Rick Dukeshier Quotes (7 Quotes)

Everyone played super this morning, came out of the gate and really took the wind out of West Lafayette's sails. Against Cathedral, we came out a little slow in the singles matches, and Cathedral's 2 doubles was the best 2 doubles we've seen.

We line up pretty well against West Lafayette. They have a strong No. 1 doubles team, but their No. 2 doubles is weak, so if we can get one of those and at least two of three singles, we should win. They have the advantage at No. 3 singles though.

Our two and three singles matches had some pressure today, and they played really well. Their guys put up a good fight. Those were some tough matches.

We're going down with a much better attitude than last year. Last year, we were thrilled just to win our first match. But we knew Carmel was the defending champion and they were too good. We didn't stand a chance against them.

We knew (Jang) came in with a good record, but Dean really isn't a No. 3 player. He's a strong No. 2.

Playing Center Grove during the season really taught (the players) a lot of different things. It gave them an idea of how to play their best against a tough Indy team, and it motivated them to play harder to get to where they needed to be.

We were elated to see him get that. Chris felt bad about his (final) match, felt he could've played a little better, but that was an awesome honor.