Steve Bietau
Steve Bietau
apparent clear experience knew
She has the most experience on our team, and she is pretty clear under pressure. It was more apparent that she knew what to do.
question
She is not 100 percent, and we know that. Right now, it?s a question that we don?t know how to answer.
becoming goes knew matter mentally season solid tougher
She is becoming more and more solid as the season goes on. We knew she had some weapons, but it was just a matter of her getting tougher mentally and physically.
days eight eliminate hope start
My hope is eight days from now we will look like a different team. We're going to try to start to eliminate mistakes.
force hoping move somebody start step winning
What we are hoping for is for somebody to step up and force us to move them up to No. 1 and start winning at No. 1.
amount certain challenge communication cultural dealing emotions high intense issues language situation
You have language issues and cultural issues, and sometimes it makes the communication a real challenge for them, and I know for me. You are in this intense competitive situation where emotions are at a pretty high level, and you're dealing with a certain amount of stress, so it?s a big challenge.
match won
It's an important milestone for us. They won a match in a way that they have never done before.
beat conditions hot road tough weekend
It was a tough weekend on the road for us. We were beat up, and the conditions were tough with it being hot down there.
elite good struggled team year
They were thought of as an elite team all year long. At times they have struggled to keep that elite status, but they've been very good all the way through.
against college easy fire fun good
It's a good thing for college tennis. It's a fun place to play, but it's not easy to be in the fire there against them.
forward looking playing seeing
We're looking forward to playing and looking forward to seeing what we can do in this tournament.
beginning doubles opposite playing won
We started off playing well in the doubles and won there, but at the beginning of singles, things went in the opposite direction.
cannot care fixed took
There are not any big things left. The big things we took care of in the fall, or they are big things that we cannot take care of, because they are not going to get fixed right now.
beat pride team
Our team has pride, and they don?t like getting beat like that.