Nick Whaley Quotations

We were better in the second game, so it's disappointing that we didn't play more relaxed.

We have had a couple great practices lately. I just keep telling the guys to keep working and we will get better.

We made a nice run in the first game. We kept playing hard and just came up short.

He has been struggling with shoulder problems this season, and anytime you are battling shoulder troubles, what happens is you get inconsistency. It was good to see the old David out there today ? he pitched great.

We just didn't have the same approach in Game 2. The game was grinding to a halt and we just could not get anything going.

We're not getting the big hits and we're not executing on defense. We could have been out of both those innings today. It's a matter of making a few plays here or there.

We definitely lost some leadership. That was a great group of guys and they'll be hard to replace. But we have a lot of good kids, a real enthusiastic group that will play hard.

We got a little too caught up in his off-speed stuff. He really had us guessing the whole time with his location.

You hate to see the seniors have to have that type of day in their last games at home. As a team, we need to just keep getting better.

We didn't hit. We had a couple of situations with guys on base where we didn't get hits. We have to have those with guys in scoring position.

There's a little sense of urgency when you leave three weeks from when you start. Practice has been going fine, but this is about 2? weeks earlier than we'd normally play.

It's disappointing how we played in Game 1. They're a good team, but we played tight.

They just beat us in every facet of the game. They swung the bats and scored a lot of runs.

(Game 1) was great. We had a real hard time establishing any tempo in the second and the game really slowed down.

This is our chance to set the tone as to how we're going to play this season. It needs to be with determination and enthusiasm and a high level of energy.

The first game was a really good win. It's always tough to win two games in this conference, and we just came out flat in the second.

The first game I was pleased with the way we battled back after starting slow. We were one hit away from tying it.