I think it’s a major concern. If we were playing here [Thursday] we would have a tough time getting the field into shape. We have gotten a good amount of precipitation the past two days...

The freshmen played great. They soaked up everything around them and took time to evaluate the other team. They played with a lot of swagger and hunger.

Right now I think our team knows that our soft spot is pitching. I think the kids know we’ve got injuries and different things going on so we’re just trying to get back and it’s...

I liked the way they answered back.

The benefit is that with Harvard being so close we can probably make up a game or maybe two at some point. The problem with Rhode Island is that, you know, it’s an hour and...

It’s a great thing to get a run in the first, you can do more when you’re ahead. You can be more aggressive and take more risks.

It’s just a cycle and things and it is very frustrating for the kids. I give a lot of credit to them for coming right back out, right back at it, 100 percent. Nobody has...

We are more spread out in talent this year. I’m not na ”,ve to the fact that we’re going to have growing pains. We’ve got to let the talent fly.

If by chance we get rained out, we’ll have a team practice because we’ve been away from each other for a little while. [Wednesday] we had a little hitting practice with the kids coming in...

The coaches were aware, but it was one of those things where you don’t say a word about it. A huge groan came out of the dugout when she gave up that hit.

We did a pretty good job. It’s just hard to lose no matter what the circumstances.

I felt comfortable that we could play through it and get some runs. We had a runner on and had some pressure, and that will change the momentum of the game a little bit.

[Hardy] had a nice day today. She was strong. She pretty much was in control the whole day.

Our chemistry is awesome, the best in my four years here. We all got to be on the same page. It’s great to see people pulling for each other on the bench.

Shayne came out and hung one pitch and that’s a fine line. They were fortunate enough to cash in their hits.

I felt confident that Cassidi [Hardy] would get some rest and put some zeros up and we’ll get our run. But to get them inning after inning, and you come up into the seventh and...

[Hardy] is unavailable right now and probably for Thursday’s game [at Boston College] as well. Hopefully a week off will get her a little bit healed up. It’s been going on probably close to a...

She was real solid. She gave us an opportunity to win. She made some pitches at times.

It’s a tough weekend. You need some breaks to beat some of the bigger teams. We need day-to-day consistency to keep ourselves in games in the sixth and seventh innings and get some big plays....

We had some confidence and there were a couple of other balls hit hard [in the first] that were right at people so it could have been even more.

This is probably our toughest week of the season.

Our pitching is really coming around. They are starting to get comfortable.

She had a great day today. She had two good at bats before the seventh and created some good momentum for herself.

We’re excited. We had a good practice out there yesterday in the field and it will be good to be home so we can start to find out our routine. We’ve had some pretty good...

We didn’t think we were down or in trouble. I liked to see that we got the 3-2 [lead] and still got the next two [runs] after that. That’s something we have lacked at times....

We’ve played so many games on the road, it’s just something you do. We like to play at home, but I don’t think it really takes anything away from us to go out on the...

I told my players that we have worked too hard to give up now.

[Alley has] been huge. That’s what a senior’s supposed to do.

We’ve felt good and the past two games we haven’t made any errors. We got some pitching and some timely hitting. We really manufactured some runs and played more of our game, so I think...

It gives you an advantage. The second game we got a little better swings at her and the third game the same. It just helps — you have an idea of what they are throwing.

[URI] has a new coach this year, and I haven’t seen them play yet. They’re in a new system. They’ve been playing pretty well, so we’re expecting a pretty good battle down there.

I know our record isn’t great, but we’ve played a tougher schedule than either one of these teams. So hopefully we’ll be able to stand out a little bit here.

The field is a smaller field and it just seems like every time you are here the wind blows out at about 20 miles an hour which makes routine fly balls go out of the...

We are getting confidence in what we do. We have a good sequence now and we feel pretty good.

It’s one of those things where I wish I knew the complete answer, how this all would be solved, how we could come out and get great pitching everyday. It’s tough, that’s why our record...

Every week varies here, some of it depends on what the kids have going on at school, as far as tests and papers and things like that. It’s easy to forget that they are still...

We want to get all the games in that we can. We know we are going to lose a few to weather up north so we don’t want that to happen down south. We didn’t...

She really carried us this weekend, it was real nice to see, I’m really happy for her. She has really worked on her hitting over the last month and has been a real contributor in...

She’ll be fine. This is a mental game that you battle with. Tomorrow she might come out and get three hits.

We worked hard to [get the bases loaded] but it’s hard to put hits together. I think it was just execution, getting that one big hit.

I think with the four games this week we know we’re going to stay sharp.

They just happened to get one more run than we did. I was happy with the effort.

Right now the conference is just everywhere. I would like to win three every weekend if I could, but you’ve got to just take your wins where you get them.

Our philosophy is to work the pitchers and get the counts. The bottom of the order is wearing pitchers down and we are getting a lot of productive outs. We are hitting rockets left and...

We are in playable conditions right now, and anytime you are in playable conditions, you should play. You’ve changed the integrity of the game because of the conditions and it kind of turns into, ‘Who...

We could have put Austin away with one or two more runs. They were down and dead.

We just need to have a better pitching outing. They had a big inning last time with the grand slam. You know they are gonna score runs. We’re not gonna go out there and shut...

She rolled her ankle in the dugout, there was some pretty good swelling. We’re sort of shortened on our staff right now. We’ll make some adjustments.