Matt Nelson Quotations

Our team at the beginning of the year probably would have just packed it in for a game like this. But tonight we had a sense of urgency from kickoff, and everything was sharp.

It felt pretty good. It's just nice to get back out here. The first few days are always just going over basic stuff. But it's great to get back together with everyone again.

Experience helps in the finals, but hard work during the week prepared him for the tournament.

Every level of accountability has failed. It's really in crisis.

The way they play is really different. (From my first trip I learned) that I needed to improve my game. Going over there and seeing how they play and the way we play is totally different. It's total ball control. Nothing is rushed there. No one is running around really because it's such a controlled game.

It was a lot of fun and really different from anything around here and that's what I liked about it. I like the other things just a little bit more and the soccer is just a bonus. Being in Europe is the main part of the trip.

It was really tough watching him lose in the finals again. I get more nervous for Nick's matches than mine. I'm pretty upset now, but he wrestled a good match. Hopefully, they will meet for a rematch in the state finals.

It really doesn't matter that we lost those three games by five points. What matters is that we lost them period. Anytime you lose three games in a season at St. John's, it's disappointing. It just makes you all the more hungry to get back out there again.

I'd say Casey was our savior yesterday; he did really well.