“This sets up for a real exciting district meet. We have to get ready for a totally different experience (swimming at Ohio University). After training over winter break there, I think we will feel real comfortable there.”

“It's great to meet another person in a relaxed environment like this, where it's not like a typical first date or blind date. When you're sharing experiences and adventures or common interests, there's less pressure on you.”

“The game we have to be ready for is SMU. These games are kind of like learning experiences. We moved up one step on Monday. If we can move up another step on Sunday, I'll like where we are at.”

“I think a lot of students don't want to give up their high-school experience. They are involved, entrenched in activities. But we tend to get some pretty high-performing students who don't have a lot of ties.”

“We didn't have a ton of experience, but we have guys that were in some big games last year. Those situations were very helpful coming into the year. Most of them were in the rotation last year.”

“The impact of what it could do, heading into Houston, is something we need to worry about. The market is going to focus on, and react to, every storm from now on because of the experience we had from Hurricane Ivan and Katrina.”

“Most players on the team only have one or two years experience. Soccer and field hockey strategy as far as field positioning is very similar. The only difference is that you're hitting the ball with a stick instead of your foot.”

“The experience is very valuable. We were maybe a little inexperienced at that next level last year. They performed well, they just were not able to finish the deal. With that little taste they are very hungry and ready to take the next step.”

“When you go through an experience like that, you have a whole new perspective on life. The little things that you used to worry over ? finding the remote control, something like that ? you don't worry about.”

“They struggled terribly with control, but they all have good stuff. It's one of those things where it was their first varsity experience. We just couldn't get the ball over the plate, we walked guys and hit some.”