Ed Stephenson Quotations

That's one of the worse games we've played this year. We're hoping to bounce back next weekend, get ourselves a couple of wins, and get in the NCAA tournament.

We were kind of spotty in our last game; fortunately a few of the guys stepped up. It's just another two good games to help prepare us for our conference season.

We're gonna have to work real hard starting Monday. We really have to improve every week. I thought we made some improvements this week; a lot of things we did well, a lot of things we didn't do well. We're going to try to keep closing that gap.

Words can't describe a group that has been with us for four years and started the program.

We still want to have momentum going into the America East playoffs.

We could have held them a little tighter, which is what we've done in the past. We've got to score eight or nine, and our defense has got to do the job of holding them to seven or eight.

That's the whole point of the increase in our schedule this year, to give us that second opportunity to get in.

We weren't sharp on either end. We didn't do anything on offense; we didn't do anything on defense. You put that combination together and you get beat 9-4.

Their strongest point is their midfield. They're real strong, and they're pretty deep. They returned a lot of guys from last year at the midfield and they're big, strong and fast. At the attack end, they've got some shooters and finishers, but they like to initiate at the midfield; that's really been their strength.

Each year the recruiting is getting better. Better kids are looking at us, and we're getting more of the blue-chip players, so I think the improvements are still coming. I think the next couple years it's really going to take off.