Postgame Quotes: Iowa 5, Michigan 3
11/5/2009 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Nov. 5, 2009
Michigan Head Coach Marcia Pankratz
On Michigan's play in the final 20 minutes ... "I appreciate that they didn't give up. It's a nice quality. Unfortunately, we weren't ready to play 70 minutes of hockey today. For the first 50 minutes, we didn't play a very good hockey game and dug ourselves into a pretty deep hole."
On what Michigan can take away from the season ... "As a program, we need to be preparing and try to get better every day, not just the day of a match. Those are hard lessons to learn, but hopefully we will learn from it and be better for it next season."
On the play of the seniors ... "I only had one year with them, to get to know them, so that's unfortunate. But they provided great leadership and maturity. They are wonderful Michigan student-athletes and I'm sorry that they had to end their careers on such a disappointing note."
On Meredith Way ... "She's a big-time player. She always seems to come through when we need her to. It just wasn't enough today."
U-M Junior Meredith Way
On the second-half comeback ... "I didn't want to go out without scoring a goal. I didn't want to give up despite the game being 3-0. I'm glad we were able to fight a little bit."
On the senior class ... "Sometimes we don't realize that for some of our seniors, this is probably the last time they will play field hockey. There's no next year for them like there is for the rest of us. You have to put that into perspective especially after losing on senior day. I hate that they had to go through that."
On what to learn from this season ... "Right now, I'm not thinking about next season, but starting tomorrow, it's time to prepare for next season. I don't want to go through this kind of season again. We have to work hard in the offseason, come back in shape and be prepared every time. We need to take what we learned from this season and make sure it doesn't happen again."
