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Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky and I'm Kato, and this is

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Speaker 1: serving pancakes with League one Volleyball. The inaugural season is

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Speaker 1: finally here. Each episode will be going over the matches

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Speaker 1: from the week to keep you up to date on

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Speaker 1: everything League one Volleyball. Then stick around after the analysis

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Speaker 1: for interviews with some amazing people in and around the sport.

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Speaker 1: Today's episode features two love Houston players, outside hitter and

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Speaker 1: recent NCAA title winner, Penn State grad Jess Muziic and

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Speaker 1: former University of Hawaii All American middle bloker Amber Igd.

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Speaker 1: But first, Cat, let's talk week five going on.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing so good. How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing great, another week in the books.

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Speaker 2: I know it's coin. It's going kind coming quick right now.

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Speaker 2: I feel like I think the season is starting to

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Speaker 2: really take off a little bit. And I'm tired right now.

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Speaker 2: Like like I said, last two plays, last two days,

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Speaker 2: I've been playing middle, so like my body is shocked

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Speaker 2: right now. But I'm doing really good.

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Speaker 3: Positive vibes, positive vibes.

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Speaker 1: Well, let's start with your game on Wednesday was the

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Speaker 1: start Battle of Texas. I know you might not have

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Speaker 1: some good feelings coming from this, because Love Houston did

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Speaker 1: beat you guys, Love Austin in four sets in Austin

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Speaker 1: on your home course. They won thirty three, thirty one,

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Speaker 1: twenty five, twenty three, twenty one, twenty five, twenty five, sixteen.

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Speaker 1: So talk about a cat What happened in that match?

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Speaker 1: What did Houston do to forge through and get that w.

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Speaker 2: You know, Houston's a great team. I also think this

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Speaker 2: ATX Austin team, we have a lot of utepping to

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Speaker 2: last set for US was very disappointing. I think the

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Speaker 2: score was like sixteen twenty five, I think something like that.

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Speaker 2: At one point it was like seventeen to eight. So

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Speaker 2: it was just wasn't a good fourth set. But Houston

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well let's talk about Jordan Thompson. She was named

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Speaker 1: player of the match. She truly did. She did it

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Speaker 1: all that much actually, including getting forces because two of

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Speaker 1: which came when Houston went without a setter in the

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Speaker 3: She had four blocks, nine.

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Speaker 1: Diggs plus those assists, So what was she doing that

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Speaker 2: So the night before the game, actually Jordan, Maddie and

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Speaker 2: Micha came over for dinner at my house. And when

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Speaker 2: the team found out that I fed them before the

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Speaker 2: night before the match, they were like, Oh, that's why

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Speaker 2: they're all fueled up for the game. You fed them good.

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Speaker 2: JT's a great, great athlete, She's phenomenal. She's on the

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Speaker 2: She's only going to get better. One thing about j

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Speaker 2: T I would say is that she's finding a more

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Speaker 3: Gotta ask what'd you make for dinner?

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Speaker 2: You know, I'm a chef, I'm a cook. I had

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Speaker 2: So now coming up for a Valentine's Day, we're going

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Speaker 2: to like a Gallentinees We'll have doing here at my

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Speaker 3: So oh I love that. Oh my god, you fed

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Speaker 3: Oh that's amazing.

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Speaker 2: That sounds and they beat us?

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Speaker 3: Yeah right, I was going to say they beat us.

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Speaker 1: Well, not only did they beat you, but that first match.

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Speaker 1: Can we talk about that first match for a second,

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Speaker 1: because that match won forty minutes, which as of now

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Speaker 1: But at one point, you guys were up with like

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Speaker 2: Houston has been an amazing drop that night doing it

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, And I want to talk about your

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Speaker 3: No night, love it.

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Speaker 2: That's my girl.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna have to tell us about Gallentine' Day in

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Speaker 1: the next episode.

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Speaker 4: Oh, yeah, for sure, we will.

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Speaker 2: I love for sure.

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Speaker 3: All right, Well, let's move on. A Friday night's match.

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Speaker 1: We thought Atlanta extend their wind streak to five straight

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Speaker 1: after defeating Salt Lake in four sets twenty five, twenty

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Speaker 1: Now we've been saying her name for I don't know

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Speaker 2: No, we've been hereing for you, Tess. We have been

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Speaker 2: We've been waiting for this moment for you. You know,

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Speaker 1: Well, she had twenty three kills her highest so far

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Speaker 1: Now looking at the stats, at Leanna dominated all categories

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Speaker 3: They had ten aces in this match.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of Libero's Minami, Kojama was.

