The girls did a great job keeping the intensity up, and Darcy really stepped up this weekend. Going into the weekend we knew we needed to win at least one game, but they did a good job staying focused and earning the series win.

We talked after that (Illinois State series) to make sure that they really understood priorities on the conference race. We knew with Bradley coming in it was a team that we could compete against, and we just had to put the Illinois State games behind us.

I am very pleased with the fact the we was very consistent this weekend. We really saw a lot of people step up in different situations.

Anytime you take two out of three against the team that is picked to win conference, it's a great feeling. The team performed very well both days.

Katie (Armour) has done a great job this season as a freshman. She has stepped up and been a great addition to this team.

We have been concentrating on not only being more aggressive but also getting better jumps. We knew coming in that part of the scouting report was we could take advantage of running on their catchers, but a couple of our players also picked up on some of the pitches and ran on their own.