St. John's University Athletics
VIRGINIA VS. ST. JOHN'S POSTGAME QUOTES
6/4/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 3, 2005
VIRGINIA HEAD COACH BRIAN O'CONNOR
"I don't think that it's anything we do as a team, I think it's the opponent. Last year Princeton had a very good ball club and unfortunately we dropped a hard fought loss in the opening last year."
"St. John's had a guy on the mound today that will probably be one of the top ten picks in the major league draft."
"What we didn't do is we didn't match him, quite frankly, on the mound. We walked too many batters and that crucial inning when they scored three runs in the fifth inning, we hit the lead off hitter. You just can't do those things and expect to win in NCAA tournament games."
ST. JOHN'S HEAD COACH Ed Blankmeyer
"I think it was a great game. Our team rallied when we were two runs down, so I thought it was a great ball game."
"When we got the bid, I said to Craig [Hansen], 'You may be getting that ball game one.' He got an inkling, but he's got the closer mentality. After two years as a closer, to pitch and start a game of this magnitude, what he did is just outstanding."
"I think the guys really came together after we dropped the two run lead, but we had good at bats during that sequence, and we really had a chance to open up that gate to some other kids, and they made some
