We're really confident right now, and we feel that we can go out and do this.
Lynden's kids have really grown a lot over the season. They've gotten a lot better. Marcy has done an unbelievable job getting them to believe in themselves. We didn't play scared, but Lynden sure didn't either.
She talked to the girls before the tournament about what to expect. She is a big-time player.
She's a young sophomore and hasn't been here at state before and didn't have a lot of confidence. But she'll be back and ready to go (today).
She's a gamer. She does the important things for us. She can score, but she's not above passing to her teammates.
Megan played great. We're a young team, so I'm not too surprised that we had some problems.
Megan had a great senior year. It was even better than I expected.
No one thought we could get this far. We've got a couple steps to go before we're done.
Right now it's kind of a relief for everyone that we made it. But we're not going in there just happy that we made it, we're going in there to make some waves.
I was pleased with our defense. We made some adjustments at halftime to correct some mistakes and it really improved us defensively.
I don't know what it was. I felt like we were getting good looks and a number of our shots were shots we usually make.
Gustafson was a great leader on the floor for us tonight. She played a really great game.
Jackie Zender came off the bench in the second half and really sparked us.
I think it's tough no matter what way you look at it. I think we got a good draw with White River. It's a winnable game for us, but they're a good tough team. We will have to play a good game.
Standish in the second half, that's the story right there. She's the real deal.
I thought it was a great team effort defensively. The girls did what they needed to do to win.
We were very balanced on offense. I'm really happy with the way the girls played tonight.
We finally beat them when it mattered the most. Our defensive effort, we did a much better job in transition defense.
We were a little disappointed that adding artificial turf to the infield at Joe Martin didn't end up being part of the accepted bid. That's something we all wanted because we have so many rainouts.
Todhunter had a great game, no question about it. That was key for us.
We woke up in the second quarter and really started playing hard.
We didn't make our free throws. It was one of those nights.
No question Anacortes played outstanding defense after the first quarter.
A couple of years ago the city of Bellingham tried to get the state soccer tournament here, and part of the reason we didn't get it was the facilities. Hopefully we'll have a better chance to bring those kinds of events here now.
Defensively, we stepped up our intensity. We were bringing up the pressure on our traps in our full-court press.
It was expected the way both teams played in the first half, after the delay and one team sitting on a bus for an hour.
It's great for the community and great for the kids. It's an opportunity to let them sleep in their own beds, and that helps in competition.
