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North Carolina head coach Joe Sagula
"I thought at times we played very well, and at times we looked sloppy. I've seen us play a lot better during the season."

"We did the things we needed to do to win - we blocked well, we served tough, especially as the match went on, and we were playing really tough defense."

"(Winthrop) did a good job of making us make some hitting errors. They came out very well prepared."

Winthrop coach Joel McCartney
"I want to congratulate Carolina, they've had a tremendous year. They showed their power when necessary. I thought that we gave them a good match at times tonight, but I think in the end, they are just a very strong team at the net. They were able to collapse our outside attack, which is our strength.

On building on this season's success:
"This was our first time in the tournament. We have a great foundation of talent. We had a great recruiting year and we look forward to being back next year."

Amy Coccia, Winthrop
"I couldn't have asked for a greater way to end my volleyball career. I played on an incredible team, and it was really neat to come out and play one of the best teams in the nation."

"We had some really strong moments, but I don't think we played our best volleyball tonight."

American head coach Barry Goldberg
"We came out and were soft in the beginning. We shanked a lot of balls, and we knew we were better than that."

"We served the ball well, we didn't pass as well as we wanted."

On responding to losing the first game:
"I think our mentality was a little looser, in terms of not having anything to lose."

On Niece Curry:
"She was a real presence in the middle. I thought she kept us off balance"

USC head coach Kim Christopher
"It's great to make it to the second round. It's only happened a couple times before. I thought we played well from the beginning to the end, despite some of the things that happened in between."

"I'm thrilled about our blocking - I thought it was great."

"I think we got a little soft in game three. We were making bad mistakes - hitting the ball into the net, hitting the ball out of bounds on serves."

"I think we'll be ready in the second round, no matter who we play."

Niece Curry, USC
On losing game three and the potential momentum shift:
"I don't think it was nervousness. I know that we weren't mentally focused at that time."

Megan Hosp, USC
On Niece Curry:
"When players get hot, they get hot. You have to recognize that, and get her the ball. I knew that even though they had two blockers up on her, that she could handle it."