Mike Pressler
Mike Pressler
Mike Pressleris an American lacrosse coach. He is the head coach of the Bryant University Bulldogs and the 2010 United States national lacrosse team. He served as the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils for 16 seasons until he was forced to resign during the Duke lacrosse case in 2006...
bite hangover nice saturday takes week win
It just kind of takes the bite of Saturday out a little bit. We don't have all week to have that hangover on us. We had a nice win today.
athletics believe best department interests
I believe this is in the best interests of the program, the department of athletics and the university.
basketball confidence hunter notch similar understand
We have a different sense of confidence going into this year. We know we're going to get everybody's best, very similar to our basketball team. We go from the hunter to the hunted. That's something we have to understand and be able to take it a notch higher.
accomplish believe class classroom continue counting depth goal help land players quality seven success tradition year
This was a year we didn't need a whole lot of depth from the class. Our goal was to land quality players at each position, and I believe we were able to accomplish that. We are counting on these seven outstanding student-athletes to help us continue the tradition of success we experienced on the field, in the classroom and in the community.
close difficult opportunity took wonder
It was so difficult to get there and get so close and wonder if we'll ever have the opportunity to get back there again. It took a while to get over it.
against areas came good intensity levels move next played week
I thought we came out with good levels of intensity and aggressiveness. For a first game, we played pretty well, but we have a lot of areas to improve. We'll take this one and move on to next week against a very good Villanova team.
game last stuff
If it's 1 vs. 2 or 21 vs. 22, with the Maryland-Duke game for the last 16 years, all that other stuff is meaningless. It's a very, very competitive game.