Florida Atlantic - Florida International Postgame Quotes
May 26, 2000
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Head Coach Kevin Cooney
“Benjamin pitched a great game for us. He was the guy when we needed, he camethrough. Did not let the big inning develop a second time. Gabe had anunbelievable catch. If we don’t catch that ball things are a lot different.”
“Our club last year did not have a lot of close games. This year we arebetter prepared in close games. We didn’t have to scratch for runs. Pitchingand defense will win games.
How confident against playing Miami next? “To beat the National Champs ontheir field is not going to be easy.”
Starting Pitcher Petersen Benjamin
On Gabe’s catch – “I was saying Please God let it stay in the ballpark. Itwas a tremendous catch.”
Center fielder Gabe Somarriba
On his catch – “When the ball was hit I didn’t think it would go that deep.It was big for us. It changed the momentum. It didn’t hurt me that much. Tookme a couple seconds to sink in that I caught the ball.”
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Head Coach Danny Price
On sticking with Willie Collazo:
“Willie’s been our guy the last half of the season. He’s really pitched bigfor us. And last weekend he got into a couple tough situations and pitchedthrough it . And I just wasn’t going out in the first ball game, and in thefourth inning, and pull him out of the game. That didn’t even really crossmy mind.”
On Florida Atlantic
“They played a great ball game. They’ve got great pitching. We jumped onthem early, and they battled back, and they didn’t quit. I give all thecredit to them.”
