WEBVTT - Lauren Carlini and the Evolution of an Icon

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<v Speaker 1>Boom boom boom boom boom chick boom boom boo boom.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Semn cakes. And yeah, but we'll be flipping. It's

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<v Speaker 2>Maddie and Cat and we be chipping. Lauren Carlini the

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<v Speaker 2>cut blessed it up and yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. That's all I got.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, y'all, Yeah, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Mar Carlini, Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, we were all gonna

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<v Speaker 2>you guys can see we have the Lauren Carlini stepping

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<v Speaker 2>into the chat. Let's give it around of applause.

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<v Speaker 4>There you god.

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<v Speaker 3>Honestly fun. The fact about Lauren Carlini.

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<v Speaker 2>She beat me my senior year, junior year in the

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<v Speaker 2>fire in the semi finals to the championship game.

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<v Speaker 4>Baby girl, what's roe of that offensity? Killed this?

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<v Speaker 5>It's actually we still talk about you to this day.

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<v Speaker 5>The roar you did through the net at our little

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<v Speaker 5>baby freshman who gets two sets an entire match.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm tired of this.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh so it wasn't just me.

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<v Speaker 3>I know I did not remember that.

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<v Speaker 5>Poor little girl, second set of the entire season, gets blocked,

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<v Speaker 5>roars in her.

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<v Speaker 6>Face, just left her soul, left her body.

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<v Speaker 4>I love this, Yeah, I love this so much.

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<v Speaker 3>You guys, I didn't know any better.

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<v Speaker 2>Jared like was having us act like rabbit dogs and

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<v Speaker 2>it was okay. So I just thought it was okay.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I get these stories like all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>but I've changed.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm greas changed, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so nice and Maddie now say how nice I am.

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<v Speaker 1>You've definitely grown up a lot since the time that

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<v Speaker 1>you roared at the nut at me.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm so proud of you. Anyway. Introducer, guests, good show.

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<v Speaker 3>We have six foot one Lauren Carleni from.

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<v Speaker 4>A Lauren, Illinois.

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<v Speaker 6>It's true.

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<v Speaker 2>She was twenty twelve get Ready Player of the Year.

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<v Speaker 2>That's such an amazing war to get as a high

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<v Speaker 2>school player. Twenty fourteen Big Ten Player of the Year.

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<v Speaker 2>That's also big time USA national team member.

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<v Speaker 3>In the fielding, you know what I'm saying. You've got

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<v Speaker 3>a medal, Olympic silver medalist, that.

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<v Speaker 6>Is yeah somewhere around here.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's crazy. Everyone can't say they've done that.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, put overseas, you know, Championship League title holder,

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<v Speaker 2>six domestic Cup medals?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you packing a pockets? Is happy?

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<v Speaker 4>Who knew? Who knew?

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<v Speaker 3>Where?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah? Where's all that jewelry.

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<v Speaker 6>I'll in a box somewhere at my dad's house. Probably.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Tony, Lauren, Oh you know Tony, we love hey, Tony.

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<v Speaker 6>You know he's going to be listening to this.

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<v Speaker 1>Tony is your number one fan in my mind, and like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Tony's number one fan?

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<v Speaker 3>What makes what makes Tony so epic? I want to

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<v Speaker 3>give me something. I need to know who Tony is.

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<v Speaker 1>He Tony is her father, and he just shows up

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<v Speaker 1>to everything. He's just like obsessed with volleyball. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>like how much does he know.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not sure, but like not a not a ton

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<v Speaker 4>but he tries. Okay, he tries and I love that.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's just the sweetest, sweetest man in the whole world.

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<v Speaker 4>I think.

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<v Speaker 2>Give you like tips on volleyball and things to do,

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<v Speaker 2>like when you're playing, you know.

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<v Speaker 6>He puts his two cents in and.

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<v Speaker 4>You give him right back.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, the right side of the court was having a

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<v Speaker 5>tough time. What does that even mean? You know, like

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<v Speaker 5>he tries, he tries.

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<v Speaker 4>But you're like, I'm on the right side. Dad.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, actually that was me.

