Any time that we get a shutout, that's kind of like a team thing. We believe that the offense needs to control the ball to keep the pressure off the defense.

This is the maturity she has and that's why she's going to be playing in college. She realizes for the team to be successful, she had to do something she might not want to do. That's a team player and that's why teams with her on them will be successful.

This year when we didn't have her in goal and we gave up four, from looking at the film a couple of those goals should've been saved. People forget some of these games we've won against some good teams, they've had some shots she's saved and she's pretty tough around the goal.

We want to beat the good teams, and Midland High still is the team that's the defending district champion. We know these other teams and they know us. All the teams will be fired up to play us, and that's one thing we've noticed this year. Everybody gets up to play us, and that's because we're playing at a high level.

Last week we were frustrated (against Abilene Cooper) but not (Friday). We knew this was a good team and we just told them to keep the ball on the ground and keep playing.

I think we're looking forward to going up there and playing Marcus again. We know they're the defending state champion, but somebody's got to beat them. I think we'd like to be that somebody.

We talked about playing good passes to the feet and keeping the ball out of the air. Truthfully, that's the way we play best, when we just one-touch the ball around the everybody's moving into spots. That was fun.

Fowler's done a great job. And when we play these games, as a freshman, she's standing up to some of the best offensive players in the state, players who are going to be playing in college. She's a dominant player, and she will continue to get better.

Last year, playing (games) like this, it was what I called a feeding frenzy. Everybody pushed up, there was no shape and we just tried to bang away. This time, we were still working on stuff, pulling the ball back around and trying to create space. I think that shows some maturity and that's what we tried to do.

We're having fun and it looks like we're picking it up. We've got the confidence to score and we've got a strong defense and everybody needs to be playing their best game. This is the first step in getting to the regional tournament and winning it.