Diane Tuller Quotations

We spread the attack out well. We've got a lot of good hitters and we try to set them all.

We're a young team with only two seniors on the court. Quite frankly, all year we've been struggling with making mistakes. I knew we had the ability to get to state, but I didn't know about our mental ability.

We have as good a shot as anybody. We just have to get focused on the court, not the arena.

She's a team player. She goes for everything and puts it all out on the floor. I hate to take her off the court, but we have some strong defenders and we have to play to our strengths.

She's sees the court well and moves the ball around. She's a great floor leader.

She's only going to get better. I don't like taking her off the court.

We had an up and down day. For our first day of competition and against the competition we had, I was pretty pleased. This is a good tournament for us because we can see how many more areas we need to work on.

This was a key match for us because the kids need to realize that this is a team, that they can still play and that we have more than one or two key players who can control the game.

We're hoping to have her back in another week or so, but we're not going to bring her back too soon. What's more important is the end of the year.

We've been struggling with that lately. Every once in a while, we'll lose focus and give the other team momentum.

Brandi was all over the floor. Haley, Brandi and Maire Ready did a great job defensively.

Brandi did an excellent job. She was all over the floor. She just had a real strong night. And Maire Ready did a good job, too.

I'm very proud of them. They haven't given up all year. We just needed that second game. That was a big factor. I don't know if we thought we've got this under control and lost focus, but they just kept coming at us. They just had a better day than us.

For my kids to come back after losing that first match took a lot of gumption. They could have easily died. I'm very proud. They needed to know they could do that.

I asked Brandi's mom if there were some things we had to watch out for. Brandi is very good about looking out for herself. There was one time at camp that her mom brought in some emergency insulin.

I asked around yesterday, but I don't know anything about them. I know they have a pretty good record. I don't think we can take anybody lightly right now.

I don't pay any attention to that (rankings). I like being ignored and staying under the radar.

Alex did a nice job of setting with the way we were passing.

The first two games were the best we've passed all year. Everything was right to the setter. In the third game, all of a sudden we lost our focus. Airport did a good job coming back. They were digging up everything and then they started tipping on us. It seemed like they hit the same spot seven times in a row.

All season when we got down, we always fought back. But I also felt we needed to win that second game to have the mental edge in the third game.