After leaving practice when Nolan sent the players into the locker room, I assumed they were done until 10:00 tonight when Nolan had told them to return.
However, Nolan said, "The players came out from the locker room and begged to let them continue to practice. I answered just this time. It went very smoothly. The players did a good job during that segment. Need to keep them focused and fresh."
So, the players took charge and went out and played, a better sign than having them wait around until 10:00.
-Chris Simmons
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Practice Update
Head Coach Dianne Nolan was not pleased with the way things went this afternoon at practice.
I walked in around 3 after my last class, and Nolan had the players huddle up. Although it was hard to hear every word, she was obviously not happy with the way practice had been going and felt that they players needed to put forth their best efforts and show a little more hustle.
A half-hour later, after more of the same type of play, she told everyone to go home. The pratice was supossed to last two and a half hours, but it was cut short an hour.
Sabra Wrice '08 and Jill Fiascki '09 did not dress for practice today.
-Chris Simmons
I walked in around 3 after my last class, and Nolan had the players huddle up. Although it was hard to hear every word, she was obviously not happy with the way practice had been going and felt that they players needed to put forth their best efforts and show a little more hustle.
A half-hour later, after more of the same type of play, she told everyone to go home. The pratice was supossed to last two and a half hours, but it was cut short an hour.
Sabra Wrice '08 and Jill Fiascki '09 did not dress for practice today.
-Chris Simmons
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Post Game Press Conference
Head Coach Dianne Nolan (Opening Statement): “I thought we did what we need to do. We knew this was going to be kind of a grind it out game, the second game of a weekend. They like to play a half-court game. They hadn’t lost since we had beaten them before in December. We knew it was a fight for second or third. So we though it would be a grind it out game. We turned the ball over a couple more times than I would have liked. I though we shot the ball, shared the ball, I though our defense was pretty good.”
Nolan (On the Importance of the Frontcourt): “It’s huge. We talke about our frontcourt being played by committee.. You’ve got Steph Cziria, Tara Flaherty, Steph Geehan, B, and Shireyll is an undersized post. They just keep banging in there. We can wear on people because we can bring someone in off the bench who can contribute. And Steph Geehan has such long arms. She gets her hands up and blocks and rebounds and thery’e concentrating so much on Baendu that it allows her a little bit of space. We don’t have to rely on only a few people. You can’t run with out rebounds and that’s what we like to do”
Sabra Wrice (On the Importance of doing the little things): “Every day at practice we say it’s the little steps we take on defensive slides. The little things add up to be things which equal a win for us.”
Wrice (On Defense): “Defense is very important to us. We feel like everything starts from the defensive end. We get a stop and it helps us to focus on our offense more because we just got a stop.”
Nolan (On Holding Loyola and Glessner): “I thought that was big. We knew they were going to go into her. But, [Sholokhova] was leading scorer against Iona most recently. She’s a transfer from Pittsburgh that wasn’t eligible until the second semester. We we’re actually more concerned with her. I thought Glessner was going to get her points and sometimes somebody else goes off. I thought our kids read each other very well on the defensive slides in our zone. I thought they couldn’t find openings at times. They knew were the shooters were and they rotated out on them.”
Nolan (On beating Loyola): “I thought that was real big. We’re all fighting for seeds right now in the tournament. A seed can really sway one thing or another since they all depend on match-ups. Now having beaten them twice and tiebreakers down the stretch are going to be really important. It’s nice when you can beat somebody twice because it gives you more confidence depending on who you see in the tournament. They’ve got a lot of respect in the league and this is just going to help us in March.
Wrice (On two big games back-to-back): “Coach tells me that I’ve got to score and do all the little things that help us win. Go out there and play hard everytime and everybody feeds off one another. So if they see me play hard, everyone else is going to play hard. And I see someone playing hard, I’m goning to play hard. A big game for me is a big game for everyone on the team because we all feed off each other.”
Nolan (On Wrice): “Sabra is a scorer and we need her to do that. The last two games her shooting percentage has been where it should be. A scorer takes a lot of pressure off other people.”
Nolan (On the team's depth): ”Its huge. That’s what we just talked about in the locker room. We can wear on people. I don’t think too many teams in the conference have the 10, 11 people that we have, they’re interchangeable. If someone needs a rest, or any match-ups, depending on the night they’re having. I think everyone comes in and can contribute. You can see the look on people’s faces, it’s that tired look. You know, here comes another kid that they know can do something out on the floor. It’s a long season. And when you’ve got to play Friday, Sunday I think it’s huge. You know the schedule, is set up, you don’t have a lot of downtime between games. I think that really plays into our strength. I thought Loyola at times; we wanted to run them because I didn’t think they could keep up.
