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Speaker 1: with Adidas. Today, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky and I'm Capbo, and

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

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Speaker 1: Love Season is finally here. Each episode will be going

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Speaker 1: over the matches from the week to keep you up

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Speaker 1: to date on everything League one Volleyball. Then stick around

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Speaker 1: after the analysis for interviews with some amazing people in

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Speaker 1: and around the sport with only If you were weeks

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Speaker 1: left in the regular season and after a jam packed weekend,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna focus just on all the action from week eleven.

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Speaker 1: But before we get into the games.

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Speaker 2: How are you doing Cat, I'm doing good.

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Speaker 3: Long travel day, going to Omaha, Longevelday, coming back, But

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Speaker 3: I feel great.

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Speaker 2: How are you doing?

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Speaker 1: Not doing great? I feel like, you know, I'm probably

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Speaker 3: But I'm feeling good for sure, for sure. But you know,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's three more weeks, lap, so you guys can.

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Speaker 2: Believing for three more weeks? So crazy, I know.

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Speaker 1: I gotta say, like this season flew by so quick.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's get into it in week eleven.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna start with Thursday Night's matchup between White Hot

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Speaker 2: Hey, Madison has found their groove.

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Speaker 3: Honestly, like kind of shortened the're kind of like long

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Speaker 2: They found a connection through Lauren car Leading. So they're

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Speaker 1: They're killing it, Yes they are. Now let's talk about

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Speaker 1: that fourth set. Madison was trailing twenty four to twenty one,

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Speaker 1: But what specifically did Madison do at the end to

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Speaker 3: Honestly, I think exeking transition. I think tradition game is

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Speaker 2: So it was just it was our night and it

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Speaker 1: So thank you. You two are good friends. So talk

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Speaker 3: I think it's the communication. I'm talking to Chi, I'm

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Speaker 3: I talked to the girls like they're my friends. I

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and after a pretty dominant win in the third set,

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Speaker 3: Honestly, I told him, I was like, hey, I was like,

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Speaker 1: But unfortunately there wasn't a repeat in the first game

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Speaker 1: Week after we keep topalking about how great Atlanta has

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Speaker 2: It's that's easy, a good way to help you beat Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: Well, at Lana was hoping to secure that number one

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Speaker 3: I think, honestly, what most people can't really see is

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Speaker 3: The most Jordy, that starting six are really good friends.

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Speaker 1: Those intangibles for sure.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're besties.

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Speaker 1: Of course. Jordan Thompson, no surprise here, was named Player

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Speaker 1: And we talked about Madison being on a hot streak

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Speaker 2: Who do we don't want to play? Kind of thing.

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Speaker 3: The last time you played them, it wasn't the best

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Speaker 2: That's what I'm thinking of. I like it.

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Speaker 1: That's definitely going to be a really good match, and

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Speaker 2: But to me exactly, I think it is for everyone.

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Speaker 3: And I think also I think this is the game

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