Chris Huesman Quotations

The thing this year that we didn't have last year is we have competition at every position. I think that is going to bolster the kids' performance.

It should be a challenging schedule for us. We're playing teams from all over the nation.

They were a very good team. We were up 1-0 in the third, but just couldn't hold them.

That was one of the worst (losses) I've ever had as far as being up that much. That game was the turning point of the Florida trip. If we win that game, I think we win the next two, but I think the guys couldn't mentally recover.

We're capable of making a run. I think we're capable of putting it all together. We have the personnel to do that and I have the confidence in the kids. It's just a matter of whether they have confidence in themselves.

We have to improve our timely hitting and defensive errors. If we work on those two things and get quality starts on the mound from our pitchers, we'll be fine.

We came away with a .300 batting average in Florida, which I can accept, but we made way too many defensive errors and that let us down. What used to be our strong point, defense, let us down. And our pitchers didn't get it done on the mound. Off the field, we wanted to do more as a team and we didn't get that accomplished either. That will be different in the future.

We weren't successful with our record, but we learned a lot.

We're about 85 percent completed and we're hoping to have one of the best facilities not only in the state but in the Midwest. The facility will give the kids more opportunities. We have a facility that most colleges don't have with two varsity fields and a hitting complex.

Troy pitched well enough to win. We had two or three chances to win that game. I was pleased about that.