These guys came here, and I told them we were going to play the top teams in the country. They had to believe in my vision of where we were going, and where we were heading.

Their strongest point is their midfield. They're real strong, and they're pretty deep. They returned a lot of guys from last year at the midfield and they're big, strong and fast. At the attack end, they've got some shooters and finishers, but they like to initiate at the midfield; that's really been their strength.

That's one of the worse games we've played this year. We're hoping to bounce back next weekend, get ourselves a couple of wins, and get in the NCAA tournament.

It's a great win for our program, it's a milestone for us. We play a very difficult schedule early, and at this point right now it's great to be 1-1.

They slid to Boyce a lot, and he's one of our most potent dodgers.

Each year the recruiting is getting better. Better kids are looking at us, and we're getting more of the blue-chip players, so I think the improvements are still coming. I think the next couple years it's really going to take off.

We weren't sharp on either end. We didn't do anything on offense; we didn't do anything on defense. You put that combination together and you get beat 9-4.

We were kind of spotty in our last game; fortunately a few of the guys stepped up. It's just another two good games to help prepare us for our conference season.

We played a great first half defensively. We struggled to break them down one-on-one on the offensive end, but they've held some of the best teams in the country to single digits.

We could have held them a little tighter, which is what we've done in the past. We've got to score eight or nine, and our defense has got to do the job of holding them to seven or eight.