Quotes by Margo Jonker

“Obviously its nice, but Ive been fortunate to be in an environment that allows me to succeed. Its about building relationships and Ive been lucky enough to be surrounded by some great people and great players.”

“Successful pitching is reflected in the won-loss column. If our pitching staff performs well, our team as a whole will do well. Pitching is very important in the game of fast-pitch softball.”

“In order for us to be effective as a pitching staff, we have to get ahead in the count. We have to make them earn their way to the base. We cant continue to give out free passes.”

“We are beating ourselves. Were giving them too much, giving them too many opportunities. We need to make them earn their way on base.”

“Christa got ahead of her batters and had the ball moving. She pitched an outstanding ball game. Im very excited for her performance.”

“Kent State is coming from behind and scoring a lot of runs. They are playing confidently. It should be a challenging weekend.”

“I thought we did a better job adjusting to her pitching (Sunday). Saturday she totally had our number.”

“We played extremely poor in Saturdays game. Defensively, offensively, the whole game was poorly played.”

“Its very important that we make a move now. We have to start playing better, although I feel our record would be a lot better if we had got to play all of our games (of which five have been cancelled). Were worried about one game at a time and we just have to have confidence that we can get the job done.”

“Its been a combination of issues for us. A lot of it depends on how we do in the circle, but we also have to play defense and hit. I really dont like (losing) because its frustrating. But I do think everybody is trying to figure it out.”