11 Quotes by Lora Pate

She's been ready. She's just been waiting for that opportunity to come in and she had it tonight. She did well.

She's played club volleyball and softball. She's our defensive specialist. She's very consistent on the back row. She reads well and is very, very quick. She has a very strong jump serve.

She has grown tremendously from last year. She's a wise and very heady setter.

She is very dependable and will find a way to hit a hole. She's very solid in her technique.

Our blocking was phenomenal. Andrea Mitchell and Sarah Payne, my setters, also played with a lot of intensity.

I think probably her biggest strength is she's a role model. You won't find her doing things off the court that don't set the right example. She's a servant leader and teacher.

We played really well as a team. I was really proud of them for being aggressive and not getting tight like we have before in those type games.

We came out and our serve receive picked up. Our serve receive was weak that third game, but we were able to stop it and move forward. And that's getting more mature when you can apply something and stop it for that next game. I was really proud of them for that.

We came down here with a couple of goals and I think we accomplished them. We are disappointed that we didn't get the win, but the girls played really hard.