Rod Schwarz Quotations

We're going to have to get guys on base, because that's where we can do some damage.

We were hoping to be able to make some plays, but it was the same old story. We booted some routine plays and gave them some extra outs and we paid for it.

We did pretty much what we wanted to on offense. Their goalie did a real nice job though, we must have had about 50 shots against them.

I was pleased with the way our pitchers threw. We only walked three guys on the day.

I feel pretty confident that we'll be able to field a solid defensive team.

He's grown up as a player and a team leader. He played well on defense all day and still had the energy to get that last goal.

This was one of our better games. We've been working on getting to certain spots and tonight was the first night we were in the right spots.

He just works hard and never says much. I'm just very proud and happy for him.

I thought it was a little closer than the final score indicated. We just have to make a few adjustments and hopefully the second time around it will be a little closer.

(Tyler) played one of his best games to keep us close for the first two periods. They just had a heck of the fleury they had.

We were just talking about how baseball can chew you up if you let it. One day this can happens and the next day can be totally opposite. That won't happen, though, if you hang your head and feel sorry for yourself. You have to come back and get after it.

We battled well in this one. I am proud of how we came out and played a tough team.

You don't need to be the most talented group in the world or have the most experience to still play the game the right way and play it aggressive.

We were tired. I didn't think we needed to stifle their momentum as much as we needed a break. We just ran out of gas down the stretch.

We've just been working hard in practice. (Goalie) Tyler (Herber) has come a long way in the net. He's our most improved player to this point.

Ben has been our leading scorer. Terry and Chad haven't really been scoring much, but they both had really nice games tonight.

Eli used to play defense. But we put him up there to give Ben a break.

Our expectation is that our kids play the game the right way and take the responsibility of taking it one pitch at a time. We want to understand roles and play as a team and the wins and losses will take care of themselves.

Offensively, we did what we had to do. We got some guys on base and were hitting the ball alright, but we needed to make a couple more plays in the field.

Offensively, we swung the bats really well. We just had too many mistakes. Walks and errors have hurt us before and they hurt us again today.

Defensively, we had the six errors, but we were attempting to make plays. You have to look for bright spots. Our pitchers threw strikes and we only struck out once.

(Albert Lea) lost a ball in the air and dropped a pop up. All of the sudden we were up 6-0.

Zach pitched pretty well. It was nice to see him throw that well in his first time out.

They're a real good team. Right now, it looks like Owatonna and Dakota are the teams to beat in the league.

It was an odd game. At times we did some nice things and we made some nice plays. Other times we didn't look so good.

They beat us to just about every puck. They have tremendous quickness; the kind you don't see on a lot of other teams. There are other teams with quick forwards, but (Dakota's) defenders are just as fast and it made it tough for us to get shots.

It's real disappointing. I think it shows a lack of preparation and a lack of concentration. We just weren't ready to play.

The kids were more worried if we had mustard for sandwiches before we even got out of the gym. They forgot about it.