was led to believe. Anybody can do the drills when the ball is coming at you at 50 miles an hour (in batting practice), but I like what I see early.