The camaraderie is so much better in the women. It's the best we've had since I've been here.

No matter what issues we have, I know all the other teams have issues as well with health and people just lacking in confidence.

It's also a time to really assess where you are physically.

We feel like Stanford will be the team to beat. We would really like to take them down.

We were thrilled to bring home a trophy. But of course, with any competition, you had moments where you felt you could have done better.

When we train this long, even as coaches, you kind of want to just go ahead and play. We need the two weeks, but I don't want to make it four weeks.

With the conference meet two weeks out, there are certain things that you won't try to do this weekend. You have to win the war, not the battle.

We thought Amy could win. There was no more courageous person than Amy.

We're very solid, but we've got a lot of kids that are new to the program. So they have to contribute immediately for us.

Our guys were not nearly as deep, so we're looking for some kind of balance and consistency.