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<v Speaker 5>That was me, but no, just biggest fan, legendary stash

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<v Speaker 5>and uh yeah, ultimate dead well.

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<v Speaker 2>Now Tony gets to watch you in the stands. So

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<v Speaker 2>how's it coming to come into League one volleyball?

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<v Speaker 6>It's been great.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean when I signed, he was so happy, Like

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<v Speaker 5>I he was like, you're kidding me. I don't have

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<v Speaker 5>to take an international flight to get to see you

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<v Speaker 5>play volleyball.

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<v Speaker 6>That was the best part.

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<v Speaker 5>He's like, thank god, I don't have to sit on

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<v Speaker 5>a plane for eleven hours.

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<v Speaker 6>Like, so, no, it's been awesome.

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<v Speaker 5>And he's at every single game, every single home game,

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<v Speaker 5>and always.

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<v Speaker 6>Watches doesn't matter the time.

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<v Speaker 5>Even though I was in Turkey, he would wake up

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<v Speaker 5>two am, set his alarm, be up watching like this.

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<v Speaker 4>Ride or Die.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's talk about you're a founding athlete and

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<v Speaker 1>like what has it been like to see this league

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<v Speaker 1>come to fruition? Like being there from the beginning, it's

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<v Speaker 1>been cool.

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<v Speaker 5>It's been cool because there's been a group of us

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<v Speaker 5>kind of on it from the start. And being being

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<v Speaker 5>the only founding athlete Madison, it was hard at first.

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<v Speaker 6>And last year I had Annie with me and.

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<v Speaker 5>That helped a lot because while she wasn't a founding athlete,

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<v Speaker 5>she's a really experienced player.

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<v Speaker 6>Obviously, we all we all know, Annie and.

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<v Speaker 5>Just very involved in decision making and helping kind of

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<v Speaker 5>move things along in the right direction.

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<v Speaker 6>And so it's been fun to see it come to fruition.

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<v Speaker 5>And of course, like any startup, there's growing pains and

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<v Speaker 5>there's things that we're learning. But I think the adaptability

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<v Speaker 5>of like this league and our team has been so strong,

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<v Speaker 5>and I think that's what's going to continue propelling us

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<v Speaker 5>into future seasons and just really really looking forward to

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<v Speaker 5>what it could be. I always make fun. It's like

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<v Speaker 5>just always.

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<v Speaker 6>Lay in the groundwork for the next ones up, and.

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<v Speaker 4>It's for the next generation. I started out.

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<v Speaker 5>Wisconsin, you know, and you know hadn't been to a

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<v Speaker 5>tournament in how many years? And then you know, sorry

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<v Speaker 5>Cat ended up going to the national champion shipped that year,

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<v Speaker 5>and then building to what Wisconsin is now and then

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<v Speaker 5>doing the same thing for love, like laying the groundwork,

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<v Speaker 5>laying the foundation.

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<v Speaker 6>Definitely positive and negatives to all of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like the correlation from having to do

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<v Speaker 1>that at Wisconsin and then feeling like, Okay, I've done

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<v Speaker 1>this before, I kind of know which way I need

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<v Speaker 1>to take this.

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<v Speaker 4>Doing that with the Madison team as well.

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<v Speaker 6>So much right.

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<v Speaker 5>A lot of it's just about building a culture and

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<v Speaker 5>building something that's going to be sustainable in the long run.

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<v Speaker 5>And so yes, like we have our league, we have

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<v Speaker 5>all of our kind of things in place, but.

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<v Speaker 6>What is Madison specifically going to be? Like what is

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<v Speaker 6>our culture going to.

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<v Speaker 5>Be like in Madison? And what team are we trying

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<v Speaker 5>to build, you know, year after year. So totally there's

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<v Speaker 5>a lot that goes into it.

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<v Speaker 6>And the good thing is that I've kind of.

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<v Speaker 5>Gone through it before in college. Now I just get

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<v Speaker 5>to do it at the pro level. And as you

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<v Speaker 5>guys know, like college is different, Like there's just different perks.

