NCAA Championship First Round Quotes – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/5/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
2009 NCAA Championship First Round postgame quotes
Dec. 4, 2009
St. John Arena
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State postgame quotes
Geoff Carlston, Ohio State head coach
On the win
“First of all, I thought it was a great match in the sense of a kicking and biting and scratching match. You are going crazy through it but in the end, to be able to win a match like that against a great team is neat. I’m excited for these guys to have a chance to play California tomorrow night.”
Katie Dull, junior outside hitter
On Cincinnati
“Cincinnati was a great preparation for Cal. They are not a slouch team by any means and they pushed us hard which is good for us. Tomorrow is going to be a very hard match against California. We got to see they play a little bit tonight before our match so we are excited to play against some good competition.”
Emily Danks, freshman outside hitter
On the match
“We came in really prepared for this match. We did a lot of work on Cincinnati and they are a great team. Now we need to focus on tomorrow, do our scouting and focus on Cal.”
Cincinnati postgame quotes
Reed Sunahara, Cincinnati head coach
On Cincinnati
“I’m proud of the way our kids played and unfortunately we came up short. Ohio State is a good team. I thought we played well but we did not sustain the level that we needed to win this match. We never gave up and that is why I am proud of them. We fought and fought and fought to the end. If we win that fourth set, maybe it goes a different way.”
Stephanie Niemer, junior outside hitter
On the loss
“It’s hard. It’s disappointing because we didn’t pass well and our passing is usually pretty good for us. Our defense was there at times but not in crucial moments.”
Missy Harpenau, sophomore outside hitter
On Ohio State
“It is unfortunate we lost but Ohio State is a great team. We fought really hard but they were really consistent tonight and I thought they were really scrappy. We had our ups and downs. If we had been more consistent, I think it could have been more of a ball game for us.”
California postgame quotes
Rich Feller, California head coach
On the match
“It’s great to get a win, obviously. You come into the first round, travel a long way and you really don’t know what to expect from your first and second round opponents. We just had to focus on ourselves. I think our team did a good job of making some adjustments after game two and that was fun. We ran our offense and had some incredible hitting percentages tonight.”
Hana Cutura, senior outside hitter
On California’s play
“We did our job tonight and we are happy to move to the next round. We still need to work on our passing and serving. Although we didn’t have many serving errors, we didn’t serve them as tough as I would like to.”
Tarah Murrey, sophomore outside hitter
On California’s third set
“We went to the locker room and talked about being more efficient on the court and paying more attention to detail. We went out in the third game and were ready to play volleyball.”
Lipscomb postgame quotes
Brain Rosenthal, Lipscomb head coach
On the match
“We are happy to be in the tournament but in all reality, for this program’s sake and this team’s sake, we wanted to go to the next level. Unfortunately, that did not happen for us tonight but in the future you will see us many, many times again. Credit to Cal and its players and staff. They did a fantastic job tonight and will give a lot of teams trouble through this tournament.”
Stefine “Jake” Pease, junior setter
On the second set
“We just worried about what was on our side of the net. We got away from worrying about what they were doing and focused more on what we were going to do and wanted to do.”
On the experience
“The first year we made the tournament we were just freshmen. Coming into the tournament was an exciting experience the first time, but this time we wanted more.”
Alex Kelly, junior middle hitter
On the experience
“I don’t think gaining knowledge or experience has anything to do with this tournament. It’s just another volleyball game and we are supposed to play the way we played all season. We came here and didn’t play the way we have all season long and played a great team that hopefully will do well in this tournament.”
