May 9, 2009

Recap |  Box Score

UC Irvine Head Coach - John Speraw -
"That was an epic battle."
"I think people could be talking about that match for a very long time. I know I will." "When we were down 2-1 some teams would pack it in, but this team didn't."
"We did a much better job of taking away their tendencies."
"The difference was we were able to contain their servers."
"We usually talk about getting on runs. But I felt this match was all about winning one point at a time."
"I felt like we had collective leadership."

UC Irvine Player - Ryan Ammerman - "I just wanted to win and that's it."
"We've become such a close family."
"The student support was unbelievable. People were coming in RV's and camping out."
"This whole year has been about team effort."

UC Irvine Player - Taylor Wilson -
"To be able to win that with your closest, best friends is absolutely amazing."
"A couple of their guys got hot, but we were able to slow them down."

UC Irvine Player - Nick Spittle -
"It was an incredible effort from the student body."

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