I was surprised how much the defense dominated out there today. The offense controlled most of yesterday’s practice, but today we got more from the defense.

Defense was the key to our success, the defense has been solid all year.

I’m confident we can play with them the way we’re playing our man defense. These guys have got their sights set on getting to that Kohl Center. They really believe it.

It was very, very good defense. And offensively, we did a good job of setting the tempo to our liking.

I feel I’ve prepared as well as I possibly can. The thing about Miami’s defense, they are very aggressive, very fast. But big plays are there if you make the right throw.

It’s pretty nice when you play defense and get some rebounds. Our defense keyed the offense and we made some nice kick-out passes to get clear shots.

I liked neither the performance nor the result. The defense got a series of yellow cards in the first half that paralyzed them in the second half. My players were obviously scared of the opponent.

I know my role on this team, play defense, bring energy, take the shots when they’re there. Just to help this team win and do everything I can, that’s always going to feel good.

Our defense is only as good as the nose plays. If the nose doesn’t play any good, the defense isn’t any good.

We had to put on a scramble defense but on this big floor it takes a toll. We exerted so much energy to get back. We got within one … but we could never get...

We didn’t pitch very well or play defense very well. We swung the bats a bit better but when you don’t pitch well and don’t take care of the baseball, you’re not going to win...

They tried a couple of things on us with their defense and we just made the adjustments. We didn’t do anything spectacular but we played within ourselves and our limitations.

Their defense was tough. I think a couple of times we forced things, just rushed a couple of times. But their defense was good.

Defensively we came out and we were aggressive. They just didn’t knock down shots and credit our defense for that.

He was shredding our defense. He was pulling up, passing, doing it all tonight. He’s a real good player.

The defense lawyer is filing the appeal this morning and I expect the hearing to be set for Sept. 9.

Our defense was just awesome. We were making them take some tough shots and we were cleaning those boards and pushing the ball up the floor to get great shots.

We talked about this kind of game all week, and the biggest factor of our game is our defense.

It’s something we stress all the time. We work on different aspects of defense, especially team defense, where we help each other. The girls know they have to play physical and they need to communicate....

He kept the ball down and let his defense make plays behind him. This was a big win for us.

It’s early in the season and nobody is going to remember who ranked first in defense after four weeks, but to be part of all this and know you’re contributing makes you feel good about...

Early in the half we did a good job of holding them off. We did enough on defense to keep them from scoring.

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Good pitching, some power, good relief, good defense. And no mistakes.

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It’s our way of survival. We have to play tough defense to play with the personnel we have. … I’ve been doing this 17 years, and every year we had post players. To not have...

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Everybody has been relying on everybody else and that trust has been a big key for us, especially on defense. We just need to continue playing like a team and not let up.

The defense is great. They’ve been playing together for a long time. All three of them can play any sport and play it well. But they’re well-rounded soccer players. They play to win.

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We just told the girls at halftime that in order to win, we would have to play some defense. We were allowing them too many opportunities in the first half.

They seem to be getting too many odd-man rushes lately, and good defense is going to lead to good offense and we just have to concentrate on that.

Coach (Dungy) does a great job installing his defense and communicating how he wants us to play, … There’s a lot of teaching and emphasis on the little things.

I thought our intensity was excellent. I thought our defense was excellent. We shot the ball. I was pride of our intensity and poise we had in the game.

I feel good about our defense, which is important considering our inexperience at the goaltending position.

We played extremely tough and aggressive. Our defense and rebounding kept us in it. … Every time Louisville made runs at us (our) guys made big plays. Game number one in the Big East, that’s...

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Our team defense was very good today. I’m seeing a lot of improvement in our freshmen, and I like the way we are coming together as a team.

We played pretty good defense and took good care of the ball and got people involved in offense that we wanted to get involved. We got the right shot at the right time. We accomplished...

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Our plan was to try to attack the weaknesses of the defense. We knew coming into the game that they had some injuries at corner and we had to test those guys.

I thought the first half defense was very good. I wish we could have scored some points there to get a lead. We missed our first 10 shots to start the game, we had good...

I think with coach here and focusing on [defense], everyone’s going to be protected.

I don’t have to shoot it a lot, I just have to keep the defense honest,

Adam has a good defense in front of him that is playing better and he has been playing better as the season has progressed. I think the experiences he had last year, more or less...

We put more thought in our defense. That led to some easy baskets and that was reflected in the box score.

It was a game where we struggled to find any offensive rhythm. In the second half our defense gave us some things, and we were able to generate a little bit of offense to get...

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