You could see the drama and the toll it was taking on their body language. It was very emotional.

I don't like starting the season off on the road, but I don't have much choice. Getting opponents to come here (during the winter) is very difficult.

I don't want to schedule cupcakes. We can't do that. We can't afford to do that with our schedule. You don't get better by playing weaker teams. You get good by playing tough opponents.

I haven't seen her physically. But I would say that I feel a sense of confidence that she is behind what we are doing over here.

If you're playing a match and all of a sudden somebody gets a serious injury, you start to think that this match isn't really that important when compared to somebody's face. It's scary; that's the first time we've had that happen. It's tough to play, because your mind is on your fallen teammate.

I'm trying to convince them to change their game in certain situations. When the occasion arises and the score is tied, I'm trying to get them to stay focused and positive and hang in there with a lot of fight.

I'm trying to get them to play the way that they can so that when we get into the Big East they'll be playing good tennis.

I like it when we play with emotion. The emotion makes it fun, makes it interesting and it's the emotional matches that you remember.

I try to show them that tennis is more a case of problem solving. When you're playing a match, in order to succeed, you have to find a way to manipulate the ball to win the point and the match.

It's a match we never should have won. They (St. John's players) don't have fond memories of that match. They don't like us.