NCAA Softball Waco Regional - Game 3 Quotes

BAYLOR QUOTES

Head Coach Glenn Moore:
On how he felt about the teams turn around after Good had shut them down for 5 inningsÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬ ¦
"Well this team knows that against good teams its just waiting for opportunities and then performing when they happen. I never thought we had lost our composure. That fact that Kelsee had some balls hit off the wall early on and wasn't rattled. If it had been a freshman pitcher we probably would have had to pull them. Kelsee has been and we have put her in front of great lineups all year and she's done an outstanding job all year."

On the importance of Selman holding the game to just a one run differenceÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬ ¦
"You really cant put a value on it, because a team sees that kind of performance and they feed off of it. We're not a team who puts up eight to ten runs against people. We're going to hold them down and beat them by a run or two, and we don't have many like that. Shelby really came through for us, and you can look back even before that and Kyla Walker was just phenomenal, and an unbelievable athlete and hitter. She started the rally with two outs and then Ari gets on and passes the bat to Friudenberg and then she hits the long ball.

Kelsee Selman:
On bouncing back to retire 13 in a row after giving up the homerunÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬ ¦
"I really just trusted in Coach Newman, she is such a good pitch caller and I just communicated with her immediately after that and we changed up what I was doing and what pitches I was throwing more. Really it all came down to trusting in Coach Newman and the defense that was behind me. They made great plays through the whole entire game. It makes it easy to pitch when you have that kind of defense and that kind of pitch calling."

Shelby Friudenberg:
On being shut down through five, and rallying back in the sixthÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬ ¦
"We were sharing a lot of information in the dugout, as we passed the information on everyone was getting an idea of what she (the pitcher) was going to do. Screwball, Riseball we were able to learn the routine she was doing and we caught a hold of it."

JAMES MADISON QUOTES

Megan Good On the three-run sixth inningÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬ ¦
"That whole game was a dog fight. I think that I just let one of my pitches float over the plate a little bit too much and she got a hold of it which was expected because they are great hitters. I think I just needed to keep my focus a little more."

Head Coach Mickey Dean
On losing the momentumÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬ ¦
"Well we let too many opportunities pass. I don't think we moved a single base runner the whole game. We struck out twice back-to-back with runners on second and third. You just can't let teams hang around because the momentum can switch just like that on a base hit when you are talking about a one-run ballgame."

On needing to win three more games to move onÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬ ¦
"When you look out there on the field it's pretty evenly matched with all four teams. How much are we willing to fight? How much fight do we have in us? That's what we are going to find out.