Greg Dierks Quotations

She contributed a lot offensively and that's a credit to her. She's done some things to improve her swing, so I think she'll be better offensively and defensively.

She's a good pitcher. They have a nice team. We knew that we would have to play really well. We had to just be a little bit better in game one.

(Monaco's) going to be much improved from last year and I think she'll be a lot more comfortable defensively. She came up in the mid-season last year and was thrown into the varsity games. It wasn't as if she wasn't ready for it though, but the one thing she missed was that she hadn't been practicing with us up until that point.

I thought they played a great game. They had us on the ropes a bunch of times throughout the game. And there's been a couple of games this year where we had that situation and weren't able to score. It was nice that we sort of turned it around.

I think this year, she's going to have a hard time copying the offense she had last year. If she can match her numbers from last year, that would be great, but I think pitching-wise, she's going to improve some things and be more consistent.

I was real happy for Jen because she's had a few tough games recently. She swung the bat real well (in this game) and it was nice to see her get a couple of good shots. After she drove in the first run, she helped everybody get in a groove.

West Chicago caught some breaks earlier in the game. I guess in that last inning it was our turn.

Erin put a great deal of time into her search for a college and I think she found a gem in Roanoke. I know she is very happy there and I am excited for Kelsey that she chose to go there as well.

Although Kelsey has been our best hitter this year, Mary's right behind her and lately she's been outstanding. She had a nice hit earlier in the game, so it was difficult to decide to give her up. I let her swing early in the count and then when she got two strikes on her, there wasn't a whole lot of choice.

It's a nice plus having her back. She's a four-year player and with that, comes a lot of experience. With this being her fourth year, it should just add to her comfort level and it should bring out her best.

They worked very well together. They are some of the hardest working kids I have ever had.

I just thought we weren't as mentally tough as we should've been over the weekend. I thought we weren't prepared for things, but this was a good bounce back from that.