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BAYLOR POSTGAME QUOTES

Baylor Head Coach Paul Jobson
Opening Statement...
"Thank God, for another opportunity to be with these guys. I don't know what to say honestly. We've been through a lot this year and this is a special group. Not because we are winning but I think we are winning because they are special group. Baylor Nation was out in full force tonight. That might be the largest crowd we've had all year and we were down the road. So, I appreciate them being here. Couldn't be more proud of these girls. Their leadership is right where it needs to be. Everyone's influence has been right on top of things and they are doing the things they need to do, with the details and all that."

On losing 2-0 lead and recovering...
"I think we realized we hadn't done that yet this year so we should probably try it. I don't know. It's a never say die mentality and they are very resilient. We talked about that at halftime. If they score, we score. We just have to keep doing what we're doing. This team wasn't ready to give up on their season yet. This is special group with that way they are able to battle and fight for each other has been a really fun for me as coach to experience.

Senior Defender Precious Akanyirige
On making school historyÃÆ'Æ' ¢ÃƒÆ' ¢' ¬ ¦
"It's awesome. I mean like we have been saying this whole season we are just playing and fighting to play with each other for another game. I mean it was a whole team effort the whole entire time. So, it was just great to get the result that we have been working hard for."

Junior Forward Lauren Piercy
On how it feels to advanceÃÆ'Æ' ¢ÃƒÆ' ¢' ¬ ¦
"Excited. Thrilled. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and the fact that I get to eat Thanksgiving (food) and be on the road with this incredible team is probably the best thing that has ever happened to me and that's saying a lot. It's an awesome feeling. It's still like when we won Big 12, it's indescribable. You're on cloud nine. This is amazing."

On overtimeÃÆ'Æ' ¢ÃƒÆ' ¢' ¬ ¦
"It comes down to who's going to score first, and obviously we want to be that team so we're going to press as much as we can. Everyone was gelling together. We were taking names. I don't think Notre Dame came out and anticipated our (spark)."

Junior Midfielder Kennedy Brown
On the team's aggressivenessÃÆ'Æ' ¢ÃƒÆ' ¢' ¬ ¦
"We pride ourselves on working our butts off to get the ball in the goal. I saw the opportunity to put in because I know Julie (James) was pressing really hard and Paul (Jobson) tells us, 'once one presses, we all press'. I just put the ball in the back of the net when I could."

NOTRE DAME POSTGAME QUOTES

Notre Dame Head Coach Theresa Romagnolo
On the loss...
"It is difficult because we have ended that way a lot this season. We just have not been able to finish plays so I think it has summed up a lot of our disappointing losses that we have faced. Credit to them [Baylor]. They are very physical and do a great job of contesting everything in the air and winning every little loose ball and on that one play we did not match it."

On the comeback in the second halfÃÆ'Æ' ¢ÃƒÆ' ¢' ¬ ¦
"I thought that the goals we allowed were very poor, so I don't think by any means they were all over us. It was definitely a game where we could have come back, which we did. But again, to put yourself down 2-0 on goals you don't need, you just dig a big hole. So, yeah, we came back, but at the end of the day, they [Baylor] won."

On whether that was one of the more aggressive teams Notre Dame has ÃÆ'Æ' ¢ÃƒÆ' ¢' ¬ ¦
"Oh absolutely."

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