Tracy Smith Team Quotations

To me there is no solace in one-run losses. Good teams win close games, and we have go to start winning them.

The schedule is something we wanted to address. We think with the addition of Miami (Fla.) and some other changes we made to our mid-week opponents, we have taken steps in the right direction. We will always try and play the best teams in the nation during the non-conference portion of our schedule to better prepare us for Big Ten play and beyond.

A lot of teams would kill to pound out 13 hits like we did tonight. It's a shame it went to waste because we can't catch the ball.

Our defense didn't give up enough points to beat us. If you can hold a team to 35 points, you've done a great job defensively.

I don't want to say that it's just another game, because the team is excited and I'm excited as well. But our focus is to do whatever is necessary to get ready for the Big Ten season.