Game Quotes

Game Quotes

11/12/2005

Head Coach Ronnie Coveleskie Hill

On Samford’s Play Tonight

“They came in and they played a very hard-fought game. When it counted they scored the goal.”

On Vanderbilt’s Play Down the Stretch of Regulation Play

“You always hope that you can win it before you have to put pressure on your team to win it in sudden death. As a unit, we tried to win that game in regulation. We weren’t going to sit back and let the game come to us.”

On the Loss

“We’re not going to let this last result dictate how we feel about this season. I couldn’t be more proud of their results and the records that they broke this year.  What they achieved this year was fantastic, and I’m really happy I could be a part of that.”

 On the Future of the Program

“We took our first step as a group, and that was to make the tournament. And all spring and all next fall we will be focusing getting one more step closer to making another goal, and that is making the Sweet 16. Those things that disappoint us make us stronger. And that’s one thing I told this group is that we leave the field tonight as a strong unit.”

 

Sophomore Sarah Dennis

On the game going to a overtime and a shootout

“There’s always a different viewpoint when you go to overtime. It’s more crunchtime. There’s no doubt we were capable of winning that game. It’s just unfortunate that we couldn’t put it in the back of the net. ? Samford played well. They did their job.”

 

Freshman Katie Schulz

On the play of the VU defense

“I think our defense is the best in the SEC. I think they’re amazing. ? As a unit we played well, and we gave it our heart out there.”

 On Scoring Her First Collegiate Goal Tonight

“I was hoping to hit a ball, and I thought maybe it would go in and luckily it did.”

 SAMFORD QUOTES:

 Head Coach Todd Yelton

“Right now, I’m just extremely proud of my players. Especially during the last 20 minutes there. I wouldn’t say that they were our best 20 minutes in the game by any means but they kept battling and played with a great deal of heart and character. I can’t tell you how proud I am of them.”

Senior forward Marian Wagner

“I’m just ecstatic right now. I just totally forgot about the record (becoming the school’s all-time goal-scorer) and didn’t even know that I had broken it until Cayley (Winters) said something to me after the match. When I scored in the first half, I was just thinking about getting a W tonight. Scoring the deciding goal in the shootout was amazing. It was a dream come true for me because I waited four years to make it to the NCAA Tournament.”

Freshman goalkeeper Cayley Winters

“I thought that it was pretty fun. I had never been in a game like this with so much action down there in the box. I was able to come up and make some saves. There were two that hit the post. Man, I love that post. The defense played amazing today and they kept it out of the box a lot. The whole team played really solid tonight.”