Lauren Fendrick, USA – “They are a real athletic team and we knew that going in. But we had a great game plan and executed well. April served really, really well. As soon as we partnered up we both were talking about World Champs and that being our big goal of the year. Obviously a little hiccup in there with the toe injury but we’ve gotten better with each match and we are getting in a good rhythm.”
April Ross, USA – “It went back and forth at the beginning of both games and then towards the end we kind of figured out what we could do to clamp down and get those points that we needed. Lauren adjusted her block a little bit which helped a ton. We adjusted on the on two which has been real effective for them, and that helped us pull ahead. We want to put ourselves in the best possible position to go the farthest we can in this tournament.”
Taliqua Clancy, Australia – “It’s disappointing, we wanted to take some momentum with us. But we’ll definitely take some lessons from this and move on to the next round. We are just going to recoup. We are ready; we can beat any team out here.”
Louise Bawden, Australia – “There are parts of it that weren’t our best and we have to accept that and deal with it. We have to make sure that we are responding to it and come out hard in the first round. Pool play is done now and it’s a whole new tournament really. We’ll just be making sure that we take care of business on our end and get really strong for that next match. It’s the World Championships and everybody here is hungry and here to win, and its single elimination for everyone, there is no safety net. You have to fight and play hard, that’s what everyone will be doing, so that’s all we’re focused on.”