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Speaker 2: Don't want to serve her? Yeah right, you don't want

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Speaker 1: Don't don't want to serve Mena me. But you know

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Speaker 1: I've praised her. I'm a stan of Kodma of Minami.

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Speaker 2: You know, as a bro, it's a huge presence to

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Speaker 2: She definitely helps balance a defensive position for them and

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Speaker 2: just doing things that used to do as Liberro, that's

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Speaker 3: Did you call it a bro bro bro?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I call it Baro's bros.

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Speaker 3: Is that like a common term, because if not, I

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Speaker 2: It, honestly, I think kind of sort maybe it's a

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Speaker 2: and like Eric says bros. So like, I don't know

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I love that. That's great new terminology. Put it

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Speaker 3: Up this weekend.

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Speaker 1: We've talked about this before, but with more game tape, now,

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Speaker 1: In the last game of the week was another five

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Speaker 1: That match also marked the debut of recent Nebraska grad Liberro.

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Speaker 3: Yeah they've been waiting, yeah, bro.

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Speaker 1: Now, at one point, Omaha had three generations of Nebraska

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Speaker 1: On salt Lake's side, we got to give a shout

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Speaker 3: You know, she was great in Friday Night's match.

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Speaker 2: It's not how you start, how you finish. And once

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, next week is the first ever Love

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Speaker 3: First off, how excited are you for this?

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Speaker 2: I'm excited, Like all my friends in one place is

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and It's going to be held at one of

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Speaker 1: Oh, we know that Atlanta has the number one seed

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Speaker 2: Having that bid is sweet? Yeah, you know, having that

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Speaker 1: Well, Kat, it's been so much fun talking about Week five.

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Speaker 1: Musik and Amber Iged, we are back and we are

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Speaker 3: And Amber Iged.

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Speaker 1: Jess is a Michigan native who earned three av All

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Speaker 1: Jess Amber, Welcome to Serven Pancakes. Actually, Amber, welcome back

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Speaker 4: Thank you, thank you, thanks for having us.

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Speaker 3: So excited to have you two. Did you guys know

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Speaker 5: Okay, so for me and Jess, we I think cross

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Speaker 5: But yeah, I was so excited when I found out

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Speaker 1: So yeah, Jess, when I mean you're one of the

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Speaker 3: How exciting was that for you?

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Speaker 6: It was awesome.

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Speaker 7: And I had worked with Love a little bit in college,

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Speaker 1: Now you guys are pretty new to the professional scene obviously, Jess.

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Speaker 4: Jess, you can go.

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Speaker 7: It's been Honestly, the transition has been very easy. The

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I just want to piggy back off the jets.

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Speaker 5: I feel like it was a very smooth transition because

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Speaker 5: obviously League one is a new league, you know, and

437
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Speaker 5: with anything, starting something new can be scary. So I

438
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Speaker 5: really enjoy how the perspective of all the girls is

439
00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,240
Speaker 5: and everyone's just kind of dove in and bought into

440
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Speaker 5: this new league.

441
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Speaker 4: And like just said, the competition is great, the level.

442
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Speaker 5: Is great, and it's so nice to think about that

443
00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,320
Speaker 5: the level could even be higher as well. So yeah,

444
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Speaker 5: I feel like the perspective of the girls is really

445
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Speaker 5: what is making the league great. And yeah, everyone is

446
00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:57,560
Speaker 5: bought in.

447
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Speaker 1: So jes you joined a little bit after sure, everyone

448
00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:02,160
Speaker 1: kind of already got together in.

449
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Speaker 3: Houston when you arrived. Was it like National Champion is here?

450
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Speaker 4: You know what?

451
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Speaker 3: Did they welcome you with open arms?

452
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Speaker 7: Yes, they were very welcoming, but also at the same time,

453
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Speaker 7: like I knew, I just had to move on quickly

454
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Speaker 7: and like switch gears pretty quickly because this isn't college anymore,

455
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Speaker 7: and honestly, like, nothing about it is even remotely similar

456
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Speaker 7: to your experience in college. So but they were super welcoming,

457
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Speaker 7: and yeah, they've they've been awesome. I definitely wouldn't be

458
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Speaker 7: able to have transitioned as smoothly as.

459
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Speaker 6: I did without them.

460
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Speaker 3: Were you nervous at all?

461
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Speaker 7: Yes?

462
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Speaker 2: I was.

