Quotes
December 16, 2001 | Men's Soccer
Dec. 16, 2001
UNC Coach Elmar Bolowich
"We are thrilled to have won the College Cup. I am so proud of this team and
so proud of my seniors. At the same time, I am sad that I will not have them
back. I hope the juniors and sophomores will fellow in their lead.
"Not only are my seniors great players-they are great students-and excellent representatives of the university.
"In the end, they deserved to win. They stayed focused and did not make any errors. We told our defense when they have the ball not to panic. We wanted to keep them to the right and not let them down the middle. We wanted to force them to cross (the ball)."
UNC midfielder Ryan Kneipper
On his goal
"I knew I could beat the keeper and the defense on me was a little shorter."
UNC midfielder Noz Yamauchi
"Both my calves and groins cramped up in overtime Friday. Saturday I was
very sore. I felt all right to today, but my legs felt a little heavy."
UNC defender Danny Jackson
"I got a knock in the head Friday and I got a knock again in the game today.
"It is the responsibility of a senior and a captain to take the penalty kick. I was confident and I put it away.
UNC goalkeeper Mike Ueltschey
"There was a lot of action in front of the goal, but I was not called upon
to make a lot of saves."
UNC defender Chris Leitch
"This is how I wanted to end my career. It could not have been any better."
Indiana Coach Jerry Yeagley
"I congratulate North Carolina. They are deserving champions. They played an
excellent game. I am very proud of our team. Our player fought hard. I
thought we were going to get one (goal) in the second half. I felt very
confident after they scored that we would score. It is just one of those
days, a combination of excellent defending on (UNCs) part and a touch off
offensively on our part.
Indiana forward Pat Noonan
"They have a great defense and they fought hard, much like St. John's. They
would not let us do what we like to do and that is moving the ball in the
ground.
"We are not used to not getting plenty of scoring chances in a game. Today we were just not able (to create scoring chances) and things were not clicking. I don't know what more you can say, they kind of shut us down.
"They were packing it in. We were just trying to move the ball and work around it. When I was out wide I was just trying to get isolated, create space and let some of the midfielders run through."
