Syracuse Student-Athlete Quotes
Syracuse v. Canisius
February 20, 2008
Carrier Dome – Syracuse, N.Y.
Katie Rowan, Jr., Attack
On the victory:
"We really wanted to come out strong this season and show everyone what we have so it was a great win and we are excited to continue on with our season."
On Syracuse’s 24 goals:
"It was great. We really wanted to work on our attack in transition and really push the ball so we weren’t really holding back and so we really pushed it today."
On the defense:
"The defense played awesome. We really were trying not to let it into our defensive end and cause turnovers. The defense did a great job with that."
On the Syracuse attacking unit:
"They gave me some opportunities to dodge, I went for a goal and looking to feed as well."
On what can be expected from her this year:
"Hopefully, I will keep looking to go to the net and looking for the open players as well."
On the first game under Coach Gait:
"We have been looking forward to this game since the fall. He is a great coach and we are just looking to improve every game."
On Dartmouth:
"Dartmouth is always a huge game for us. We are really excited to play them. We have a few days to get ready for that and we are looking to do the same thing Sunday."
On the game strategy:
"We were really looking to cause a lot of turnovers. We were doubling a lot and just causing them to be nervous with the ball and turn it over by themselves."
Liz Hogan, Fr., Goalkeeper
On what can be improved:
"There is plenty of room for improvement. We have to work on our sliding more and our communication. It is just a lot of small details we can work on."
On the victory:
"It definitely feels good to get a win in the first game."
Christina Dove, So., Attack
On the attacking unit:
"We have a lot of our scorers from last year coming back so we will definitely still be strong this year."
On finishing the first game with a victory:
"It was good to get the first game over with just having a strong offensive performance and we are looking to come out next game the same way."
