NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship Game Two Quotes
Maryland vs. Virginia
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
Friday, May 16th, 2003
Virginia Coach and Player Quotes
Coach Julie Myers
On the play of her team:
"I am tremendously proud of these girls. We won through a collective effort, and I am overwhelmed, excited…We can't wait for 5-18-03 (Sunday)."
Sophomore Attack Carrie Chasney
On her game-winning goal:
"I have no idea who was on me. I didn't even look at her. I just saw an opening and went for it, and luckily it went in."
Junior Attack Caitlin Banks
On coming back from a second-half Maryland run:
"The coaches prepared us really well all season for adverse situations. We all reached within ourselves. This is something we've been working for all season."
On playing the national championship game in Syracuse:
"I'm not from Syracuse, but my brother plays here, so it kind of feels like a homecoming. My friends and family are all here."
Graduate Midfielder Tiffany Schummer
On playing in the national championship game:
"Princeton is obviously a great team. You don't make it to the National Championship without having something behind your name. It's going to be a fight –-They won last year and they're probably not going to want to give that crown up, but we're ready to take it. None of us have had this chance before, and we're not going to let it get away."
Maryland Coach and Player Quotes
Maryland coach Cindy Timchal
On tonight's game with Virginia:
"I just want to say that we lost to a really tough team tonight. I'd like to congratulate them on really playing a tough, hard game. I'd like to thank my team. They played well, we just came up short."
On Sunday's championship match-up:
"Virginia is a great team and they're going to be very difficult to beat on Sunday. That's the team in my mind that will take the title. Offensively, they look for each other, which is a sign of a championship team. Their defense is playing great and I love the ACC."
Senior attack Sonia Judd
On what Virginia did differently from previous meetings:
"I wouldn't say they did anything different. Everybody at tournament time is hungry and they came out and played hard right until the end. We just fell short this time."
Senior defense Julie Shank
On the play of goalie Alexis Venechanos:
"She came up with some big saves. She's a great keeper. We knew going in that Virginia liked to throw that cross-feed and she did a great job anticipating that pass. She was there every time."