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<v Speaker 5>They got tons of money to be able to play

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<v Speaker 5>with and kind of it's very luxurious, and here it's

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<v Speaker 5>like the grind. The grind is real from day to day,

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<v Speaker 5>but the fact that we get to do it at home,

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<v Speaker 5>like that part, it's all worth.

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<v Speaker 6>It at the end of the day.

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<v Speaker 2>That's like the basically spot for me too. I'm like

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<v Speaker 2>we get to come home. Everyone's like, well, how did

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<v Speaker 2>they sell you to come home to the league win

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<v Speaker 2>blood ball? I'm like that right there, the home.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, yeah, and you feel like being at Wisconsin, like

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<v Speaker 1>your assistant coaching at Wisconsin.

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<v Speaker 4>Correct, do you.

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<v Speaker 1>Feel like seeing how that's going and like the things

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<v Speaker 1>that they have and where the money is going blah

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<v Speaker 1>blah blah, you're able to be like, Okay, this is

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<v Speaker 1>what we need in Madison.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah. It's just it's wild to see the college landscape

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<v Speaker 5>right now that you know, kids are getting paid and

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<v Speaker 5>that's beyond their scholarship, that's beyond nil. And now they

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<v Speaker 5>have sponsorships and there's just so much that goes into it.

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<v Speaker 5>And to be honest, the worlds are getting closer and

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<v Speaker 5>closer together. Like essentially college athletics is now professional. At

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<v Speaker 5>the end of the day, you can transfer wherever you want.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know how it was and your guys conferences,

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<v Speaker 5>but like Big Ten when I was in school, if

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<v Speaker 5>you transferred to another Big ten school, you had to

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<v Speaker 5>sit out a year.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if you transferred in general, it was like

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<v Speaker 2>a you problem. It's like what did you do?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Like there's a couple of.

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<v Speaker 5>People I think that we all know that transferred to

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<v Speaker 5>like two or three schools and everyone was.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, exactly, if you transfer one, if you tresferred to

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<v Speaker 4>they're like problem child, difficult.

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<v Speaker 5>But now that's just the reality of college athletics, and

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<v Speaker 5>so just learning it's going to actually set them up

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<v Speaker 5>for success when they go and play pro, whether it's

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<v Speaker 5>here in the States or overseas, because they're pretty much

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<v Speaker 5>living it right now. Is a little bit more luxurious

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<v Speaker 5>than what we're seeing right now, certainly, but.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think it's handicapped.

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<v Speaker 2>If girls, some girls choose to go overseas from going

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<v Speaker 2>from college.

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<v Speaker 6>That part's going to be tough.

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<v Speaker 5>And I tell them to like the girls who decided

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<v Speaker 5>to go overseas this year, it's and last year as well.

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<v Speaker 6>It's like, hey, this is going to be this is

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<v Speaker 6>if you want to growth experience.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, this is if you want to go you need

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<v Speaker 4>some do.

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<v Speaker 5>It's if you want an eye opener, If you want

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<v Speaker 5>to be comfortable, if you want to be here making

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<v Speaker 5>a pretty good amount of money still but still be

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<v Speaker 5>able to be around your friends and family, absolutely great choice.

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<v Speaker 5>If you want to get outside your comfort zone, you

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<v Speaker 5>can go ahead and you can take that plane.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, But Tony CARLINI talk to him first points.

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<v Speaker 4>In Wisconsin.

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<v Speaker 1>What are your thoughts on State Street broads on spotted

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<v Speaker 1>cow beer.

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<v Speaker 6>We love a spotted cow. We love a spotted cow.

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<v Speaker 5>And speaking of Tony, every time it comes up here,

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<v Speaker 5>he's got to stop at the Woodman's gotta grab it

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<v Speaker 5>because you can't buy it outside of Wisconsin. Fun fact,

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<v Speaker 5>it's only the Wisconsin borders.

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<v Speaker 4>Is it just a what? It's just a beer? It's

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<v Speaker 4>what can you explain to the people.

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<v Speaker 5>No, it's beer, spotty Cow, I am It's Nu Glarius

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<v Speaker 5>Brewing Company, which is what it was. They have a

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<v Speaker 5>couple different types of beers and whatnot, but Spotty Cow

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<v Speaker 5>is the most famous. You can't buy it or get

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<v Speaker 5>it anywhere else outside of Wisconsin.