463
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Speaker 7: I mean it's super intimidating walking in here mid season,

464
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Speaker 7: but also walking into a group of veteran players who

465
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Speaker 7: have Olympic experience and a ton of international experience. But

466
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Speaker 7: I've just kind of embraced that and I'm lucky that

467
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Speaker 7: I get to be in the same gym with them

468
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Speaker 7: every day and learn from them and watch them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you guys have Jordan Thompson and like

470
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Speaker 1: a Hancock on your team. Were you guys kind of like,

471
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Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I can't believe that they're on the team.

472
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Speaker 1: Because Amber, I remember when I interviewed you with Kim

473
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Speaker 1: Hill over the summer during the Olympics. You were like,

474
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Speaker 1: it's Kim Hill, Like did you kind of have that

475
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Speaker 1: same feeling walking on the corridor?

476
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Speaker 3: Has it kind of settled in? Like these are just girls?

477
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Speaker 3: I looked up to, but now I get to play

478
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Speaker 3: with them.

479
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Speaker 5: Well yeah, it's for sure settled in, But at the

480
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Speaker 5: same time, it's just a feeling of gratitude and me

481
00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,879
Speaker 5: growing up. I think I've spoken to you about this

482
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Speaker 5: before too, Tiffany, that I just watched a lot of

483
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Speaker 5: volleyball growing up, and I enjoy like the competitiveness of

484
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Speaker 5: the sport and all the different type of girls.

485
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Speaker 4: That play volleyball.

486
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Speaker 5: So me knowing of a lot of the girls in

487
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Speaker 5: the league, it just holds a sense of gratitude that

488
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Speaker 5: me watching them when I was younger, and like playing

489
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Speaker 5: against them in college and now seeing everyone here like

490
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Speaker 5: full circle. It just it's the feeling I have is gratitude.

491
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Speaker 5: So yeah, that's that's what I feel like every day.

492
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Speaker 1: When you guys joined the team, I know that you know,

493
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Speaker 1: in college, you guys are pretty close in age, but

494
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Speaker 1: when you get to the pros, all of a sudden

495
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Speaker 1: you could be twenty one, twenty two and be playing

496
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Speaker 1: with thirty year old Did you guys find the transition

497
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Speaker 1: from playing in college to playing with older women easy?

498
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Speaker 2: Like?

499
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Speaker 1: Off the court? Did you guys find your common ground

500
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Speaker 1: pretty easily?

501
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Speaker 6: Honestly?

502
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Speaker 7: Like with our team, I feel like there is no

503
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Speaker 7: age gap.

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Speaker 4: No age gap.

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Speaker 7: You have people on our team who like have kids,

506
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Speaker 7: and then we have the people like right underneath them.

507
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Speaker 7: Then we have people who are around like twenty seven,

508
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Speaker 7: and then there's like me, Amber Grace.

509
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Speaker 4: Who are younger.

510
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Speaker 7: But honestly, I feel that there is no age gap

511
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Speaker 7: on our team, which is kind of weird. Like we

512
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,879
Speaker 7: all just get along so well, and we're all very different,

513
00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,040
Speaker 7: but like we all mesh like perfectly on and off

514
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Speaker 7: the court. So that was really surprising honestly to me.

515
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Speaker 5: Yes, I was gonna say, I think the reason Jess

516
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Speaker 5: is saying that is because everyone gets long so well,

517
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Speaker 5: and I don't know, no one makes you feel like, oh,

518
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Speaker 5: like you're so young or you're so old like everyone

519
00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,199
Speaker 5: everyone just I don't know, you don't have to be

520
00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,679
Speaker 5: so relatable. But at the same time, I feel like

521
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Speaker 5: the conversations we have like it's almost like getting good advice.

522
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Speaker 4: From the older ones.

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Speaker 5: And also, I don't know, we do a lot of

524
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Speaker 5: team bonding, So I agree with you as with that, you.

525
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Speaker 3: Know what, some of the team bonding stuff.

526
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Speaker 1: I love hearing this because, like real quick, just to

527
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Speaker 1: give you a little fun story when I was interviewing

528
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Speaker 1: Sarah Franklin a few weeks ago. I was telling her

529
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Speaker 1: about like when I was going to college and I

530
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Speaker 1: graduated in high school No.

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Speaker 3: Four, And She's like.

532
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Speaker 1: I was too, and I'm like, oh gosh, but like

533
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Speaker 1: she's so sweet. I feel like, you know, just talking

534
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Speaker 1: to her, I'm like, I could still hang out with you.

535
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Speaker 3: Like, so, what were some of the bonding things with

536
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Speaker 3: you guys?

