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Postgame Quotes
Wisconsin vs. Iowa
April 12, 2015
Goodman Diamond -- Madison, Wis.
Junior IF Ashley Van Zeeland
On her approach at bat to give her team a chance to earns runs:
"I just knew I needed to stay relaxed, because I knew we could do it. Taylor-Paige Stewart pitched a great game, so the offense just had to get going. We like to battle when it gets tough."
On the takeaways from a game like today's:
"The coaches always tell us to learn from games like this. We had a lot of little mistakes that we can fix, so if we just come together as a group and stay with it, we'll be fine."
Head Coach Yvette Healy
On what she says to her team after a loss like today's:
"It's a heartbreaker. We got a great performance out of Taylor (Stewart), which is wonderful to see. I think that's super important, and she threw a great game. We're proud of her. Their hero just came up bigger than ours. Megan Blank is their big kid, and she stepped up when it counted. A lot of our best kids had the shot, but we just didn't convert. I'm proud of the kids that did convert. You see over the weekend that our senior Maria Van Abel had a walk off yesterday, Marissa Mersch had the game-tying single to send us into extras, which is awesome. Taylor-Paige (Stewart) had the walk off yesterday. There are good things happening, but of course it's just emotional and heartbreaking. We are still really proud though."
