May 12, 2002
UCLA coach Adam Krikorian: "Obviously, I'm disappointed. This is tough. It's like d?j? vu with our men's team (this year). You can't go into a game and give a greatteam like Stanford a three-goal lead and come back and make a game of it.
"You give them a lot of credit, but after being down 3-0, our girls never gave up. They continued to push and compete. They never stopped being playing aggressive. Afterbeing down 3-0, not to take anything away from Stanford, but I thought we had control of the game.
"We wanted to be aggressive. We knew they'd drop a player and play a zone and use Jackie Frank to make saves. But we went 1-for-10 (on 6-on-5s) and in water polo,you can't go 1-for-10 and expect to win, especially against a great team like Stanford. It comes down to opportunities. They put away their shots and we didn't.
"I'm still very happy and I'm proud because of how the team played. They didn't back down and were competitive the entire game."
UCLA Center Robin Beauregard: "Any time there's a championship game, both teams are fired up. It's a round ball and sometimes it bounces in and sometimes itbounces out. Their first three shots went in and it amped them up. It was a big obstacle when our first three shots didn't go in.
"Everything is heightened in the championship game. You don't put more pressure on yourself, but if you make a bad pass, you might second-guess yourself a little longerthan in a regular game. When things don't go your way, it's a little harder to deal with. The ball didn't bounce our way today."
Stanford Coach John Tanner: "I'm very proud of this team. It was a beautiful day, a great atmosphere and we were thrilled. We had a great feeling from the beginning.We came out and made plays.
"I felt like we dominated the game for the first quarter-and-a-half, but after, we continued to make plays. We did great on the 5-on-6s, which we emphasized. We wereanchored by Jackie, who was the key to the whole thing.
"It's a wonderful feeling to win in front of a big group of Stanford alums. There were a lot of people who came down to watch us play."
Stanford Goalie Jackie Frank: "We play great defense no matter who's in goal, a horrible goalie or the best goalie in the world. Our defense is solid and played great.They made five or six field blocks on 5-on-6s so I didn't have to make a play."
Stanford 2-Meter Kate Petit: "This was all about us today. It was all about our intensity and wanting to step up. We wanted this feeling and we deserved it. We put it allout on the line and this couldn't feel better."
Stanford Driver Margie Dingeldein: "This is the best way I could imagine to finish my Stanford career. The last three years we had what I felt was the best team anddidn't come through. This is for all of the seniors from the past who graduated."