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Speaker 5: M Well, okay, so we did a secret stand obviously

538
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Speaker 5: on the record. We did a secret Santa, which was

539
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Speaker 5: really fun. I don't know if you can see this

540
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Speaker 5: little plant in the background, but Kaisa got me the

541
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Speaker 5: other the setter on our team, she.

542
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Speaker 4: Got me this plant. And yeah, we did Seekristanda. What

543
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,960
Speaker 4: other ones? Just can you think of the top of

544
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Speaker 4: your head. I don't know.

545
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Speaker 7: We're playing one for the super Bowl, Yeah, super Bowl

546
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Speaker 7: a lot of Yeah, well just like dinners exploring new areas.

547
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Speaker 4: Yeah, we're I'm a big foody.

548
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Speaker 5: I think Jess is a big footy as well, and

549
00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,200
Speaker 5: so anyone that can come meet with us we happily welcome, honestly.

550
00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,760
Speaker 1: So I love it, and I feel like food is

551
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:30,159
Speaker 1: kind of the thing that can bring people together for sure, Yeah,

552
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,199
Speaker 1: talking about you know, the age difference and you know

553
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Speaker 1: the fact that you're playing with some legends. You guys

554
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,720
Speaker 1: are crushing it with these legends. I mean, Jess you

555
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,040
Speaker 1: are i think fourth overall in points like in the

556
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Speaker 1: whole league, and Amber your second in for middles and points. Like,

557
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,400
Speaker 1: you guys are crushing. Did you guys kind of expect

558
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Speaker 1: to be a force like this or were you kind

559
00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 1: of unsure of how you were going to play into

560
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Speaker 1: your positions when you first joined.

561
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Speaker 5: For me, thank you for bringing up. But for me,

562
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,960
Speaker 5: it's like, I don't know. I just like feel like

563
00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,800
Speaker 5: our team is very fun. We're very competitive. Competitive is

564
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Speaker 5: the word, and I feel like we push each other

565
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:15,320
Speaker 5: during practice and that really helps to translate during the game.

566
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Speaker 4: But yeah, it wasn't easy at first.

567
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 5: You know, like there's a bunch of different parts, you know,

568
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,320
Speaker 5: everyone getting to know each other styles of play, and

569
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,040
Speaker 5: it's becoming like a beautiful thing, I feel like. But

570
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,399
Speaker 5: we're only a few games in, so, like, you know,

571
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Speaker 5: we're trying our best.

572
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Speaker 4: I think I'm so far, so good, So you know,

573
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:35,959
Speaker 4: it's only four games in.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, I would just reiterate what Amber said, like

575
00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:43,919
Speaker 7: we are very competitive, and I think we do a

576
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Speaker 7: good job in the gym of pushing each other every day.

577
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 7: And it's also not even like the other outsides pushing me.

578
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,080
Speaker 7: It's like Michael pushing me to be better, like Amber

579
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:57,560
Speaker 7: pushing better. And we're always talking and communicating and analyzing.

580
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Speaker 6: Like how and where we can be better.

581
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Speaker 7: So that's great, like just to have in our gym

582
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:04,920
Speaker 7: and to see that kind of translate on the court

583
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Speaker 7: in the matches that we've played and the matches that

584
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Speaker 7: we are playing. But honestly, like I coming in, I

585
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,720
Speaker 7: wasn't really sure how I was going to do because

586
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Speaker 7: I had never played professional before, and you kind of

587
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,359
Speaker 7: have this image in your head of like what it's like,

588
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,040
Speaker 7: but then when you get there, is that really what

589
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Speaker 7: it's going to be like.

590
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Speaker 6: So, I mean, I'm still learning.

591
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Speaker 7: I'm still taking it day by day and just trying

592
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Speaker 7: to soak in every experience that I get this season.

593
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Speaker 7: So next season when I come back for a second

594
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Speaker 7: professional season and it's full like, I'll know what to

595
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Speaker 7: expect and how to handle things.

596
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Speaker 1: Have you figured out how to occupy your time since

597
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Speaker 1: you're not in school anymore?

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Speaker 3: Jess?

599
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Speaker 7: Okay, that because my last semester at Penn State.

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Speaker 6: I was only in one class. I got really howard making.

601
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Speaker 6: It's fun and it's like a little experiment.

602
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,760
Speaker 7: Unfortunately, I did not bring my sourda started down to

603
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Speaker 7: Houston just because we were in like a little rush.

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Speaker 6: So my recent hobby has been coloring. I love coloring.

605
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,480
Speaker 4: Mm hmm, periend.

606
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:12,119
Speaker 6: Yes, and I like bought some nice markers. It's very couning.

