North Carolina State University Athletics
Game Quotes from NC State's win Over FAU
6/5/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 5, 2004
Quotes from NC State's 6-5 win over Florida Atlantic:
FAU Quotes
Kevin Cooney, FAU Head Coach
On the game...
"If we had taken care of business in the eighth and ninth innings, it wouldn't have been so close. Our team contributed by not extending the lead, by not making this a game of which we were completely in control and that is what contributed to what happened"
On N.C. State...
"When they had to, they made good pitches and got us out" "Their pitchers did a good job preventing a runaway game, which this game had the makings of early."
On coming back tomorrow...
"We hope to come in tomorrow and beat [the loser of tonight's game] and then beat whoever's next and win two games the following day. It makes things a lot harder than it was fifteen minutes ago."
Rusty Brown, First Base
On coming back tomorrow...
"It can be done. It's just going to be a lot tougher now. We just have to come out and hit the ball and drive guys in.
Chris Saxton, Starting Pitcher
On N.C. State...
"They are a scrappy team. They have some good hitters early in the lineup. The hitters late in the lineup can get some balls down. They have a pretty tough lineup all the way through."
NC State Quotes
Head Coach Elliott Avent
"It was a great come back win. I don't feel bad for the opponent - I've been in that situation before. I'm really proud of the way our guys were able to come back in the ninth inning." "After the rain it was like a totally different ball game except for the at one ball thrown away at third. We came out with some great at bats in the seventh inning and put some great at bats together in the ninth."
"For Florida Atlantic it was one of those games where they had it the whole way. You have to feel a little bit bad for them with the way they played - they have a great ball club. Our guys fought hard and it paid off."
On play before vs. after the rain delay...
"We weren't playing well at all (before the rain delay). I don't remember us ever playing that poor - in all facets of the game. I'm not going to talk about the pitching because I think Vern Sterry battled like he always does. I think he was outstanding like he always has been in two years at NC State."
"Some things just happened - I think we were a little tentative to play early, but some poor base running and some poor at bats were very disappointing."
"After the ran (the team) must have said something to each other because when we came back out we looked like a totally different ball club."
Dustin Knight
On the game winning hit...
"I really didn't have an approach - I just had a lot of things running through my head. I was looking for a ball low in the zone that I could handle."
I've been clutch in a few key situations and I was just lucky to be clutch here."
