Dan Corbin Quotations

She's (Strickland) come on so well defensively the last few games. She plays super defense, did a good job on the (Erica) Rivera (at Pasquotank County) girl and a good job up in Hickory, and she moves her feet well, and she hit some big shots.

She's our best 3-point shooter and a very smart player and understands things very well. She anticipates well and understands the angles of the game.

She's doesn't stop, and she probably has the best stamina of a player I've ever coached, and she doesn't take any rest. It's the same way in practice.

She made some key shots at Red Springs with some big threes.

He (Gray) was phenomenal, and I tell ya, another freshman, Taylor Sullivan, will be a heck of a player. He's playing real well, and I think we're pretty strong this year.

We're playing well, and we're healthy and getting ready for Bertie, and we'll have to play a perfect game to win.

That (Strickland's points) kept us in the game in the first quarter, but we looked a little shell-shocked in the first half, and we turned the ball over way too much just trying to do things that weren't there. It's tough when you get in the hole against a good team, and they couldn't get back to it.

We played well against Perquimans and against Pasquotank we just didn't take care of the ball. And that was because they were scrappy and even when they were in zone defense they were everywhere.

When the wind's blowing like this I'm sure they've never seen this much wind, and I think they have some young and inexperienced kids.

When if you're playing someone you're more talented than, you have to play your game, make adjustments, and hit the ball and do things you do well. Obviously they were missing some players today, and the motivation sometimes is tough, especially in singles, it's just you out there.

When you know you have to win all the doubles, it's tough, and they're very good in doubles. I really wanted it to be 3-3 in singles, and I thought then it could go our way.

We lost 9-7 at No. 3 doubles last time, so you never know. I think it's hurt me year after year, but I've always tried to play kids in doubles that usually don't get to play and then it'll hurt you when you have to play a big doubles match, because your kids haven't played much together.

It would've been a tremendous win for us, but now we got two tough ones coming up and it won't be easy.

They were just bad ones, and I feel bad for them, because they were hurting and screaming. If it was just one guard, then maybe we could make it, but both of them and it's going to be tough.

They've been our one and two since last year, and we need them to get back in shape. I thought Kristina was better off than Meagan, because her injury was a little worse, but both of them did a good job getting back into it.

It's been bothering him, so we're trying to give him a few days off, and we hope he can be back.

It's a good, young team, and we don't look at next year or the year after and say 'Oh, we'll be good then'. We want to be good this year and that's what we'll go at it for.

It's the same as in any sport. If we're not the No. 1 seed, then we need a wild card, so every match is important.

It's been great in all the years I've done it. Allen's done a great job with those kids, and they love tennis over there, and it's always a great match when we play, and it's been 5-4 a number of times one way or the other.

It was like the Bertie (County) game when we went 5-for-14, we got to make foul shots when you have a chance. We struggle with the pressure, but we had our chances.

It was a good match. It was close throughout both sets, and Jack pulled it out and that's nice for him.

I've had some good players, but for four years, she's been at the top.

I think now they're starting to believe and it's not going to be easy at Red Springs. We'll have to make a trip Friday, and we went there last year, but we're confident we can get some things done.

He's like a throwback the way he can serve and volley. He puts shots away, and him and William (a sophomore), I've never had a 1 and 2 that talented, they're just so talented for being so young.

Their big girl was on Carly and it was tough on her, but she did a nice job of passing, and Brittany Strickland made some big shots. Hertford County beat Wilson Hunt and Rocky Mount, and their record doesn't show it, but they are a good team.

And she had to have about 15 rebounds and some blocks, and she was just incredible.