112 Quotes About Doubles

Doubles were better the second time around and that should make us tougher as the season progresses.

Our doubles side has been getting better and better each week. We have been experimenting with the doubles and game styles.

It was a great battle, they just played too well down the stretch. You could see why they are No. 1 in the country. They're a great team. When we got the doubles point by no means did we think we had them. We knew that we were at least in the match.

We lost 9-7 at No. 3 doubles last time, so you never know. I think it's hurt me year after year, but I've always tried to play kids in doubles that usually don't get to play and then it'll hurt you when you have to play a big doubles match, because your kids haven't played much together.

What we had to do in doubles was play basic, solid tennis. The main thing with a lot of new kids is they want to hit winners or they want to push the ball. You need to be consistently firm. That?s what Eric does well, and that?s what Matt Dunne did in the second set.

First doubles played pretty well. Second doubles started off a little slow. The other team was playing well. We were down 6-5 and then ran off the last three games. They really picked it up at the end there. They started playing better tennis.

We're all here and healthy, but we've had our lineup together only one time. That keeps us from putting a lineup out there that we want to have. We're still rotating people at doubles and we're trying to get that ironed out.

Once you go to the Final Four, you think you're going to go every year. Then you find out it's really, really hard. These kids have never been here before. We talked in the locker room about how neat it is and how with every rung of this tournament the excitement doubles and triples.

Our seniors at No. 1 doubles were ready to go. They were first off the court, and they didn't have any issues. Some of our younger kids, I don't think they were mentally as ready to play as they needed to be. I have to take responsibility for that. It's my job to get them ready to play.