Jim Berkman Quotations

Sixty-one shots later, here we are. Our effort was definitely good. But we're going to have play well on Saturday, because they're good. They're well-coached, they're disciplined, and we're going to have to move the ball. It's going to be a battle.

That's probably one of the reasons that kids come here. We have a chance to win every year. I don't know how much they think about, but 49 in a row is a lot of wins. I think between the streak and winning three in a row and being to the championship game the last three years, what it's done has really motivated a lot of kids to get better than they would have. That's because they want to get back there.

I thought we moved the ball really well. Our kids have done that all year, they're real unselfish. We don't care who scores. Every team's trying all these little slide games and all these gimmick defenses, and they keep ending up having to pay for it because we've got six guys that can play offense.

They're a team struggling in transition. Their coach left them in the middle of the year, and the guy left their cupboard pretty bare.

I told them, 'We're absolutely not scoring 30. When guys get a chance to get in the game they want to score. But I was proud of them for someone not being an idiot and taking a shot in the final minutes of the fourth quarter.

It's a great win, against a great team. That's one of the best teams in the nation. It's a veteran team. They have a lot of confidence, and they've beaten a lot of formidable opponents. To come up here today, I think our defense showed the lacrosse world that they're capable of winning some games.

It was one of those days where at the beginning it seemed like every ball that bounced out of a pile wound up on their sticks. We held the fort while that was happening. Then we started to get a few breaks.

We have a lot of pride and tradition at Salisbury, and the reason that we've had a lot of great teams is because the kids play real hard for the maroon and gold. When they put that jersey on, they know that they owe a responsibility to that jersey, to the forefathers that have established that bar at Salisbury.

We had an unbelievable week of practice, so I just think that was a lack of respect for the opponent. We were also playing a team for the second time after we beat them pretty good. It was the second quarter when I think we won it.

The first half was like a chess match, and then things really opened up. Our defense came of age today, and we did a great job finishing the game.