Feb. 16, 2007

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Tulane Head Coach Rick Jones

Thoughts on the game
"We did a better job of taking advantage, but the story of the game was Sean Morgan. When you have the type of game he had - Preston pitched very well out of the bullpen and we played well defensively - that is the kind of game that allows you to play the short game and try to manufacture. You don't get that kind of outing from Sean Morgan, then you're in a position where you can't do those things. So really, the story of the game was Sean."

On his team's ability to play small ball and execute the game plan against the Ospreys
"For the game plan to be executed, the score has to dictate that. With Sean pitching as well as he was, you felt like if you could get a couple of runs, you had a good chance. That's why we have to be able to do that, and tonight we did a better job of it. But again, you don't have that chance if you're down four or five early, and Sean put us in a position where we were in good shape."

Tulane Starting Pitcher Sean Morgan

On his performance against North Florida
"I thought I commanded the strike zone early, which was key. When you have a defense behind you that you know is not going to make errors and play 100 percent every time, it makes it easier to throw it over the plate. They took good swings, I guess my ball was just moving that much today. I don't know. I felt good, but I got in a groove early and that helped me out later on in the game."

Tulane Right Fielder Warren McFadden

On his 3-for-4 performance at the plate
"I'm just seeing the ball well right now. Coming off of last weekend, we just wanted to get something started and I was just trying to help the team any way I can."

On the team's ability to execute the game plan against North Florida
"All week we were working on trying to manufacture runs any way we can. We know we're going to get our hits and we know our runs would come."