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Women's Soccer
vs Wake Forest
Quotes: Duke 28, The Citadel 10
Oct. 2, 2004
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Head Coach Ted Roof
"It is certainly a good start. It wasn't pretty at times, but there were a lot of positive things. The guys hung in there and I was proud and happy to get the win."
On Mike Schneider and Andy Roland's Two Touchdowns:
"Andy [Roland] has been one of our most productive players for a few years now. Good things happen when he touches the ball. I thought Mike [Schneider] did a much better job managing the game today. From the checks and decisions he did a good job today. We executed today on third down on both sides of the ball, which was an achillies heal for us. I was proud we were able to turn that around."
On missed chances early:
"We cannot let that happen. I have a lot of respect for The Citadel as they did some things too, but we have to take advantage of our opportunities."
On difference of the time of possession from this week from last:
"You see what happens; Instead of playing 100 plays today [our defense] played about 50 plays. It makes a big difference."
"I was real proud of that [our special teams]. Especially, when you come out and start the game like that. It was a big lift. Anytime you block two punts you have a good chance to win and we did. We will build off it."
On the off week:
"We have to heal and get some guys back. Hopefully that will help us get some guys back. Obviously, we have some things we need to go back and work on. It gives us a chance to polish some things up and grow. Like I said, just get some guys back and hopefully that will happen in a couple of weeks against Georgia Tech because we need it."
Junior C.J. Woodard
"I just wanted to come out and take advantage of the opportunity I had, since I was making my first start in place of Brian Greene."
On the interception:
"He made it a little easy for me because he threw it off his back foot and floated a little bit. I took advantage of that and ran up under it. It seemed like it took forever to come down, but I just tried to get as many yards as I could have a better opportunity to score."
"It is an off week, but we will still work hard and prepare for Georgia Tech."
Junior Andy Roland
"Last game we kept our defense on the field way to long. You cannot expect your defense to stay on the field that long and see action in over 100 plays-- they are not going to produce. We won the time of possession and that was one of our goals."
On the touchdown catches:
"Both were basically two new plays that we put in and were well designed. The first one was one out to the flat and Mike [Schneider] put it right there. The second one was a streak down the field and the safety went over top. Mike put it where it needed to be."
"As tight ends, I know I speak for the whole group. We love catching balls, making plays and making it happen. If there is pressure on us, that is fine and we will take it. We will hopefully get the ball and do things with it."
"The special teams the last two weeks have been phenomenal. Last week, we return a kickoff for a touchdown and this week two blocked punts in one game. You cannot ask for much more than that. Both the offense and defense stepped up today. We made a few mistakes, but overall it was great."
Freshman Justin Boyle
"There was a huge hole and I just ran to the daylight. It was kin d of funny because I could see myself on the television. It was just fun as the line did a good job."
Citadel Head Coach John Zernhelt
"I thought we played very well defensively. The biggest thing was the missed tackles, missed tackles in the secondary. So many times we held them on first down, second down and had them behind the sticks. Even play-to-play on third down, we had too many missed tackles. Offensively, we had better movement and better consistency, but we didn't take advantage of a turnover early in the second half. Instead, we turned the ball back over. We had some general breakdowns in consistency, but it's not as bad as it was, so we're getting better."
On his team having two punts blocked
"Always with a punt block, it's not so much what they do, but somebody missing a block. The key on that was that our punter chose to try and kick the ball out of bounds while it was still in the field of play. You're not allowed to do that. He was in the heat of the moment, but he should have tried to scoop the ball up and fall on it in the end zone."
"It was an even game. Had we executed, it would have been a 14-14 game at the half. We came out in the second half and got a momentum-turning take away. We got a field goal out of it, but again, we have to capitalize and capitalize bigger."
On Michael Ballentine's forced fumble and recovery for a touchdown
"We don't have a problem with our guys playing consistently hard. We get great effort from them and I think that play was kind of indicative of the effort that they give out there during the course of the game."
On putting in Duran Lawson at quarterback
"We were trying to get him in on the series before. Justin (Hardin) was moving us, but made a couple of errors and we just wanted to get Duran into the game."
On his team's offensive consistency
"I don't know what (Nemehiah Broughton) ran for, but we did have a lot more consistency. Offensively, you want to make first downs. You never want to turn the ball over without a kick. You want to avoid turnovers and for the most part, we were successful with that today."
On the progress his team has made
"I think we did (make progress). We came up here and played Duke, a Division I-A team. It' s not a game you say you should have won, but with one error corrected here or there, it's a game you probably could have won."
