Coach Cieplicki Quotes
“Well, I think we would all agree that it was a good effort for us tonight. I know that all of us were disappointed after Sunday’s game and I’m just happy again with such a young group that they were able to bounce back and play really hard and stick somewhat to the game plan and obviously, it was a little special tonight. I know my wife and kids will be happy.”
On the team’s resilience:
“As coaches our jobs are to soul search all the time and figure out how we are going to get this thing right. I really feel that we are trying to instill in them a defensive mind set and tonight we came out and we were aggressive defensively. With Cintia (Johnson) and Jenny (Eckhart) and Tracy (Harbut) out there being able to really pressure the ball we felt more of a sense of control and that we wanted the up tempo to get the easier scores and it just worked out for us. As a team, they know we have a long way to go. We made a lot of defensive mistakes tonight. We fouled many times when we can’t foul, but at least there is a sense of understanding.”
On getting the team going after Colgate first took the lead:
“Trying to just stay positive. These guys were testing me. I felt like with the match-ups and the personnel, obviously we went a lot of minutes with the same people tonight, but I really felt that if we just stayed consistent with our pressure and our effort that sooner or later things would start to turn our way. So I just kept encouraging them to play the way we’ve been talking about playing.”
