Michelle Gardner Quotations

We just kept pushing, pushing, pushing and we got the runs we needed. They needed a little confidence after losing three games against Top 25 teams.

She had a phenomenal weekend and I'm really excited to have her. She is the spark plug we needed. She competes and she just gets it done.

She has athletics in her background. Her dad is harder on her than I could ever be. She has developed that killer instinct, but she's one of the nicest kids you'll ever meet.

We looked good at the plate all day. We looked confident, we swung at good pitches and made good choices. I'm excited. Good things have been happening. The team has had the capability to score a ton of runs all year long. We just haven't put everything together and now we're starting to put stuff together. That's the way it has to happen. I'm just excited because I really love what we're doing.

They needed more one-on-one time than I felt I could give them. With her, we'll see marked improvement in our pitching staff. That's a huge factor for us.

When you're not scoring runs, one error is going to cost you the ball game. It's not like we're not playing well, we're just not getting critical hits or playing right when we need it.

We have struggled a little bit, but after getting beat two games in New Mexico we came back and won the third game, which to me is huge, we could have very easily laid down and lost three games.

We're not putting much stock into it. That's what they think and your only thing is to prove them wrong.

As of now, we're going out there. Our field is fine. There's no reason to cancel it unless it starts to snow. We're taking a wait-and-see attitude.

This will be a good test for us. The good news is it's everybody's first weekend out. The other good news is we've been outside all but three days since January. Last year, I think it was a huge factor that we hadn't been outside. We should be ready to go. The kids have worked extremely hard. I'm excited. What's another week going to do? Nothing. Let's go play.