Southern Illinois vs. Mississippi Valley State Post-Game Quotes
05/19/2007 | 12:00:00 | Softball
May 19, 2007
Southern Illinois 7, Mississippi Valley State 0
Mississippi Valley State Head Coach Lee Smith
On NCAA Carbondale Regional site...
"I would like to say thank you to Southern Illinois University for putting on a great tournament, great hospitality. I have been coming to regionals for the last 3-4 years; this was one of the best hospitality that we have had in a very long time."
On Southern Illinois...
"One thing we knew was that they were going to be able to hit the ball. They are a great hitting team. They were going to put the ball in play."
On the number of errors...
"We had a long lay off of 18 days. We knew we were going to have errors. We knew we were going to have to come out and hit the ball well in order to have a chance to win."
Mississippi Valley State pitcher Nikki Stouder
On her performance...
"I just threw and tried to mix it up a bit more. I knew that they were going to make contact, I just hoped that they would hit to my player. I tried to get them to pop up for my outfield that was my goal."
Southern Illinois coach and players available for comment following the 5 p.m. game versus Missouri