We were a little behind in the first couple of innings. So I told the girls to be more aggressive. You're not going to get two buckets of balls (to hit) in a game, you're going to get three strikes and you're out. After the first two innings, we came on and got better.

We knew she wasn't a real fast pitcher and we worked on that in practice, but we just didn't hit the ball very well tonight at all. That was my biggest complaint. We worked so hard at it in practice and then we come out to it and we're hesitant at the plate.

They were a hot-shooting team over there, and we responded well. We scrambled back into the game. The girls worked hard.

The girls want to be competitive and I let them set what they want to do. But if you asked them, they?d all say Final Four again.

These girls have played in two straight state tournaments and I know that's reserved for very few. We fell just short of the triple crown. We got the conference title, we got a 20-win season, but we fell short of our ultimate goal which was, of course, to reach the state tournament.

It got to the point where I nearly pulled my girls off the floor. I'm not quite sure what they were trying to accomplish, but there wasn't a lot we could do. The game was decided early on.