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<v Speaker 6>So people literally it's like when you go to the Madison.

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<v Speaker 5>Airport, you can go pick up your case before you

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<v Speaker 5>go onto the plane.

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<v Speaker 6>Literally.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and brought's on State Street. I have some hazy

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<v Speaker 5>memories of Bros Place.

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<v Speaker 2>Isn't then for omea things? We were there doing another

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<v Speaker 2>season and we went.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, but no, it's a good time. It's a good time.

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<v Speaker 5>It's a sports bar by day.

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<v Speaker 6>Who knows at night?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, a little divy at night.

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<v Speaker 5>But we love a good bra. I love the brons

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<v Speaker 5>at the terrace too. You just go sit out by

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<v Speaker 5>the lake. You put your little spicy mustard and your

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<v Speaker 5>onions on there.

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<v Speaker 3>It brought like a Wisconsin thing.

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<v Speaker 6>Is that like it's like a dummy thick hot dog?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, dummy, we.

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<v Speaker 3>Have them here.

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<v Speaker 2>But I wasn't sure that was just like a Wisconsin

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<v Speaker 2>kind of thing that people just that's what you guys eat.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, And then of course like people on a who's

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<v Speaker 5>on our team, like the German, she's like a brought worst.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, of course we made it. And I was like,

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<v Speaker 6>that's true. We like adopted it really heavily.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you spruced it up. Yeah, you're in. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 4>just pivot and go back to the Love here.

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<v Speaker 1>But like, you're in a unique position to be working

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<v Speaker 1>with Love at such a high level and working at

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<v Speaker 1>Wisconsin and seeing the club impact. What's it like to

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<v Speaker 1>have a front row seat in each stage of life

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<v Speaker 1>as an aspiring volleyball player going through this.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it's it is really interesting because once season is

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<v Speaker 5>done here, then I immediately get on the recruiting train

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<v Speaker 5>for Wisconsin and then we're at club tournaments.

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<v Speaker 6>And it was funny. I was talking to some people

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<v Speaker 6>the other day about.

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<v Speaker 5>Like club fees and just how ridiculous it is now like,

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, drop in twenty grand a year on club yep.

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<v Speaker 4>Inflation is crazy, y'all. Also, I think.

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<v Speaker 1>When I played club it was like a one lump

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<v Speaker 1>sum as far as I know, I wasn't paying it.

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<v Speaker 4>But and like flights are included everything.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I feel like you the girls aren't, Like flights

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<v Speaker 1>aren't even included in that and you get your own

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<v Speaker 1>accommodation everything.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yep.

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<v Speaker 5>Also I heard like the flights right for all the

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<v Speaker 5>club people, you know, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So what are they paying for exactly no flights, No, No, to.

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<v Speaker 4>Be on the team.

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<v Speaker 6>It's to be on the team.

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<v Speaker 5>It's literally for like training, and then you have to

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<v Speaker 5>buy your jersey, so then that gets added in and

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<v Speaker 5>then separately, yeah facts, and then it has to be

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<v Speaker 5>any travel fees. So then on top of that, in

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<v Speaker 5>total it ends up being around twenty twenty five depending

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<v Speaker 5>on where you're at and what team you're on. But

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<v Speaker 5>with travel, with hotel rooms, with club fees and.

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<v Speaker 6>That, it's it's insane.

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<v Speaker 5>So people are investing in this sport and investing in clubs,

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<v Speaker 5>and it's massive.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, the club scene.

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<v Speaker 5>Is like it's the biggest sport in the States, right,

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<v Speaker 5>now for youth develop So it's again just a unique

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<v Speaker 5>perspective because the college landscape is changing.

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<v Speaker 6>There's so many transfers, there's.

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<v Speaker 5>So the recruiting rules are going to probably start changing

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<v Speaker 5>as a result, and it's just this evolution and change

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<v Speaker 5>that we constantly are moving through. And it's fun to

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<v Speaker 5>see the club girls at our games of course, like

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<v Speaker 5>kind of making it full.

