Quotes Following Women's Tennis' 7-0 Loss At Alabama
Jan 30, 2009 | Women's Tennis
Jan. 30, 2009
TULANE HEAD COACH Terri Sisk
Overall thoughts on the match
"The score sheet doesn't look that bad, with the exception of doubles. There are a lot of three-and-threes, a few fours and fives mixed in there. This 7-0 loss was not really a 7-0 loss. We had chances to win. Experience kicked in today, and they were the better team."
On what the big difference between the two teams was today
"We did some good things today, but physically, we've got to get stronger. Alabama had some big serves and they hit the short balls very well. We couldn't get our rackets up under their short balls. There again, though, that comes from a team that has a lot of upperclassmen on it. They've been on a weight program for a lot longer than our girls. Those are the things we can't control. But what we can control are continuing to work on placement of balls, placement of serves and those type of things."
On what positives she took from today's loss
"We showed improvement. In doubles, the scores don't look impressive but there were so many games that were at deuce. We pushed them today and they know we were there. That is one thing that we talked about before the match - we wanted to leave our mark today. We knew today that we were going to be the underdog. We have no problem with that. We just wanted to go out there and handle business, and they did. We had an entire freshman team losing five-and-two, three-and-three, four-and-two. That's not bad at all against a program that is going to be decently ranked today."
On the performance of Mariam Kurdadze against the nation's No. 72 singles player, Tiffany Welcher
"Three-and-three was an incredible showing for Mariam against a girl who is very highly ranked. Mariam knows she had opportunities to do something and let them slip away. The one thing (Welcher) had was a big, left-handed serve and Mariam could never break her serve. If you can't break somebody's serve, it's tough to win. Mariam took something away from it, and that's working on a left-handed slice. If she had not been left-handed, Mariam might have walked through her."
On how her young team bounces back for tomorrow's match against Georgia State
"They're not upset. They all came in and they're fired up. They're already talking about Georgia State and what they want to do differently. Georgia State has a lot of talented players and I think they're going to be close to Alabama's level. We've got to mentally go home tonight and prepare for that. That's what it comes down to. It's not an issue of them doing anything better than we do. We just need to get some experience under our belts and that's why we're here."
ALABAMA HEAD COACH JENNY MAINZ
Overall thoughts on the match
"Again, we came out ready to play. These matches are so important for improving and working forward. They give us an opportunity to step up to another gear. Tulane is a solid team. They are a first-year program, but they competed well and fought hard. We played many quality points. This is a chance for fine tuning and working toward the SEC season. I was pleased with the outcome, and I think we are doing a good job of taking advantage of these opportunities."
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