607
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:13,639
Speaker 4: I like it.

608
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,720
Speaker 3: What's your starter's name for your sour though.

609
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 6: I don't think I ever named it.

610
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:20,040
Speaker 4: Honestly, name it right now, name it no?

611
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Speaker 3: No, what about you Amber?

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Speaker 1: Because I know that when you play internationally that there's

613
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Speaker 1: also the schedules are very different, and yes, you do

614
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Speaker 1: have down time, but I keep hearing from people it's

615
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,200
Speaker 1: a little more lonely when you're overseas.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and that's crazy. Tipony.

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Speaker 5: You bring this up, though, because we were just talking

618
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Speaker 5: about like doing outside hobbies outside of volleyball. So yeah,

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Speaker 5: we're I think we're still in the process trying to

620
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Speaker 5: figure that out.

621
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Speaker 6: But it is a.

622
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Speaker 4: Little easier here when you're in America, because.

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Speaker 5: I don't know, you could just look up something very

624
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,359
Speaker 5: quickly like navigate here a little bit easier, but I

625
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Speaker 5: don't know. For me, I'm really trying to figure out

626
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 5: my hobby right now.

627
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 4: I like reading.

628
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 5: I like watching Netflix when I'm not like, you know,

629
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,320
Speaker 5: in practice, I really like being at home. I'm thinking

630
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,200
Speaker 5: about indoor skydiving, so let's just stay tuned for that one.

631
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Speaker 4: But we'll see. Just knows about it. It just knows

632
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,080
Speaker 4: about it. And I also really like dogs.

633
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,879
Speaker 5: So I heard Jordan Thompson like volunteers or is going

634
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Speaker 5: to volunteer for like some you know, animal shelter thing,

635
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:27,840
Speaker 5: so I'm going to probably ask her about that, so

636
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Speaker 5: we'll see.

637
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Speaker 3: That's so sweet. I love that I would not be

638
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Speaker 3: able to do that.

639
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Speaker 1: I'm an animal lover, especially like I'm a cat crazy

640
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:36,320
Speaker 1: cat lady, and I would not be able to like

641
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Speaker 1: leave the shelter without taking a cat home.

642
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Speaker 4: Everything one time exactly.

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Speaker 1: We'll be right back with more from our interview with Jess,

644
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Speaker 1: Mrsy and Amber I Gen.

645
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 3: So, going back to your Houston.

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Speaker 1: Team, I mean, you guys had your first serve in

647
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 1: week one, right after the official first serve happened. You're

648
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: not going to have your next home match your Weekend

649
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,680
Speaker 1: with Love until the end of February. Do you feel

650
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,640
Speaker 1: like people are antsy waiting for some more Houston volleyball

651
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:17,080
Speaker 1: to come in?

652
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:18,440
Speaker 4: I would yeah.

653
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,840
Speaker 7: I think our fans that very first week were so

654
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 7: fun and so like into it and so electric, and

655
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 7: so many people were like, I can't wait to come watch.

656
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 7: And it's been a long time since we've played at home,

657
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,119
Speaker 7: and it's definitely the travel has just been tough, and

658
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 7: we're home for like three days and then we leave again.

659
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 7: But honestly, I feel like it is building some sort

660
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 7: of like anticipation for the fans to like want to

661
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:44,320
Speaker 7: come back.

662
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,640
Speaker 5: Yeues, it definitely is building anticipation for the fans and

663
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,399
Speaker 5: not only them, but for us, Like I feel like

664
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,919
Speaker 5: everyone wants on our team wants to be able to

665
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 5: play home even sooner.

666
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,320
Speaker 4: But it might be a blessing in disguise.

667
00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,640
Speaker 5: You know that we're playing so far away, so it'll

668
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 5: probably hours up even more so.

669
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, how was the first serve? How was it in

670
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 1: that first atmosphere? Like with the fans there the first time.

671
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,200
Speaker 4: It was so much fun.

672
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,400
Speaker 5: My family got to come, and I know a lot

673
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,359
Speaker 5: of people on our team's family got to come as well. Yeah,

674
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 5: it was so amazing and to see like the media

675
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 5: part of it as well, like the announcers like screaming,

676
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 5: like sometimes when you're overseas, like you hear them they're

677
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 5: like speaking another language, like the announcers, but like over here, like.

678
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,359
Speaker 4: I don't know, they're just like pumping up the crowd.

679
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 5: And to see my family the crowd was really like

680
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 5: rewarding as well. So yeah, it was it was amazing.

