University of Minnesota Athletics
South Dakota State Quotes
11/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | Soccer
Head Coach Lang Wedemeyer
On the game...
“We know Minnesota would come out strong and that’s how they start a lot of their games. You can’t start games like that against quality teams. They put us under the gun immediately and we were digging ourselves out for the rest of the game.”
On second half chances...
“We created some opportunities in the second half. We played well and had quite a bit of luck to beat Colorado. Maybe we used all of our luck up on Friday. The ball didn’t quite bounce our way today.”
On SDSU’s future...
“I told my assistant coach Brock Thompson that he set the bar pretty high for himself. It’s certainly a great tribute to what we’ve been working for. It’s never easy to repeat accomplishments, especially how far we’ve moved in a season. The great thing about this is its given the younger players at taste of success and now the key will be having them work just as hard to accomplish great thing like this in the future.”
Goalkeeper Nicole Lograsso
On Minnesota’s second goal...
“There was some bad spin on the ball it was unfortunate.”
On the goals of the team...
“We’ve been working for this the whole time we’ve been in the program. For the seniors have work three to four years to get to this opportunity. For us to come to the NCAA Tournament is awesome.
Midfielder Vanessa Paswaters
On making the tournament...
“It’s an awesome experience. You come in your freshman year and you don’t expect much because we didn’t have anything to strive for. You have to think for the future. We were all passionate about getting here and we did it. It was a great accomplishment for South Dakota State.”
On Minnesota’s defense...
“Minnesota is a physical team. I felt like I was being pushed off the ball a lot. We tried to match their defensive intensity.”
