It's a challenge, but this team doesn't back down from challenges. It's a great college atmosphere. It's a tough place to play, but that's part of what we teach early in the season. The reason we went to Fullerton was to put ourselves in that kind of situation.

The thing I love about this team is that they always go out there with an objective. And they can make adjustments. That's what happens when you work as hard as they do.

When you play good teams, the whole thing is to go out and compete. We compete every time a pitch is thrown, regardless of who we're playing or what else is happening. A lot of that comes from the leadership that our seniors have given us.

It creates a great atmosphere. It's early in the season, and this tournament gives you a chance to see and know where you are since it's a lot of the best teams in the country. You can learn a lot about your team from that.

She's been one of those kids who's played everywhere we've asked her to. She'd played there some before, and it wasn't anything odd to us because we see her in practice.