Softball Postgame Interviews
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Chattanooga
NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional
Tuscaloosa, Ala. - Rhoads Stadium
May 22, 2011

Head Coach Frank Reed
Opening Statement:
“It was a great run for our softball team, not a great week in comparison to the things we had to face. Not just on the field, but off the field with the kids (Tiffany Baker and Michelle Fuzzard) being sick and all of that. It is devastating for the two kids who are sick, to get that sick during the tournament. It probably filtered down into the team a little more than we like. You can't say enough about what the team has done this year and the records they put up. It's a building block for the things that we want to do in the future, and I think that you will see Chattanooga in a regional in the future and hopefully the supers.”

On the short game for Alabama:
“I think that it was that the field plays really hard. You get a bounce here, a bounce there and it could really make the difference. I would have preferred it to be more wet I guess per se. We knew what they were going to do; unfortunately we were not able to take advantage of that.”

On Alabama pitcher Kelsi Dunne:
“We thought that we had a good plan for her. I don't think that we ever felt like we were going to catch up and not be able to put some runs on the board. I think that it put the kids down a little bit.”

On getting thrown out:
“It was just a rule. We had already taken a defensive time out, and the catcher walked over and they charged us with another defensive time out. I didn't even realize that she had walked over to talk to the pitching coach; I didn't even talk to her. The rule is that two defensive time outs and the person in charge, which is me, has to leave the game. We had a freshman catcher out there that didn't understand that she wasn't supposed to come to the dugout. I am sure that it has happened somewhere; I really don't understand the rule. I don't understand why that would be something you would want to eject a coach for. I'm not a rule maker.”

Sophomore Kasey Tydingco
On Alabama's small ball:
“Going into this game, we knew that it was going to be tough. There was no doubt in our team that we could hang with them. We knew it was going to be a tough game, but we thought we could have caught back up there.”

On the future:
“This is my first regional with this team, and I think that this is the best team I have been a part of and the most diverse team I have been a part of. I am excited to see where this leads us next year. I think that it set the standards higher for this team. We won't accept anything less than what we have accomplished this year.”

Senior Lyndsey Stiles
On Alabama pitcher Kelsi Dunne:
“I think that she mixed up all of her pitches well. She had us guessing for the most part. I think we were going up to the plate thinking not to guess, but they changed the pitches up so well during the game, and we never knew what was coming.”

On the last inning:
“For me being a senior, my last at bat, I was thinking, 'Don't strike out. Don't go out that way,' so it was huge for me to step up, and for my team to put some runs on the board and that's what we did.”