Laurie Markatos Quotations

We hit the ball well. It was a pretty good game all around for us. We have some kinks to work out, but it was nice to get a game under our belts.

Mary Pat pitched one heck of a game. She was out there humming the ball, hitting her spots and hitting the corners. Our defense just had a little mental lapse there in the second inning. We're going to get better at it. It's still early in the season and we're not quite where we want to be yet. But, we're going to get there.

We kept hammering away, getting a couple an inning. It was nice to see other girls stepping up in clutch situations and hitting with runners on base.

Unconscious. Mary Pat wanted to win this game so bad, it was written all over her face. Every inning, every pitch, she was humming the ball in there and hitting her spots. She was in command, but she was psyched up to play and she showed such emotion. You could tell, every batter, she was fired up. It was awesome.

We hit the ball hard all day. We could have scored more runs with 10 hits, but we hit several balls right at people.

We like to play aggressive and we like to make the other teams make plays. Sometimes, you get into the flow of an inning, and they weren't proving to me that they could pick up that squeeze, so we kept squeezing and squeezing and squeezing. You have to ride that wave out.

Chloe is stepping up nicely for a freshman. She has pitched some amazing softball for us so far.

Carroll was awesome. She's been pitching well and stepping up her game. She fits right in on the varsity level. She's tall and looks very athletic out there and when she throws the ball, she's a real presence.