NCAA Softball Regional Game 4 Quotes

Creighton Head Coach Brent Vigness

On the game

“This was another great softball game.  Tammy [Nielsen] pitched a whale of a game.  We just couldn’t get out offense going and that was in large part due to their pitcher.  But Tammie gutted it out and she has earned the right to be out there as long as she wants to because she has just done so much for us over the years.”

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On the 2005 season

“This was another fantastic year for us.  To follow up a 44 win season with another successful year is a real tribute to the senior class and the team as a whole, not to mention the fact that they did it after losing players like [Stacy] Rybar and [Kari] Shank.  I don’t want out players to think that we took a step back because we didn’t win a regional game because I think this regional was one of the toughest and we still played well.”

 

On pitcher Tammy Nielsen

“She is just such a fierce competitor.  She wants to be out there all the time and I believe her when she says she enjoyed every pitch.  She fights through things and wants to compete and she has certainly done well in her career here.”

 

Pitcher Tammy Nielsen

On her performance

“I didn’t start the game the best, but the team got back on track and that made me want to throw harder.  I probably should have walked their first batter in the eighth, but I didn’t.”

 

On Stacy May’s performance at the plate

“She’s a great hitter and I knew that coming into the game.  That’s really all there is, she’s just a great hitter.”

 

On her career at Creighton

“I’ve had an awesome time here.  I enjoyed every game I was in the circle and it’ll be hard to leave it.”

 

First baseman Abby Johnson

On her home run

“I had been struggling up at bat lately and our coaches reminded us that she’d been pitching up ahead, so I told myself just to swing at anything I got and got it.”

 

On her senior season

“We had out sights set higher than it played out, but we’ve had a remarkable last few seasons.  We just fell short.”