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...
fight softball
I was devastated, obviously. I was very disappointed. There is not much more we can do right now but strategize and try to fight to get softball back into the games.
softball weather play
It's not the most conducive weather to play softball in, but you've got to come out and play it.
softball running games
It's a game of making great pitches at the right time, being opportunistic by getting a run at the right time and playing good defense.
softball sports motivation
I will never sacrifice my morals and ethics for anyone or any win.
games happened
Probably 2,000 games and that's never happened to me.
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.
hold
I don't have any doubts. Lisa can hold her own right now.
anyone decision easy special tiger
She's a special player. She's our Tiger Woods. When I told her, 'Lisa, you got the ball,' it was an easy decision on my part because I can't think of anyone better in a big game.
throw workouts
She's pretty much week-to-week. She's still able to throw and do workouts right now.