In the wake of the defeat, interim coach Albertin Montoya praised the team’s effort, both Saturday and since his arrival, despite a 3-9-10 final record that included a winless stretch of more than four months.
“I’ve been in teams when I’ve played, I’ve coached where it’s just like you’ve got nothing to play for, and sometimes players just kind of stop and go through the motions. You can’t say that about any player out here. We were fighting until the end, so a lot of credit to them,” Montoya said. “The mentality of the players has been absolutely outstanding.