Bill Tierney
Bill Tierney
William Tierneyis an American lacrosse coach who currently heads the men's lacrosse team at the University of Denver. Tierney is the first college lacrosse coach to win an NCAA DI Championship west of the Eastern Time Zone. He has coached seven NCAA DI championship teams, including six at Princeton University and one at the University of Denver. Tierney's teams have had a combined winning percentage of .750...
control hot stay
Something is going to have to give. We know they have hot shooters. We are going to have to stay with them and take control of possessions.
last lose though three win
As I told them, if we win our last three games, we're in the tournament, if we lose any of those three, we're probably out. It's still in our hands, I believe, though you never really know.
alex defense gives great
Alex was fabulous. We know we've got a great goalie; Alex gives our defense confidence.
best desire racing stems underlying
Zach has an underlying competitiveness that stems from his competitive racing and his desire to be the best at what he does.
definitely difference guy
Schwartzman was definitely the difference in the first half. But our guy was the difference in the second.
becomes bounce challenge close quite tough
It's going to be quite a challenge to bounce back after a tough loss. It really becomes as close to a must-win as you can get.
game mental played tied took
It's frustrating, because I don't think we played our game in the first quarter. We were tied 1-1 at the end of the first quarter, but it took a lot of out of us, a lot of mental stuff.
benign explained found tapes
They found things in these tapes I had explained in a more benign manner.
bigger goal starts
It's one of those things where you go into a big game...and the goalie starts to look a little bigger and the goal a little smaller. You just don't have confidence.
defense great playing talented
They're a very talented team, they play great defense and their goalie has been playing very well.
powerful score
They're much more powerful shooters. Hofstra was able to score where we didn't.
amazing care group offensive
They've got an amazing group of offensive players. So we have to take care of that business.
happened knew last lost team
We knew what happened last year. We lost to this team 17-4. We knew how they could score, and we knew we had to not let that happen to have a chance.
experience heard knew tapes
Because of my experience being in the inspections and being in the military, I knew the significance of these tapes when I heard them.