They look totally different. They look like a team that's playing with some purpose. They're playing hard and making plays all over the place.

I think the bottom line is everybody came back and put their hard hats on and said we want to get better.

Lakewood is a team that plays hard and they are never going to go away. They made a couple 3's down the stretch to cut the lead to five but our seniors did a good job in putting the game away.

We made a lot of bad plays down the stretch, but our guys kept playing hard through the turnovers, through everything. We still showed resilience, that we can win tough games.

The core of this team cares. They're playing hard.

Vanessa returns after playing a number of years at the first base position. She is very intelligent and plays and thinks the game very well.