-Chris Simmons
Nolan (On the Importance of the Frontcourt): “It’s huge. We talke about our frontcourt being played by committee.. You’ve got Steph Cziria, Tara Flaherty, Steph Geehan, B, and Shireyll is an undersized post. They just keep banging in there. We can wear on people because we can bring someone in off the bench who can contribute. And Steph Geehan has such long arms. She gets her hands up and blocks and rebounds and thery’e concentrating so much on Baendu that it allows her a little bit of space. We don’t have to rely on only a few people. You can’t run with out rebounds and that’s what we like to do”
Sabra Wrice (On the Importance of doing the little things): “Every day at practice we say it’s the little steps we take on defensive slides. The little things add up to be things which equal a win for us.”
Wrice (On Defense): “Defense is very important to us. We feel like everything starts from the defensive end. We get a stop and it helps us to focus on our offense more because we just got a stop.”
Nolan (On Holding Loyola and Glessner): “I thought that was big. We knew they were going to go into her. But, [Sholokhova] was leading scorer against Iona most recently. She’s a transfer from Pittsburgh that wasn’t eligible until the second semester. We we’re actually more concerned with her. I thought Glessner was going to get her points and sometimes somebody else goes off. I thought our kids read each other very well on the defensive slides in our zone. I thought they couldn’t find openings at times. They knew were the shooters were and they rotated out on them.”
Nolan (On beating Loyola): “I thought that was real big. We’re all fighting for seeds right now in the tournament. A seed can really sway one thing or another since they all depend on match-ups. Now having beaten them twice and tiebreakers down the stretch are going to be really important. It’s nice when you can beat somebody twice because it gives you more confidence depending on who you see in the tournament. They’ve got a lot of respect in the league and this is just going to help us in March.
Wrice (On two big games back-to-back): “Coach tells me that I’ve got to score and do all the little things that help us win. Go out there and play hard everytime and everybody feeds off one another. So if they see me play hard, everyone else is going to play hard. And I see someone playing hard, I’m goning to play hard. A big game for me is a big game for everyone on the team because we all feed off each other.”
Nolan (On Wrice): “Sabra is a scorer and we need her to do that. The last two games her shooting percentage has been where it should be. A scorer takes a lot of pressure off other people.”
Nolan (On the team's depth): ”Its huge. That’s what we just talked about in the locker room. We can wear on people. I don’t think too many teams in the conference have the 10, 11 people that we have, they’re interchangeable. If someone needs a rest, or any match-ups, depending on the night they’re having. I think everyone comes in and can contribute. You can see the look on people’s faces, it’s that tired look. You know, here comes another kid that they know can do something out on the floor. It’s a long season. And when you’ve got to play Friday, Sunday I think it’s huge. You know the schedule, is set up, you don’t have a lot of downtime between games. I think that really plays into our strength. I thought Loyola at times; we wanted to run them because I didn’t think they could keep up.
-Chris Simmons
Final Score FU 63, LOY 51
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-Sabra goes up hard again and makes the shot while drawing the foul. She misses the foul shot though.
-Sabra again lays it in.
-Loyola is beginning to foul as the Stags are pulling away. Wrice misses the front end.
-Lauren Groom is fouled by Jill Glessner and now goes to the line for a one and one. She nails the front end and hits the back as well.
-Chris Simmons
-Sabra goes up hard again and makes the shot while drawing the foul. She misses the foul shot though.
-Sabra again lays it in.
-Loyola is beginning to foul as the Stags are pulling away. Wrice misses the front end.
-Lauren Groom is fouled by Jill Glessner and now goes to the line for a one and one. She nails the front end and hits the back as well.
-Chris Simmons
2:15 FU 57, LOY 45
-Loyola College timeout.
-Sabra steals the ball and lays it in again.
-Sabra drives and lays the ball in off of a finger-roll.
-Sabra is called for the foul as the crowd voices their displeasure.
-Baendu hits a jumper after the Stags grab an offensive rebound to drain nearly a minute off the clock.
-Chris Simmons
-Sabra steals the ball and lays it in again.
-Sabra drives and lays the ball in off of a finger-roll.
-Sabra is called for the foul as the crowd voices their displeasure.
-Baendu hits a jumper after the Stags grab an offensive rebound to drain nearly a minute off the clock.
-Chris Simmons
3:59 FU 51, LOY 43
-Loyola has gone to full court pressure to try to trap the Stags. If the Stags can beat it, they could break this game open. However, if it suceeds, Loyola could mount a comeback.
-Glessner is fouled in a scramble for the ball and makes both.
-Dunn is fouled and goes to the line for the one and one. Sabra Wrice checks in for Meka Werts. Dunn hits both free thros.
-Baendu lays it in underneath for two, then draws the charge on the other end.
-Glessner is open for the long jumper for two, giving her 10 for the game.
-Chris Simmons
-Glessner is fouled in a scramble for the ball and makes both.
-Dunn is fouled and goes to the line for the one and one. Sabra Wrice checks in for Meka Werts. Dunn hits both free thros.
-Baendu lays it in underneath for two, then draws the charge on the other end.
-Glessner is open for the long jumper for two, giving her 10 for the game.
-Chris Simmons
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