«I call it practice in the sun. Practice outside.»

«(Mitchell) is very athletic, so she can play multiple positions. She swings a powerful bat.»

«Hopefully, that will give our players a little bit of incentive to prove to their fans, their friends, that this is Division I softball and we're much better than what we have been.»

«In essence, it's not so much what Penn State does, but it's how we're going to react to them. If we swing at good pitches, then we should be successful.»

«Usually the case of teams that are fairly similar, one team is going to let up mentally.»

«When our pitching and defense are on, we can find a way to score. Our players were fired up and were intense throughout, from inning one to seven. It was like night and day from yesterday's game.»

«Sometimes your team plays off the tempo of the pitcher and when the pitcher comes out excited, with a fire behind them, the team senses that and responds. All three of our pitchers were hitting their spots today. Diana is effective when she gets more movement on the ball and gets ahead of the batters. She came out ready to go and did that today. Then Mel came out and did her job as well. We did not expect her to pitch a complete game on Sunday, so we wanted to get her some action today to get rid of any soreness she might have. We also wanted to get Brooke some more innings in before the weekend.»

«If you focus on the top of the lineup, the eight and nine (hitters) can really hurt you.»

«I think our players know that if they are working hard and executing, they can compete with anyone.»

«You know, it's one of those things where you tell your hitters to have good at-bats. It all comes down to accountability and being responsible for your at-bats.»