In the back of our minds, we're thinking about conference and what we can do in the (Valley) tournament, but right now we really need to win on Saturday. That's our main focus.

The core of the problems was territory. When you're going to someone else's territory and you're dealing with someone who's different, that have different cultures, different backgrounds, there is always going to be an adjustment, or a transitional, period. That's all this was. It's still going to take time.

Any time you miss a wide-open shot, it throws you a little bit. But you just have to let it go.

A lot of the guys get along with Jake really well. We're behind him 100 percent. It's not good losing your head coach, but you've got to get behind whoever is in charge.

You say that you have to talk some more. You've had nine months. What is there left to talk about?

We're just as good as anybody else in this league. ...We can pitch with anybody.

You know what Southern Illinois is going to try to do to you. You just don't know what the referees are going to call on a consistent basis.

Our pitching staff is as strong as anybody in this league. For the most part of this season, we were second in the league as pitching.

Most physical team we'll play all year. In any conference.

This ranking just puts a bigger bulls-eye on our back, so we're just going to have to go out there and play that much harder. We kind of owe them one.