681
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 3: What about you, Jess, how was your first serve experience?

682
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 4: Yeah?

683
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 7: It was awesome, and I think the league did such

684
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 7: a good job just making it such a big deal,

685
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,720
Speaker 7: and the Houston community definitely showed out. We had so

686
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 7: many club families, parents, coaches, like so many people came

687
00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:00,160
Speaker 7: and it was cool just to see how many people

688
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 7: like care. So yeah, we're just really eager to get

689
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 7: back there and see everyone again.

690
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 3: Did your parents come down from Are they still in Michigan?

691
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 6: They are in Michigan and no they didn't.

692
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 7: My it's like really hard for them to take off

693
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 7: work with all the traveling that they did in December

694
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 7: and make sense and stuff.

695
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 1: So do they are they trying to come to any

696
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: of the more local ones like maybe Wisconsin or Nebraska.

697
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 7: They will be in Kansas City for the Love Classic,

698
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 7: which I'm very excited for.

699
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 3: Awesome, that's exciting.

700
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 1: So tell me about the team in general and coaching

701
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 1: and what this experience has been like for you guys,

702
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 1: because I know we've we talked about before about like

703
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 1: how you guys have bonded and everything. But is this

704
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: experience kind of what you expected or is it different

705
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 1: just because of the way that the league is set up,

706
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 1: the way that it might be different from college versus,

707
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,080
Speaker 1: you know, pro practices or international practices.

708
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 5: I knew that it was definitely very going to be

709
00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 5: similar to overseas pro because you had so many players

710
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,240
Speaker 5: that have played there for so long and everyone that's gonna,

711
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,719
Speaker 5: you know, take their knowledge and try to bring it

712
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,479
Speaker 5: onto one team. So I knew that it was going

713
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 5: to be very similar into that aspect. As for the coaching,

714
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 5: I think the coaching is great. I think Maximo really

715
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 5: pushes us and I've always honestly wanted to be coached

716
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 5: by him because in Italy, like he did great with

717
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 5: his team there and obviously the Olympic team for Italy.

718
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 4: But yeah, he does a great job pushing us. He's

719
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 4: like a man. A few words, but at the.

720
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:31,600
Speaker 5: Same time we know what he's thinking, So you know,

721
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 5: I think he does a great job with us.

722
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 6: Yes, yeah, I would agree.

723
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:40,239
Speaker 7: Massimo has been awesome And I couldn't think of a

724
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,640
Speaker 7: better coach to play for for my first professional season

725
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,320
Speaker 7: because he has seen so much and has been so

726
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 7: successful in those so many things, and he wants to win,

727
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 7: like he loves to win, which is something that I

728
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 7: resonate very heavily with. So he has been awesome. He

729
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 7: is a man of very few words, like Amber is saying,

730
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 7: but he does his plant costs very quickly. Yeah, he's

731
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 7: been awesome. Paul has been awesome, and yeah, I mean honestly,

732
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,719
Speaker 7: Like again, I didn't really know what to expect. Like

733
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 7: Amber had had a season overseas, so she knows what

734
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 7: that's like. I have no idea, So like this is

735
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 7: kind of like normal to me. So I'll tell you

736
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 7: in like a.

737
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 6: Few years, I guess right there.

738
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: What about when it comes to like the young fans,

739
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,800
Speaker 1: like when you see the club girls in the stands,

740
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 1: how is that experience?

741
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 7: Like it is so cool because I feel like the

742
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 7: best way to like even just be better at volleyball

743
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 7: and like learn more is watching. I think watching has

744
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 7: always been such a great tool, and like even when

745
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 7: we were growing up, the only way you could watch

746
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 7: is if you got like volleyball TV, and like it

747
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 7: was like a big like process to even just watch

748
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,800
Speaker 7: professional volleyball. So now that it's so easily accessible to them,

749
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 7: and we're in the same gym as them, and like

750
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 7: we'll be leaving the gym as there's a huge tournament,

751
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 7: so like we're just always kind of in their view,

752
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 7: which I think is is really cool and something that

753
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 7: I wish I had growing up for sure.

754
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 5: Guess I totally agree, Like I think that younger players,

755
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 5: like watching higher level volleyball or even any volleyball in.

756
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 4: General is such a good tool, like for them, like

757
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 4: just for me.

758
00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,840
Speaker 5: Personally, Like watching volleyball when I was younger, it almost

759
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 5: even like inspires you and almost like wants to mold

760
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 5: your personality to like be like the players that you.

761
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 4: Aspired to be.

762
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 5: Like when I was younger, I used to watch so

763
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 5: many middles with like exciting energy, and I'm like.

