David Perno Team Quotations

I felt like this team was capable of doing some special things this year and this was a big win for them to battle like they did and clinch the series here in a tough environment. Arkansas had a big inning and grabbed the lead a couple of times but we had to make a run and we were able to do that. The team stayed focused throughout the game, leaned on each other and came out with another win.

I see a team that wants to make a run.

We played a very good team in San Diego this weekend and we knew at some point they were going to make a run after we tamed their bats in the first two games. They jumped out early in the final game but we had an answer and another good comeback in us. Our team is playing very confident right now, they believe in each other and that's great to see.

When Brooks pitches like that, our whole team feeds off that and we have some momentum. We made some adjustments after our first at bat, and I liked how our offense responded. We had good balance in the lineup and got a couple of two-out hits and that certainly helps you win games. I wasn't happy with our infield defense, but I was excited to see what Joey Side did in centerfield. He made some great plays out there.

This was another great comeback win, and I'm proud of the team has fought back two days in a row. We didn't play too well in the middle of the game but everybody hung in there until the end. Joey (Side) got the big hit to get us started in the ninth, Matt (Olson) kept it going and then our seniors came through too.

This was a big weekend for us. We got a lot of big contributions, a nice effort by the entire team to win this series.

We just told them they're too good a team to be home in June. We were getting beat by teams we don't feel are better than us. We bounced back tonight.