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We're really excited that we hung in there after losing the doubles point. I saw six very determined singles players today. We gave a great effort and I think this team grew up a lot out there.

What we had to do in doubles was play basic, solid tennis. The main thing with a lot of new kids is they want to hit winners or they want to push the ball. You need to be consistently firm. That?s what Eric does well, and that?s what Matt Dunne did in the second set.

Mark lost a tough three-set match and you never quite know how he will come back. But he came back and played a nice match in the doubles and they got a win.

Martina Navratilova is an incredible person who has done so much for our sport. Venus and Serena are incredible. And Lisa is a good team player who plays singles and doubles well.

Marquette has had a lot of close matches with teams that we've had close matches with. So we knew it was going to be a close match. In addition, they are very strong at doubles. They've beaten two teams that we've lost to for the doubles point. So going in, we knew they were pretty strong at doubles.

We knew it was important for us to win in the doubles matches. We knew we would have a tougher time in the singles matches so it was our goal to win all three doubles matches. That gave us confidence in the singles matches.

Losing Jared was the toughest part of all. We had to use a different first doubles team and had to move everyone else up. It was a real deflating start.

Jordan and Jim White (16-10 at second doubles in 2005) are going to be playing first doubles for us. Our singles players are definitely going to be strengthened with Nick playing, but our doubles teams definitely have an opportunity to develop.

I'm still looking for a partner for him because he's the best doubles player we've got, really. If Ryan and Colin decide they want to play singles, then I can put Taylor and Mitch at No. 1 doubles and I don't think anyone can beat them.

We need to work at consistency under pressure at all spots, especially at doubles. That's where we broke down against Center Grove. We were under more pressure with both the doubles matches.