Because she sees a lot of pitches, she can communicate that with the rest of batters. She loves to play the game of softball and that has rubbed off on her teammates.
I think she just wasn't loose. But what was most important was that she adjusted her game plan and persevered. She wasn't quite at her best, but she still came up big for us.
We like to go into every game expecting every team to play at its best. We don't pay any attention to records.
We just got more aggressive. They have a good pitching staff but early on in the first game we were looking at a lot of good pitches. When you do that you can't get your rhythm going and that's important with hitting.
The team is really pleased. We knew coming into the weekend these wins were critical in the conference race. Every game at this time of year in the Big Ten is a dog fight. I believe the team is in the right frame of mind at the most important part of the season.