This was a good match for Ryan to help build his confidence, even though he didn't play as well as he could have. He got a little lazy and times, but played well enough to win.

I saw them play with confidence and heart. They have been playing with heart all season, but tonight they had the confidence. They didn't give up when they got down and played hard in the second half to get back in the game.

I hope we can score five or six runs tomorrow. I hope this will help get our confidence back. There's a lot of baseball left, I hope we can get going again.

The [non-conference] season is important to our confidence level. We need to gain early confidence. We plan on being in the mix come playoff time.

He's playing extremely well. His confidence has come full circle. It does help our team offense now that we have another scorer.

I really like his presence and his confidence. We just have to help him catch up in some other areas, and I think he's going to help us a lot this year. He sits right next to me in the meetings, so there's never a dull moment, but the thing is he's hungry for knowledge, and he wants to do well, so we're just going to keep working on it. He has a long way to go, and he knows it, and the clock is ticking.