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Erin definitely kept us in the game. There was a point in the first 10 minutes that I thought it could be really ugly, but she had some big saves. Erin and the defense did enough to keep us competitive.

Eureka really stepped up its defense tonight. They did a great job taking us out of our offensive set and we weren't able to get many open looks and started falling behind.

(Fernandez) told us to guess where our defense ranked. We knew it was low, but we didn't know it was that low. And now we've been going over (other teams') sets a lot and working at it hard.

Everything we could have wanted out of Clegg, we got. I wish we could have gotten him the win, but we didn't play good enough defense to hold it.

Everything was going for us tonight. The spark was there. We've lived on our defense the whole year and we feel really good about having that kind of (defensive) reputation. It's all our coach. He pushes us in practice every day and it's awesome. I love it. ... And look where it's got us.

Kevin O'Connell

There's a different feeling going on here. I look in the eyes of the guys in the huddle and on defense and see something. Hopefully there's something special about what we have.

There's no question, our defense is our strong point. Philip is just solid. He makes very few mistakes.

Lloyd Carr

There's no question it's going to be a different type of team. You don't lose two outstanding players like Navarre and Perry and immediately replace that kind of production, ... But you play to your strengths. If we can stay healthy, our defense is going to be better and I think our kicking game should be very solid. We'll just have to see how we evolve offensively.

Antawn Jamison

There's no secret about what we need to do. We know we can play better defense because we've done it at times this season. We just have to find a way to do it more often.

There's no doubt, ... When you can run the football, it sets up the pass. We have become more of a play-action offense because of these three guys. Last year, 90 percent was all drop-back. With L.D. we have gone to a lot more play-action and the defense has to respect that.

There's no doubt the strength of our team will be defense. We have a lot of great players on defense that have experience.

There's no doubt that they're going to be the table setters for us. They can do a lot of things. They can hit-and-run. They can bunt. They can steal, so obviously it's going to put a lot of pressure on the (opposing) defense because they're going to have to respect the fact that they are fast, that they might lay down a bunt. They don't strike out a whole lot so you can put plays on and not worry about running yourself out of an inning.

There's no doubt about it, this will be a field-position game and we're going to have to put their offense in a long field, ... They're a pretty explosive offense, with a lot of playmakers, and we have to make sure we give our defense an opportunity to make it hard on San Diego to move the ball.

There's no defense in pickup games, you just show what you got on offense.

There's no defense for turnovers in the backcourt that lead to easy baskets.

We see every trick defense you can throw at us. So that doesn't throw us off.

We score so quickly that our defense has been on the field a lot this year.

We're trying to get better defensively. About the only thing I was a little disappointed in today was our individual defense on the ball. We let people drive around us.

We feel like we have very strong pitching and our defense looks really good, too.

We feel like the guys we have out there all can play, so we can rotate them in and out, keep them fresh line our defense does,

Karl Hobbs

We feel like right around the seven- or eight-minute mark is when the other team should be getting a little tired. That's when our depth, our fresh legs and our pressure defense really starts to come into effect.

You got to a point when you're forced to pass, the defense gets to tee off. They know what's coming, and it's not a secret.

You have to score the first goal in that situation so they have to come out and play you straight up. We got lazy on defense and gave them a freebie.

You'd prefer to play that defense a little further down the road,

We should have a better defense with more experienced girls in the field. The inexperienced girls are gone. It was a struggle defensively, as well as offensively, last season. The new girls we have should fill the void adequately. More than adequately, actually.

We should be in every game. I expect to be right in there the last game of the year and hopefully win the section. If the defense holds up, I think we'll be fine. If not, we'll be in trouble.

John Abraham

As a defense we feel we can definitely pick it up more and we can hold teams down. I think we can win some games on defense, so that's something we're trying to prepare ourselves for if it has to happen.

As a defense lawyer, it's harder. The office has become more professional and better at prosecuting crime. The deputies are working harder; there's more oversight. I think the (plea bargain) offers are getting tougher.

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As a matter of fact, that's how we are, yes sir. We're not big names or guys with all this hype or anything like that. Everyone knows their role. Nobody tries to make all the plays and do everything. That way gets the defense messed up.

As a human being I was incensed. As a defense attorney, I was incensed.

Athletically he can do it. We don't sit and worry if he is going to get hurt or not. He could be an every-down player. We have enough depth that guys can spell him if we have to. His focus has to be at tailback. We will rest him on defense if we have to.

As long as we're in meetings going over the routes and how to play them and talking out the defense when we're out on the field, I think we'll be on the same page and be successful back there, no matter who we put in there.