Get ready for a great game

In the locker room after the semifinal game, Tara told the team, "We got invited to the party — let's crash it!"

She began yesterday's press conference, "We'll be ready. Our team is confident. Get ready for a great game tomorrow night."

A few more articles this morning:

• In this case, history teaches nothing by Mechelle Voepel, ESPN
• Needing more than Moore, Charles? by Graham Hays, ESPN
• Injuries can't touch Appel's playfulness by Graham Hays, ESPN
• N.C.A.A. Women’s Final Renews Friendly Rivalry of Charles and Appel by Harvey Araton, New York Times
• Gold-Onwude aims high in final speech by Gwen Knapp, San Francisco Chronicle
• VanDerveer offered advice in Cosmo from the Stamford Advocate