They're catching it. Their effort in practice has stepped up. I'm proud of them. They're showing up, showing up on Saturday mornings, high school girls. They're performing. My seniors have been excellent leaders and great role models.

It's a team goal for the program, even looking ahead towards the summertime and next season, setting the stage for what's coming. Seeing what these kids are doing now is motivating my younger players. They all want to make playoffs. The seniors want to go out with a bang.

Very pleased, very excited, we need a few more wins to make playoffs, so we're shooting big. We need four more (wins) and I see seven within our reach. We're grasping for it. We're working hard. Even in practice, these kids, they're chanting 'playoffs.' That's what we're working for.

We have made an effort to get the message out there. But we're not working in ideal conditions here.

Our defensive effort was good from the opening tip and that's something we've focused on in practice all week. We had a few breakdowns at Massachusetts, which was unlike us. It was a good week to focus on the defensive end. We created a lot of havoc, a lot of turnovers.

We had a good effort tonight. A good swim. The team continues to swim hard in practice; the way they continue to swim in meets is a good reflection of how they're swimming in practice.