Jeff Schexnaider Quotations

We did not execute the simple plays. We were not prepared mentally, and when we did get focused, the damage had been done.

We did not execute on the simple parts of the game tonight. We were not ready mentally and when we got focused, the damage had been done. Hopefully, we can come out and be ready to play a full nine innings on Saturday.

Baseball is a game of streaks and today they did not go our way. Now, we have to try to go out and get a win tomorrow and try to string a few wins together.

It all starts on the mound. We couldn't catch walks, and that gave them an advantage. They're the No. 3 team in the country. You can't let anyone get on base for free, especially not Mississippi State.

I was proud of the way our boys battled back and never gave in. We've been doing that all year. We just haven't had the chance to finish it.

We have had confidence in our pitching and defense all season and tonight it paid off. All four guys that pitched tonight threw well and hopefully it will carry over into this weekend.

Tuesday's game against Louisiana College will be a make-up game from one lost to rain earlier this year. Coach Byrnes always does a good job down there and I am sure he will have his team well prepared. It should be a good day of baseball.

We've had so many things go wrong early in the year, tonight, it was nice to be on the other end. Baseball is a crazy game and anything can happen. Today it happened to go in our favor. Dexter Fontenot came in and got the big hit to tie the game and of course Andy (Jones) got the hit for us and hopefully it will continue.

Bo (Bowman) has been hitting the ball well lately, but just right at people. He had a lot of good swings today and it was nice to see them pay off in the box score for him.

Any win on the road is big. We came up with some timely hits, played good defense and pitched well.

Any win on the road is a big win. Today, we were able to do the things that we struggled with yesterday. We came up with some timely hits, played good defense and pitched well. I was really proud of the pitching performance with got from James (Stephens) and A.J. (Ford).

You never feel good after a loss. I feel bad for our guys who played their hearts out all weekend and have nothing to show for it. We shot ourselves in the foot too many times this weekend. They were able to capitalize and we were not able to come through in pressure situations.

Their starting pitcher (Demetrius Marshall) did a good job of keeping us off balanced for the first five innings. Once he got tired, we did a good job of making the adjustments and hitting the ball hard.

I noticed a change in some of the things that we are working to improve. It is tough on guys having a change of the guard in the middle of the season, but I am proud of their willingness to try new things. Righting this ship will take some time, but we are coming.

He's ( Scott Vaughan ) been known to do that over the years if they throw him a high fastball. He has the potential to hit it out and he did it tonight.

I am proud of our guys and am starting to see some positive things. Our guys are still playing hard, despite our record. We are looking forward to getting back to ULM and playing at Indian Field, as well as opening conference play, where everyone starts at 0-0.

The guys have been looking forward to conference play. Every weekend is going to be tough and this was no exception. James Stephens came in and threw strikes with all of his pitches and kept them off balance.