Coming off a 26-4 season and a loss to eventual national champion Hope in the second round, Capital was looking at a rebuilding year to start the season. The Crusaders graduated three starters, their top three scorers, and stumbled to a 6-4 start out of the gate.

But Dixie Jeffers led her team to 11 consecutive wins after that, including back-to-back wins against Top 25 teams, Baldwin-Wallace and Wilmington. When the streak finally came to an end Saturday, you might think the Crusaders would be happy about what they've accomplished, getting back into the title chase in the OAC. But not really, Jeffers tells D3sports.com's Gordon Mann.

"We're loose, we're mad. We're mad because we lost. And that's exactly where I want my coaching staff, that's exactly where I want these kids."

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What's the difference between the 6-4 team and the 17-5 team? "We've grown leaps and bounds. We've gained confidence in the process of doing it. That's the difference. We were trying to find one another and trying to adjust to one another earlier in the year. Now we pretty much what one another's going to do and what the roles are supposed to be."

And of course, Jeffers knows a thing or two about winning streaks in Division III, having held the record before Wash U's 1998-2001 dynasty. She tells us whether it's ever good to take a loss, as well as the difference between a good team and an NCAA Tournament-quality team.