The first game I was pleased with the way we battled back after starting slow. We were one hit away from tying it.

The first game was a really good win. It's always tough to win two games in this conference, and we just came out flat in the second.

This is our chance to set the tone as to how we're going to play this season. It needs to be with determination and enthusiasm and a high level of energy.

(Game 1) was great. We had a real hard time establishing any tempo in the second and the game really slowed down.

They just beat us in every facet of the game. They swung the bats and scored a lot of runs.

It's disappointing how we played in Game 1. They're a good team, but we played tight.

There's a little sense of urgency when you leave three weeks from when you start. Practice has been going fine, but this is about 2? weeks earlier than we'd normally play.

We didn't hit. We had a couple of situations with guys on base where we didn't get hits. We have to have those with guys in scoring position.

You hate to see the seniors have to have that type of day in their last games at home. As a team, we need to just keep getting better.

We got a little too caught up in his off-speed stuff. He really had us guessing the whole time with his location.