OHIO-WESTERN MICHIGAN QUOTES

Western Michigan junior libero Caitlin Strimel

(On the match) "I'm not sure if it was there defense, we didn't execute as well as we wanted to. We played a great match, but it wasn't good enough."

(On what the team learned) "We can't let teams start off with a lead on us and think we're going to come back and we need to start off strong. I think that's the biggest thing we learned from this season is we came back from a lot of games we didn't start strong in, but we're not going to be able to pull all those out. We need to focus on getting those first few points in a row."

(On thoughts going into the fourth) "We had momentum going into the fourth game. It was back-and-forth. We did really well. We just weren't able to pull out those last two points and that's what it came down to."

Western Michigan sophomore middle blocker Kate Corbett

(On the match) "We're both at the same level of play. It could've gone either way. Ohio's a great team."

(On being named to the all-tournament team) "I just wanted the championship so bad. I tried to do anything and everything for my team."

Western Michigan head coach Colleen Munson

(On the match) "You know it was point for point and it was a matter of momentum changes and taking care of our side of the court. They're a good team and we congratulate them, but we know we're a great team and we'll take care of business on our side of the court."

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