Mike Candrea
Mike Candrea
Mike Candreais the head softball coach at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He was the head coach of the United States women's national softball team in 2004, when Team USA won a gold medal, and in 2008, bringing home silver...
aggressive compete competing five gave good innings job nice
Offensively we gave away five innings and did not do a good job competing at the plate. We're just not aggressive enough and we're a little too nice to compete at this level.
good group numbers overall playing proud stepped team
I think overall this weekend, this team has stepped it up and done a good job. We're playing pretty good right now, and obviously, offensively we put some numbers on the board, which is a good thing. I'm proud of this group right now.
good played ready schedule team
I think if there is any team ready for it, it's us. We played a very good schedule and we know what we need to do.
good teams
We jumped on teams early, which is a good trait.
good situation struggling
We were struggling offensively and were in a good situation with a good bunter. It was a no-brainer.
again forward freed good hard pitcher rocky seeing settled solid speed threw throws tonight
Freed had a rocky first inning and then really settled down and threw well. We had some opportunities tonight and just couldn't get the big hit. I thought we competed hard and we look forward to seeing them again in the future. Ueno is a solid pitcher and throws hard. She has a good off speed pitch.
ball good puts
When she puts the ball in play, good things happen.
bats good great hits key looked offensive pitcher runs
It was a great offensive performance. We got some bats unleashed. Overall, I thought offensively we looked really good and got some key hits and put a lot of runs on the board. That's good for the pitcher that's for sure.
call good
It was a good wake-up call for us.
again enjoying game good looks matter offense playing third time
It looks like she is enjoying the game again and playing with confidence. We know how good she is defensively at third base. It's just a matter of time to get the offense to come around.
best continued couple goes good hat next ready stuff
Alicia continued to battle. (She) didn't have her best stuff but that's a good team. They will be ready the next couple of days. My hat goes off to them for making it a game.
against balls buy game goes good great hard hat hit needed people played southern threw tomorrow tough
In the first game, Osterman threw a great game and we did what we needed to win. Against Japan, we played a good game and Southern was tough for us, but we just couldn't buy a break. We hit a lot of hard balls right at people and my hat goes off to Japan. They look good, but tomorrow is a different day and we have to go right back at them.
games happened
Probably 2,000 games and that's never happened to me.
hold
I don't have any doubts. Lisa can hold her own right now.