Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State vs. Long Beach State - Quotes
5/15/2003 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 15, 2003
Fresno State head coach Margie Wright
"It feels really good to win that first one. Long Beach is a tough team and they just keep coming at you. Our team played extremely well, it is great to score early, and with the two home runs we were able to get the momentum early. Jaime (Southern) pitched a great game and kept them off balance. This is one down, and we begin preparing for the next one.
Fresno State sophomore pitcher Jamie Southern
"We felt really good coming in and excited about playing in the regional. We know coming in that you can't look past any team. Anything can happen and you have to stay focused on the game at hand.
Fresno State freshman shortstop Christina Clark
"We had to come out ready to play this first game, we couldn't look past it we had to get our job done now. If we played our game it would work out for us and we would worry about tomorrow after that.
Long Beach State head coach Pete Manarino
"We got off to a slow start today, and Fresno got off to a quick start and we couldn't recover. We began to hit in the seventh inning, but we have got to get off to a better start. This team will keep is heads up and we will be back at it tonight.
Long Beach State Meredith Cervenka
"I wasn't worried when we fell behind, I know that we can hit and I knew that we could come back.
