Pete Hoffman Quotations

I think we had some first inning jitters. You can't make a mistake or two against good teams like this or it's going to burn you.

We came out in the first inning with a little bit of jitters, and you can't come out with jitters and make a mistake or two against a team like this without being in trouble. I think once we got through the first inning, Lauren (Popov) really settled down and threw a fantastic game.

We have games where I think they're finally getting it and it's clicking. Just about the time you think you're turning that corner, you have a game like this and it's almost back to square one.

With the amount of base runners we had, I wasn't about to hold up anybody at third, that's for sure. I told my pinch runner, 'Look, she had to make the perfect play, and she did. She made a perfect field and the perfect throw, so don't hang your head.

That's not really the effort I was looking for today. This group's been able to get up for some big games, but today they just didn't get up for it.

I truly expect we will break that record again this year.

For a kid who just got her driver's license, she's tough as nails. She's one of the toughest sophomores I've ever seen. She doesn't get rattled by anything; she loves to pitch and she works hard at it.

I can see a 9-5 (record) winning this conference, I really can. We're going to spend a lot of time beating up on each other.

I can see the conference champion going 9-5. The good teams are going to do a lot of beating up on each other. I'm just happy we're going to be up there with them.