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<v Speaker 6>Circle here.

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<v Speaker 5>Because the club girls are going up to the Wisconsin

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<v Speaker 5>girls in the stands and getting their autographs and they're

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<v Speaker 5>getting their pictures, and then they're coming up to us

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<v Speaker 5>after the match after we finish with love and getting

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<v Speaker 5>our photos and autographs, and it's just really cool because

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<v Speaker 5>we're making everyone in an united front. Everyone is at

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<v Speaker 5>our games, everyone is wanting to go watch Wisconsin. And

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<v Speaker 5>as a result, we're heavily involved in the club scene

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<v Speaker 5>here as well, going and signing off, We're going to

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<v Speaker 5>walk around when we're at Triple Crown in Kansas City

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<v Speaker 5>just go see some more local clubs as well. And

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<v Speaker 5>so it's really it's been awesome, and I know the

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<v Speaker 5>parents and the girls are really thankful for it, and

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<v Speaker 5>they stick us with their little clothes pins and stuff

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<v Speaker 5>like that. Get the little bracelets and the connection is awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>Someone like you wear like so many hats, Like how

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<v Speaker 2>are you finding time like for yourself from going from

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<v Speaker 2>the court and I'm obviously having to invest in who

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<v Speaker 2>you are as like your captain and I'm being like

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<v Speaker 2>a leader on your team to like going off and

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<v Speaker 2>flipping that switch to being a coach and not being

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<v Speaker 2>like hey, like you know, I feel like it's hard

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<v Speaker 2>to tell someone to do what you do when you

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<v Speaker 2>just know how to do it, you know, So what's

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<v Speaker 2>that transition, Like what's that safety net for yourself? You know?

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<v Speaker 3>Doing all these things?

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<v Speaker 6>For sure?

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<v Speaker 5>There's so many things that I'm still learning, like right

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<v Speaker 5>now as a player.

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<v Speaker 6>And it's cool because I get to go.

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<v Speaker 5>To a gym where the girls are wanting and willing

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<v Speaker 5>and open to learning, and I can teach them what

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<v Speaker 5>I'm still learning right now. Cool, and I feel like

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<v Speaker 5>that's a really unique, i don't know, just perspective to have.

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<v Speaker 5>And also like in a way like there's clout there

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<v Speaker 5>because they're like, oh, this girl's still doing it, she's

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<v Speaker 5>still playing like she knows what she's talking about.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm gonna listen, And so that.

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<v Speaker 5>That makes me feel good because it's like I have

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<v Speaker 5>some credibility here.

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<v Speaker 3>You always have credibility, relevant, legendary.

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<v Speaker 5>But no, it's it's fun to be able to work

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<v Speaker 5>with people like Charlie especially and just again the dynamic

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<v Speaker 5>of like Matt for Bringer being my coach and then

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<v Speaker 5>me being Charlie Ferbringer's coach. She is incredible to work

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<v Speaker 5>with my opinion, best setter in the country. Like just

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<v Speaker 5>her growth, yeah, she her growth the last two seasons

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<v Speaker 5>has been I mean incredible to see not only just

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<v Speaker 5>as a player, Yes, she's a great setter, but her

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<v Speaker 5>leadership and how she's chosen to go about things in

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<v Speaker 5>a more professional manner. Just really proud of her, and

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<v Speaker 5>it's been Yeah, I didn't know if I was gonna

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<v Speaker 5>joy coaching, but working with people like her, working with

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<v Speaker 5>players on Wisconsin who want to be where I am

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<v Speaker 5>one day, it's bringing me a lot of joy and happiness.

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<v Speaker 3>Honestly, I got the chills.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like, I know car talks this way about

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<v Speaker 2>me too, I'm like, talk this way about me, I'd

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<v Speaker 2>like want to fucking like vomit, Like that is insane,

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<v Speaker 2>what's crazy?

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<v Speaker 1>I would run through all for Lauren Carleny No Annie Drew.

