Robin Petrini Quotations

She understands everything. She's a great field general. I think we have tremendous strength up the middle.

I always forget those come from behind wins, but they are so important, knowing they can be behind and still scratch it out and win the game.

Pitching and defense is something we've seen every day. But you don't know how your hitters are going to hit against somebody else's pitching.

I think this team understands what the Big Ten conference is all about. It's pretty tough to say we're going to win a Big Ten title with Michigan returning but we expect to be in the thick of it.

I think they just got a little bit frustrated. They are not used to not hitting the ball the way they are used to and some frustration came into play.

It feels good. It feels great. I think the kids are feeling really good and lets just keep this ball rolling.

We'll find out where we are. The other teams started last weekend, so we'll find out in a hurry where we are.

Where we're standing currently in the conference doesn't mean anything. It's too early to throw in the towel -- it's one weekend of many weekends that's left to play.

Well, defensively we're returning all of our starters so if I don't have confidence in our defense then we're in trouble. I expect more of the same.

We practice them throwing to the bases all the time, and if they don't get it right they have to do the rep over and over and over again. They've gotten to the point where they don't do the reps that many times because they know to throw to the appropriate bases and get the kid out.

Every game is equal in rate to each other. If you lose to Kent State or Carolina, you negate that you beat California. A good win followed by a bad loss negates the good win.

The second home run barely got out. The first one was just a question as to whether it would stay fair or foul. It stayed fair. That's gonna happen with the wind blowing out.

This sophomore class really carried their banner last year and did some great things. They are more confident, more sure of themselves and they know the routine so there is no new anxiety for them. They definitely exceeded our expectations last year.

We're taking it one game at a time, and that's all that matters to us.

That picture could clear up this weekend. It should be clearer, but it could be more muddy. That's the fun of being in conference play.

Sometimes, St. Francis comes in here and gives us a scare -- not that I'm not confident that we will beat them -- but if you don't take them seriously, you could end up on the wrong end of that stick.

I keep telling our power hitters not to try to hit home runs because actually when you hit a home run, it is like hitting errors, so we need to focus on the process of having good at bats and the power will take care of itself.

I'm more concerned with how we perform as opposed to outcome. If we get out of the gate and are doing things well and we end up losing some of those games, that's okay because that's what you build on. If you come out sloppy and win a game, that's going to come back to hurt you.

Danielle has played great. She has just done everything we have asked her to do. She's a great hitter, outfielder and contributor.

It's really hard when you get 12 hits in the first game, and you think you're going to do the same in the second game. You need to prepare. The second game is always different than the first game.

It's pretty tough to say we're going to go out and win the Big Ten title with Michigan returning. But our aspirations are to battle for a Big Ten title.

They deserved actually to win that game. But we came up with something they couldn't come up with, so we won it.

That's taking the pressure off the pitching. If the defense makes plays, the pitchers are rarely in a situation where they need to strike people out, but it's a tandem.

That's something for you guys to keep track of, not me. If you didn't tell me that, I wouldn't even know it. I'm just trying to win games every time we step on the field.

We moved her right back up because she hit so well.

I'd say the offense is struggling in general. I could take them all out right now.