Steve Wammer Quotations

Leah had a great year. She had some injuries early and we had to kind of watch her a little bit. But by the end of the year, she was on top of her game.

Leah hurt her back before the game and went two innings. We then went to Sam but we dug ourselves a little hole.

Our pitchers are doing a great job for us right now. They are getting ahead of the hitters and are putting the ball in play for our fielders to make plays.

Our pitchers came out and threw a couple of good games. They threw strikes and took (care) of business out there.

Katie had a tremendous freshman season. She's a very good hitter and has a lot of potential.

We played real well defensively. Unfortunately we couldn't push across any runs.

We had many good things this weekend, but the results weren't what we were looking for. We had three games that we lost by one run, and in the fourth one, we had a lead. It's disappointing we couldn't pull out a win.

We did what we needed to do. We came out a little slow offensively in the first game. But by the second game, we were hitting the ball the way we should and were able to score some runs.

When Leah got hurt, Sam was kind of our only pitcher. She went through a stretch where she had the ball every game and she handled that very well. And once they started pitching in tandem, it helped us a lot.

We weren't as sharp in the early going of game two as we should have been. We made some mistakes in the field. But Aurora threw very well and we picked it up as the game went along.

We kind of caught a break there. But we were able to take advantage of that. We always battle until the final out.

There is no one more fitting to throw our program's first perfect game. She's been here for four years and she's had a lot of one- and two-hitters. But today, it all came together for her. She was in full command from the start. She's a bulldog. Every time she pitches, you know you have a chance to win.

We had a good week. We're 7-7 now, and we got a chance to get a lot of games in with nice weather. I think this is the strongest up and down lineup we've ever had. Defensively we gave up a lot of unearned runs. We're trying people in new positions, and it was the first time outside. In the next two weeks we'll try to shore up the defense.

We didn't hit the ball well, there's no two ways about it. And that's something that we'll need to address as a team next season.

Sam pitched very well today. She's at her best when she is throwing strikes, getting ahead in the count and putting the ball in play so the defense can make plays behind her. She did all those things today.

Adding Nordic skiing to our roster of sports is just one more way we are increasing the opportunities for Northland College students, as well as attracting new students. We've found the students who come to Northland thrive on outdoor sports, like skiing. Our location is a prime for skiers and we are really pleased to offer this competitive opportunity.

The biggest thing I noticed in Alicia was how well she played in the field. She's already a good hitter. But she really improved as an outfielder and for her to make the all-defensive team is really special.

Their pitcher is arguably one of the best pitchers in Division III softball right now. She's one of five pitchers with 1,000 strikeouts.

It was kind of an unusual year. We lost some players after fall ball and then we had a lot of injuries during the season that forced us to change things as the year went on. But the most important thing for us was that we were still able to compete and give ourselves a chance to win. And I'm phenomenally proud about that.

It was kind of a tough situation for Leah. She was coming off a perfect game the last time out. And it was senior day, which adds even more emotion to it. But she did a really nice job of settling down. And the team responded in the final couple of innings.

The first game, we obviously hit the ball very well. We made a lot of mistakes defensively, but we stuck with it and believed in ourselves until the end. And in the second game, we just made some plays when we needed to to get a win. It's a nice pair of wins heading into the weekend.

That's something you don't see very often. It was nice to see Katie get a nice bounce and have the ball go over.

We were pretty close. We had a lot of games that we had a chance to win and couldn't get over the hump. But that's a good sign and in the next couple of years, we'll hopefully start being able to win some of those games.

We hit the ball better (the second game). We're struggling playing defense. In the first game we had mental errors. In the second game we had physical errors, but we cut down on the mental errors. With enough repetitions, the physical errors should go down.

They're a good team. They're ranked in the top 20 in the country for a reason. In the first game, they just played better than we did. In the second game, we had some chances to do some things and we just couldn't get it done, which was a little frustrating.