Qualifier Quotes

With the new NCAA qualifier guidelines, every match is important. Right now, we are on the bubble in getting into the NCAA Tournament, so we need to come out and shoot well this weekend. We just need to worry about ourselves and not worry about what other teams are doing. If we come out and shoot the way we can, we will be fine. We need to erase some bad early-season numbers. - Bill Kelley

When I saw that on the schedule, I wished that we were at home, ... How great would it be to have a doubleheader here at home with the atmosphere and everything that goes along with a World Cup qualifier, especially one as big as the U.S.-Mexico? - Chris Henderson

What Pete and Jake did this year as leaders is what Jake and Matt will have to do next year. Matt would've been a district qualifier and maybe even a state qualifier if he'd not gotten hurt, so we're going to be improved next season, especially with the experience these freshmen got. - Mike Ellsworth

We've got to look at this result as a one-off. Maybe other people don't see it like that. They'll say we're back to square one, but it's about what we believe we can achieve. We've got to start off the European Championship qualifiers with confidence and good results behind us - the way we sort of finished this group. - Darren Fletcher

We're still kind of in limbo with Skinner, waiting to hear what's going to happen with him... My gut [feeling] is that he's a non-qualifier, but nothing has been cleared or sent to us through the [NCAA] Clearinghouse from his school yet. - Steve Alford

We'd like to have five or six district qualifiers. Waters, Hill and Snyder all have good shots at it, and we have a lot of guys who are going to be fighting for that fourth spot. - Kevin McFann

We were tied for fourth (overall) until the quarterfinals, and it's a first for me to have all my qualifiers get that far. - Jason Breiholz

We want (area) placers and we want qualifiers for state. As a team, I think we're ready. - Steve Lattizori

We took a few lumps varsity-wise, but it paid off when Ian went to state. Now, we're at the point where we have multiple state qualifiers, which is really exciting for us. - Tim Karsten

We set school records for the most WPIAL qualifiers [11] and the most Southwest Region qualifiers [10]. Matching those totals will be tough in such a strong section. - Ron Ledbetter