Ben Bucca Quotations

We didn't want the shin splints flaring up against West Virginia. So we kept her out.

She competed well and had long, hard matches. She and Lauren both played well in their matches.

We have only one strategy to follow. Press up on the kids right from the beginning. Successful tennis is played aggressively.

We played to the level of our seeding. We had some close matches we lost with both St. John's and Syracuse - that was a disappointment for the team.

We played really well against Villanova and Georgetown. We knew the West Virginia match was going to be close. The bounces just went their way.

We came out and lost a doubles point, which gave momentum to Marquette. But we battled especially hard in singles and were able to pull out four of the six singles matches.

This was the closest tennis match I have been involved in in six years. A couple points here and there, and it could have gone the other way.

We gained a lot of momentum by winning the doubles match. We had good team effort.

We won about 70 percent of our doubles matches this year.

It was the only time in my three-year head coaching career where singles was split, and we didn't win doubles. The girls came back from disappointment to play hard in singles. We almost pulled it out.

After a tough loss at Princeton, we really rebounded. There was a lot of excitement, a lot of energy in the air, and there were a lot of fans out. A lot of friends of the team showed their support at home.

This match was just as close and exciting. We needed to win our last two matches like last time, and Katrina Elder-Bush and Dana Gordon won.

They're number two in the country for a good reason.

It's just a lot of hard work from the girls. They are supporting one another, which promotes an environment that lets them play their best tennis.

Everyone pitched in for us. To pull out a match on the road, a match that could easily have gone either way, it's huge for us. I think it says something about our team, to travel all this way and pull one out like this.

I've been with the program for six years. We've had depth before, but this is the first time we are playing with strength at the top.

I'm very happy for the girls. I'm very pleased with our doubles play. We're really laying the foundation to become a team with exceptional doubles play.

If she was hampered by the injury, she displayed the courage not to show it.

The girls gave a good effort and we were just a little better than Pitt that day.

The competition is tough down here. Winning doubles is very important.