2009 America East Women’s Basketball Championship Post Game Quotes

Quarterfinal #3: #2 Hartford 68, #7 Stony Brook 53

March 13, 2009

 

 

 

Hartford head coach Jennifer Rizzotti

Opening Remarks:

“Obviously, we’re excited to get the win. I knew Stony Brook was going to be a tough first round opponent. I feel like they’re not only physical and athletic, but they’re also deep and that’s not something that you can say about a lot of teams in this league.”

 

“I was really pleased with our intensity. I was really pleased with our ability to extend our lead and then keep our lead, which is not something we’ve always done.”

 

“This team is ready in the post season, and this is our time of year. We feel like we’ve been preparing all year for this.”

 

“The one thing about Stony Brook is that they lead the league in offensive rebounds. So the fact that we outrebounded them in the first period and on the offensive glass throughout the overall game is impressive.”

 

“I was very pleased with our contributions of the bench.  Not necessarily scoring-wise, but their focus and their confidence.”

 

Hartford junior forward Erica Beverly 

“It wasn’t a good game of rebounding all the way through hard, but we came out on the top of the rebounding.”

 

Hartford senior forward Katie Kelley

On hosting the championship at Chase Arena:

“It’s our home court but still, everything is still different. It’s a different atmosphere.”