We need to stick to our game plan, be mentally tough and execute what we do in practice.

Kari came to play tonight. She put her game face on and didn't take it off once. She is one of the better all-around players (in Vermont).

It was a hard-fought game. A real battle the entire time. There were so many lead changes that no lead was safe. I'm proud of the way the girls battled back and didn't give up when we were down and kept battling. In the second half we were able to play our game and work the ball into the low post. and we started to drain our free throws. But to Rice's credit they played some solid defense all game.

The first half was tough, neither team gave any openings to each other. You had to work hard and make your own.

It was a slow tempo game. Everybody was in everybody's face. It was very calculated defensive play.

We made it hard for them to run their offense. They looked uncomfortable all night and weren't able to get a lot of the shots they wanted.