This had that championship feel. This was a bit of a dress rehearsal for what we're going to see the rest of the year.

In many ways this is a dress rehearsal for the big event, which is next year. We only get one chance to try this out live.

Cat left a pitch over the plate. We've seen [Lake] plenty, we recruited her, she's a great athlete. She's going to capitalize on that, she's too good.

The biggest thing that stuck out was the gritty performance.

We just need to go out there and play our game, and not worry about how our opponents have fared against other teams. We will just take it one game at a time wherever we go.

You just kind of felt it in the air. I felt like when we got on base, we were bound to get it done.