764
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 2: Oh gosh, I want to be like that.

765
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 5: Like I don't know, it just makes you, it inspires you.

766
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 5: So I agree with jessse on that point too, And.

767
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: I think we talked about this before when you were

768
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,880
Speaker 1: on the show back in the summer. But for both

769
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: of you, how did you guys get into volleyball?

770
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:57,560
Speaker 5: Oh, Jesse, you go first, because I think I've told

771
00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 5: this similar too.

772
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 6: I used to be a competitive cheerleader.

773
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 2: Yeah.

774
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 7: Crazy. It was kind of just putting like a little

775
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 7: too serious for like.

776
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 3: My Wait, were you a base or were tumblr?

777
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 6: No, okay, I was.

778
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 2: I was.

779
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 6: This was fourth grade.

780
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 7: I was cheering with like high schoolers, so I was

781
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 7: like the flyer, like the whoa.

782
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 6: I know, crazy, that's impressive.

783
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 7: Yeah, it was just getting like like I I liked it,

784
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 7: but it was getting too serious, Like I knew I

785
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,000
Speaker 7: didn't want to do it for the rest of my life.

786
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 6: So one day I just.

787
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 7: Saw a girl like playing in my middle school gym

788
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:36,560
Speaker 7: and I thought it looked fun.

789
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 6: So I begged my parents and I remember like.

790
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 7: Cutting out these like magazine clippings of like a Michigan

791
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 7: volleyball camp ad and like putting them all over my

792
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 7: house so my parents.

793
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 2: Would, oh cool.

794
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 6: So that's how I really got into it.

795
00:33:56,320 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 8: Scenes Yeah, well I love that, but yeah, for me,

796
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 8: just really quick, I think I was like in fifth

797
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,239
Speaker 8: grade or something and a girl runs out of the gym, like,

798
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 8: am I pegym?

799
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 5: Like really sweaty? And I was telling my sister. I

800
00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 5: was like, because we went to the same school, I

801
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 5: was like, what sport did she play?

802
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,400
Speaker 4: And my sister's like, that's volleyball. Like that's way too hard,

803
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 4: You're not going to do it.

804
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:20,800
Speaker 5: And my sister gets now when I tell this story,

805
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 5: because she sounds like I hate but she was like, no,

806
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 5: that's that's too hard. And so I ended up me

807
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 5: and her ended up trying out, and yeah, the rest

808
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:29,280
Speaker 5: is journey.

809
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,040
Speaker 4: So yeah, no, I know.

810
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 3: Like what I used to play.

811
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: It was kind of like I did all the summer

812
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,360
Speaker 1: camps I could possibly do, or that like my parents.

813
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 3: Could afford to do because they're not.

814
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 2: Cheap, you know.

815
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: I tried to play like on all the best clubs

816
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,320
Speaker 1: that I could. I played off like high school and everything.

817
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 1: I started going to the gym as soon as I

818
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,400
Speaker 1: was old enough and like legally allowed to go to

819
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: a gym, and we'll start working out. So for you too,

820
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 1: what was your process to become who you are today?

821
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 7: I was an older brother who is six years older

822
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 7: than me, and growing up, we did not like each other,

823
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:08,439
Speaker 7: like typical brother sister relationship. And then when we both

824
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 7: like grew up a little bit, he became my best friend.

825
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 7: But I think the like older brother like bullying the

826
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 7: younger sister kind of like whipped me, like to go

827
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 7: out in the backyard and like be the goalie while

828
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 7: he kicks like soccer balls at me. I'm like six, Like,

829
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 7: oh my god.

830
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 4: No.

831
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 7: But he definitely had like a huge impact on like

832
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,280
Speaker 7: the athlete that I am today because he was always

833
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 7: working out so like I always wanted to be like

834
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,479
Speaker 7: my brothers, so I always wanted to take after him,

835
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 7: and I was like a gym rat.

836
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:46,399
Speaker 6: Also, I was.

837
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 7: Doing all the lessons camps. Even like now when I

838
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,719
Speaker 7: go home to visit my parents, I'm still a gym rat.

839
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 7: I still like love to go back into my old

840
00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:59,440
Speaker 7: club and like playing coach.

841
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:00,799
Speaker 6: So yeah, is.

842
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:04,080
Speaker 1: That how your swing is so insane and fast? Is

843
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 1: from all that lifting?

844
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 7: Probably or probably push him off me when I was younger, Right.

845
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 1: I just remember watching you during the tournament this year

846
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 1: and I I like tweeted at Emily Emon and I.

