18 Quotes by Shelli Haferbecker

She was the one who kept us going. I'm proud of her and the rest of this team for what they showed tonight.

From what I have heard, they will be a lot like Marathon. They will get up in your face on defense and have some good shooters, so we'll have to be prepared to play our best.

If it wasn't the first shot, a lot of times it was the second and third shot.

Kate's a lot better shooter than that, and if we all hit a couple more it's a lot different game. Their girl kept hitting her shots, and it's hard to defend two big and athletic post players when you also have someone shooting from the outside.

I think we're all going to be a little nervous at the start of the game. This is a big game for all of these kids, but I think they will respond to that.

I think we came out excited to play and were ready, we just had a little case of nerves. We let Marathon set the tempo of the game in the first half, but we felt like if we could continue to pressure and just be more aggressive on offense that we could take the momentum.

Jessica showed tremendous leadership tonight. Taylor has missed some time, but she has come on and gave us a big spark tonight.

Manawa played a real tough game. But we stayed strong and came out strong in the fourth quarter and never looked back.

We shoot about 50 percent as a team, and this is the second time this season we shot 28 percent against this tem. We dug ourselves into a hole, but I thought Kate played a great game and did all the little things for us.