May 30, 1999
NEVADA HEAD COACH GARY POWERS
"I think a couple of mistakes put us in a deep hole. I was very proud of our kids, they kept battling till it was all over. I wish Stanford well. They did a great job. I thought (Brian) Sager did a great job pitching today. I tip my hat to him and Stanford on their road to the College World Series."
"I thought he pitched well under the circumstances. He had some balls blooped in on him and they did a good job on the hit and run . That's the game of baseball. You force the action like that and good things can happen sometimes and sometimes bad things happen. They had good things happen to them and we had bad things happen to us"
"We knew how important today was, there's no question. We came here with the idea of playing two games today and fell three runs short. It certainly wasn't for lack of effort. Every one of our guys went out with the idea that we wanted to win the game and that we could win the game. We played as hard as we possibly could for nine innings. I don't think we could ask anything more than that. I walk out of here with my head up, knowing my players played as hard as they possibly could."
NEVADA OUTFIELDER LYLE OVERBAY
"Sometimes that's the way it goes. Sometimes we just couldn't get the hits together. I think we hit the ball alright. We just couldn't get anything going or get on a roll."
NEVADA CATCHER MATT ORTIZ
"Obviously he's very effective. We had about four hits. We hit the ball hard sometimes, but just couldn't find a hole. He mixed up his pitches pretty good. We just couldn't find a hole today."
STANFORD HEAD COACH MARK MARQUESS
"I was impressed with the quality in the tournament. All of the games were great games, each hung in the balance. North Carolina was very impressive. It was a great three days of college baseball. We had great crowds. Our fans are really good fans. They saw a great three days and great college baseball.
"This is quite an accomplishment, just a different format. We didn't have an easy three days and it is tougher to get to Omaha."
"Brian (Sager) pitched great all year, in big games at Cal and against UCLA. I don't consider him a freshman anymore. Today is not unusual for him."
"I've said this from about half way through the season this is a team effort. It hadn't always been that way, but guys came together for us."
STANFORD FIRST BASEMAN JOHN GALL
"There was definitely a different feeling today because we're going to be here next week. It was a thrill. I'm happy to continue onto Omaha, but there's still a job to do next week."