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Head Coach Jayson King
Opening Remarks
"I thought [starting pitcher Trevor Graham] did a great job. He set the tone for the game. We thought he was competing on the mound; he got himself out of some jams. The hitters, to me, were a little tense today and really didn't let their true ability take over, but [second baseman Justin Brock] came up with that big hit in the eighth... It's not how many hits, it's when you get them, and we've been talking about that all year."

On the coaching staff's confidence in Trevor Graham
"Trevor's been our MVP the whole season; he's been that guy that's taken the ball every time we've needed him too. He's gone late into games, just like he did today, pretty much the whole season. For us as coaches, we love handing the ball off to him. He's our guy, he's the one that gets us going in the right direction and we have tons of confidence in him. I think the players do as well. They know when he's on the mound, they're going to have the opportunity to win a ballgame."

Starting pitcher Trevor Graham
On getting out of bases-loaded, no-out jam in the top of the fifth
"My approach was just to attack. That's been my approach all game: go after batters. It was a tough spot, I needed to shut them down, and it would pump everyone up and help everyone come out and maybe start the offense a little bit. I went into it trying to get a big strikeout and some ground balls, and I felt like I did my job for it."

On facing the jam while locked in a pitcher's duel
"If anything, it just makes me pitch harder. The kid [Shippensburg starting pitcher Pat Kregeloh] was throwing a really great game, and he was doing a really good job of getting guys out... When that happens, I've got to do my job. So, I wanted to just attack the zone and beat him in the duel. You know, just win."

On what pitches were working best for him
"Fastball, changeup was working really well. I had a lot of kids swinging over changeups. If they were hitting them, it was either a weak groundball, or a flyball. Also, I came after them with fastballs, and I got a couple [looking strikeouts] because -- I'm thinking -- they were thinking it was a changeup."

On pitching against aluminum bats instead of wood
"I mean, you can't really break any bats [laughs]. That's really the only difference for me. I still try to saw kids off on the inside and get weak contact, but it's pretty much the same approach."

Freshman second baseman Justin Brock
On Shippensburg starting pitcher Pat Kregeloh
"He was getting ahead in the count, a lot of first-pitch strikes, and his slider was pretty active. He pitched a great game."