Tim Madden Quotations

My goal is to give our guys who performed well at lower positions last weekend the challenge of higher flights this weekend. Our upper and lower classmen will be rotated high and low throughout the weekend. We want to expose them to them to the challenge of playing high, but we also want to continue to build their confidence.

I think getting the doubles point would have made things a little easier. But we never gave up. That's something we have to hang our hat on.

I thought we fought really hard throughout the lineup. I was really impressed with how some of our guys were able to come back and gut out some wins.

I was really happy with most of what I saw in singles. We always emphasize that the focus needs to be on the process, and the outcomes will take care of themselves. That's exactly what happened today.

We fought hard. Ball State is just a more experienced team than we are.

We played hard. Illinois is very, very strong, but we competed very well and challenged them.

We've spent more time competing against each other, focusing on mental skills. I want them to turn frustration into determination.

We're still struggling in doubles. Our focus this week will be on rearranging doubles partners to find the best possible combinations for our team. Bottom line though, was our singles play. We came in and got it done in singles and it resulted in a victory. I give credit to all of the singles players today. They played real hard.

We've been practicing officially for only a few days, so it's hard to predict exactly what kind of performances we may see from our guys this weekend. Putting them out there, especially the freshmen, is sort of like a baptism by fire. I'm interested to see how they respond.

Colin finds a way to keep his opponents off balance.

Our doubles play today was unacceptable. We did not come out this afternoon ready to play and it really showed. I will be looking for a much better start tomorrow afternoon against Michigan State. If we compete in doubles the way we are capable of competing, then results will show.

This was a much needed win. Our theme this week was mental toughness. The difference today was that from start to finish, we were mentally tougher than Indiana. Yesterday against Penn State it wasn't there, but today it was and it was the reason we won.

I'm hoping that we will show more consistency. This past weekend, at times, we competed well, but just very inconsistently and part of that may be traveling on the road.

Illinois is one of the strongest teams in the nation and they have proven that for years now. We have a few injuries; half of our lineup is injured right now.

It was nice for our five freshmen to get their feet wet, and a couple of them made a pretty big splash. P.J. and Griffin did a very nice job of carrying over their fundamental skills to the competition court.