18 Quotes by Tom Lonergan

I give (Forest Grove) credit -- they are improved and they have done a great job with their summer program. We've never lost to them until (Thursday) and they showed improvement and how important playing in the summer is. I thought we would be a little more competitive.

He was down in each set and came back to win. (Wallace) was tough, but Velarde hung in there. The thing about Velarde is he doesn't beat himself and if you don't beat yourself, you've got a great shot to win.

He was down 5-2 in the third set and came back and won. He really did a good job coming back. He's had trouble closing matches this year. He was up 5-1 in the third set earlier in the year and lost and he was up earlier this week and lost in the third set. I think he's learning how to close matches now -- hopefully.

He was up 4-1 in the third set, but he got tentative and didn't finish. He didn't close out and got tight and started thinking about the score instead of the moment.

He has our best record in league this year and he's playing within himself. He's not trying to over-hit and he's being consistent. At this level, consistency wins matches. He's just playing better tennis.

We have to learn how to win -- the kids have the ability to win, but they have to get competitive and then win. Right now, we're not even competitive.

Three of the teams have never played tennis before in their lives. I think we're going to get better cause they're pretty good athletes. Put a basketball in their hands and they'll do great. It's going to get better, though.

We competed well in singles, but our bottom three doubles teams are all new players. We're losing on inexperience.

We won four three-set matches and three of them were 6-1 and one was 6-2, so they pretty much dominated the third sets. That shows they are in good condition and played with some confidence.