847
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 3: Was like, how does Jess Mrziic have that arm swing?

848
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 3: How do I get a.

849
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 4: Swing like that?

850
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:26,800
Speaker 3: She's like she loves the gym.

851
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 5: Right her brother, No, But for me, I like jess

852
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 5: A's story too, because I feel like everything sort of

853
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 5: has a root like on like who's pushing you? And

854
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,759
Speaker 5: I like the idea of family. And my family is

855
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 5: just such a hard working family, like from my parents,

856
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,359
Speaker 5: Like they moved here from Africa, I think when they

857
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 5: were younger, like just to start work and they really

858
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 5: worked up to provide for us and everything. And they've

859
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,400
Speaker 5: just instilled like hard work in me and in my

860
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 5: siblings as well. And yeah, like sometimes I thought they

861
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 5: were too strict when I was younger, but they pushed

862
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 5: me like every single like step of the way. And

863
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 5: the I think the thing that inspires me the most

864
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,760
Speaker 5: is that they really don't obviously they care like about

865
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,879
Speaker 5: like me, like having fun and doing well, but.

866
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 4: They really don't care about the result.

867
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 5: Like as long as like one works hard like you,

868
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 5: there's gonna be good that comes from it somehow, is

869
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 5: what they always taught me. So yeah, I've always looked

870
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 5: up to them from that perspective, From all perspectives, but

871
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:30,279
Speaker 5: especially that one.

872
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, when it comes to like you know, youth players,

873
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: if you could tell yourselves, like your younger self, some advice,

874
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 1: what advice would it be.

875
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 4: I'll abably go first with this one.

876
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 5: And it's just the advice I use for myself all

877
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,280
Speaker 5: the time that my mom uses.

878
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 4: She always tells me, like not to.

879
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,919
Speaker 5: Not to use my own paint brush, like to paint

880
00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 5: someone else's canvas, and basically like almost like a story comparison,

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Speaker 5: like just don't compare yourself to other people because like

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Speaker 5: you as an individual, like is good enough, you know

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Speaker 5: what I mean, and it's going to take you far.

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Speaker 5: So that's probably something I would say to my younger

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Speaker 5: self since my mom always says that to me, So

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Speaker 5: you know, I like that. I like that, dang girl,

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Speaker 5: thanks to my.

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Speaker 7: Mom, I would say, just enjoy it.

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Speaker 6: I think, if any if I learned anything through.

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Speaker 7: My last season at Penn State, it was that like,

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Speaker 7: this really is just another game, and it's a sport,

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Speaker 7: and we're so lucky that we get to do this

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Speaker 7: as our job, but like there's sometimes life outside of

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Speaker 7: the sport you're playing, like is so much more serious,

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Speaker 7: and like coach Katie at Penn State was dealing with

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Speaker 7: so much and it just put into perspective that this

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Speaker 7: is just a game. And the cool thing about volleyball

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Speaker 7: is that, like you meet so many amazing people and

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Speaker 7: build so many relationships along the way, so to just

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Speaker 7: like enjoy it and enjoy playing a sport you love

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Speaker 7: with your best friends, and it'll take you super cool

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Speaker 7: places and you'll make amazing memories. But sometimes if you

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Speaker 7: get too caught up in the volleyball, you like miss

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Speaker 7: miss the little pieces along the journey.

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Speaker 3: I love both of those. Those are greatful, beautiful.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, volleyball is such an awesome team sport that it's

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Speaker 1: like it's it's a beautiful thing, as they like to say.

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Speaker 3: Well, ladies, it has been a pleasure speaking with you.

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Speaker 1: I wish I could keep talking with you guys for

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Speaker 1: you know, a lot more, because I have so many

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Speaker 1: other questions I would love to ask you. But maybe

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Speaker 1: we'll have you on again so that we can keep

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Speaker 1: going with the conversation. Right, But thank you guys so much,

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Speaker 1: and best of luck.

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Speaker 3: The rest of the season.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Serving Pancakes is an iheartwomen's sports production in partnership with

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Speaker 1: Production by League one Volleyball. I'm your host Tifany Oshinsky.

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Speaker 1: My co host is kat Bell. Anya Alvarez is our

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Speaker 1: and mixing by Daniel Gonzalez. Our theme music is Pancakes

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Speaker 1: and amberi GD. Stay tuned for next week's episode, where

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Speaker 1: we'll recap the inaugural Love Classic and talk to Love

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Speaker 1: Omaha's Jaylly Winters and Mattie Cubic.

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Speaker 3: Thanks