We're more focused on a first group and a second group now. It's really evolved over practice. They know what I expect and what it takes now to compete.

Some teams don't practice hard and do great in games. We're the opposite.

Maybe it's stage fright. I ask myself, 'How do we play like this?' We do great in practice. Then in games, we don't do anything well.

It was just a matter of the first half of the practice wearing all the rust off but I think overall we got done what we wanted to. There was a lot of excitement and everybody was eager to get back. We weren't in full pads but everybody wanted to get out and hit the first day but we know we can't do that. It was a pretty energetic practice.

Playing on a neutral floor in the tournament so who knows what's going to happen.

Her growth in maturity has been tremendous. You know when she first arrived in the fall she was like a little girl but she was like a grown woman out there today. A couple of times she made those big plays that just showed how big and strong she is. Its been tremendous when she's playing well we're pretty good.