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Postgame Quotes
November 30, 2001 | Women's Soccer
Nov. 30, 2001
Penn State University Quotes:
Coach Paula Wilkins-
"I think that Alyssa Ramsey did a good job of putting pressure on the ball. I think that a little bit of our luck ran out there, but that's the way soccer goes sometimes"
On the success of the Carolina program:
"Anson has a great program here, he's done a great job of attracting great players. I think he's one of the best in the country at recruiting, and then he does great things with them once they get [to Chapel Hill]."
Penn State Goalkeeper Emily Oleksiuk on the game winning goal:
"I saw the ball coming through with Alyssa Ramsey and Bonnie Young both running towards it and I thought that I could come out and clear it before either one of them got there. I got my foot on it first but unfortunately it deflected off one of the players and just bounced the right way for them."
On whether it was a "lucky" goal:
"I don't like to use the word lucky, I think that Alyssa did a good job of charging the ball. She's very athletic and I think that her putting forth that effort and forcing it to hit off somebody, I wouldn't call that lucky. Unfortunately for us, but not lucky."
On being knocked out of the NCAA tournament by Carolina once again:
"It's frustrating getting knocked out twice by the same team, but they're an extremely talented team. So it's not a disgrace being knocked out by them."
University of North Carolina Quotes:
UNC Head Coach Anson Dorrance:
"We're obviously ecstatic to have won that game for thousands of reasons. First of all it gets us to the final four, and that's a party you just don't want to miss. I'm very proud of our kids."
"We want to congratulate a fine Penn State team, they never quit and they gave us all kinds of problems, most of them in the second part of the first half."
Coach Dorrance on Ramsey's play that resulted in the goal:
"She"s one of the best we"ve ever had here at attacking the restraining line of the defense, and as a result she gets in behind the defense consistently every game."
On if reaching the final four is still as exciting on his 20th trip:
"It's actually more exciting. I think there's more hype about it. There's more of an excitement and drama to it now than there ever was before."
"The eight teams that are left is by far the strongest final eight that I have ever seen. Any of the eight could have won the national championship, including the one we just beat. Five years ago I couldn't have said that."
Alyssa Ramsey on the goal:
"I just chased down Jordan Walker's ball. I didn't have a great chance, I just tried to go in there and get in Emily's way and luckily my butt came in handy."
"I just saw it take a couple bounces and I didn't really know what happened until I got up and saw it in the net."
