Mary Thomason Quotations

One server got three in a row. She was missing in game two, which was to our benefit. It makes it a whole lot easier when they give the ball back.

Historically, we haven't done well at this tournament. Last year we were fourth, and to get fourth, you have to lose twice. Second is better.

I thought going in that we could finish in second place but we didn't shoot as well as we had been.

Overall, scores were higher than I thought. I'm proud of both Haley and Kari. Now we finally have one who has advanced to state. Let's hope the weather will be a little better.

We're still trying to figure out who will play back there. The rest of the kids on the sub list all could end up in that spot.

We were strong at the net and had several players get in and do a great job.

We'd definitely like to repeat as state champs. I think we have the talent to do it, but it's hard to tell when you're scrimmaging against yourself all the time.

Crump's stuff midway through the first game got us fired up.

It was an exciting match with a lot of attaching and net play. Benton had good serving and attacked, but our defense was great.

Ten and 0 is pretty exciting. Maybe we'll get a chance to play on Saturday since they beat us at the Akin tournament.

This is a strong serving team and we have height. But not just height, there's talent there. We should be strong.

They surprise you when they come back. They actually are different. Some have lost some baby fat, some are stronger, some are taller.

Amanda will be a force for us. She's really come along. She started at the end of last year and this year has really got it down. She snaps 'em down.

That looked like volleyball. It's exciting when everyone executes what you've coached them in practice.

That made me nervous at practice. Typically whoever wins the conference ends up going 10-0 or 9-1. But we played Carbondale the first night out last year also and beat them.

Sharpe has been playing well and has been consistently shooting in the low 50s all year. That was the boost that we needed today.

I'm glad we pulled this one out. We were 48-of-60 serving, which was uncharacteristic of our team. We're not quite in sync right now. We're making a lot of errors on the floor. But I'm happy we got the victory.

In the second game we decided to overhand serve and be more aggressive.

The girls played hard and dug up a lot of balls. There were some good saves and a lot of hustles.

The first game was our best game of the year. I felt we were clicking and setting everything up.