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<v Speaker 2>She messaged me this past week about like she saw

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<v Speaker 2>she'd have a chance to watch him obviouste and she

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<v Speaker 2>was like, she messaed me randomly, was like, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>it was so good to see you playing. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh my god, I'm okay, calm down, down, take imagine

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<v Speaker 2>being a college kid and like Lauren CARLINI talking about

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<v Speaker 2>like this is insane, I would cry for sure.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And also because like the perfect image of like you're saying,

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<v Speaker 1>like her professionalism is that I'm like, those are all

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<v Speaker 1>the things you are. She has like the person right

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<v Speaker 1>in front of her, the perfect role model. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>so cool for her.

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<v Speaker 5>So good, you know, It's like it's cool because they

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<v Speaker 5>come to almost all of our matches that love too.

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<v Speaker 5>So just knowing that I'm still making an impact by

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<v Speaker 5>simply playing and doing the thing I love, like that

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<v Speaker 5>is that's really cool. That's a really unique thing that

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<v Speaker 5>I get to do.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so cool, total shift from being abroad.

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<v Speaker 5>I was just thinking about random teammates that we've had

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<v Speaker 5>over the years that are overseas right now and how

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<v Speaker 5>it's just crazy out of sight, out of mind truly

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<v Speaker 5>when you're.

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<v Speaker 1>Overseas yeah, yeah, yeah, it's like it's it's lonesome. You're

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<v Speaker 1>like cut off, but you're like not cut off from

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<v Speaker 1>the world, but you kind of are. So then like

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren and I got to play two seasons together and

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<v Speaker 1>it was like truly a saving grace, Like those are

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<v Speaker 1>some of the last seasons abroad I had because I

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<v Speaker 1>had a friend there, and it's like really makes a difference.

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<v Speaker 5>It does.

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<v Speaker 4>And what I say I would run through a wall

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<v Speaker 4>for you, it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you would run through a full net and like

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<v Speaker 1>slice your whole eye open like that one time you

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<v Speaker 1>did for our team. So like that's true, you guys,

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<v Speaker 1>the things happened to you when we've played together.

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<v Speaker 4>Lauren okay, so okay, yeah, oh my god.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>One game we were playing and somebody like digs the ball.

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<v Speaker 1>It goes outside of the antenna like towards right front,

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<v Speaker 1>and Lauren carly and is like full pursuit mode, and

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<v Speaker 1>so she goes under the net to go get it,

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<v Speaker 1>and then is walking back. I think, like, you didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you got it. I don't know I

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<v Speaker 1>did effort. The effort was one thousand percent.

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<v Speaker 5>There.

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<v Speaker 4>She turns around and.

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<v Speaker 1>Like her whole face is cut open and there's like

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<v Speaker 1>blood here her face.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah here.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, Lauren's like what, Like why didn't we

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<v Speaker 1>like because I don't know. And I was like, Lauren,

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<v Speaker 1>your face is bleeding and like she had hit her

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<v Speaker 1>head here on the bottom of the antenna, like on

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<v Speaker 1>the plastic part, knocked both your contacts out.

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<v Speaker 6>It's true.

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<v Speaker 5>I hit so freaking hard it popped both my contacts

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<v Speaker 5>out of my eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>But then she walked over to the bench and she like,

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<v Speaker 1>blood coming out of your face and you were like,

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<v Speaker 1>put some tape on it, put me back in, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was.

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<v Speaker 6>Like, I was pissed. They were taking so long.

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<v Speaker 4>I was like, oh, lush got that dog?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, like whoa. I would go to war with Laura

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<v Speaker 5>Carly and the other times. Do you remember when somebody

0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:09.720
<v Speaker 5>served the ball at your head and old girl.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, okay.

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<v Speaker 4>So we're at serving pass in the morning.

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<v Speaker 1>People are just warming up, like getting warm, and they

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was the youngest girl on our team

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<v Speaker 1>decides to absolutely unload on her serve and Laura is

0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.280
<v Speaker 1>setting balls on her side of the net, on the

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<v Speaker 1>same side of the girls serving on and she just

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<v Speaker 1>boo and like Lauren's looking towards left front like she's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna set a go, obviously not thinking she would get

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<v Speaker 1>hit right on the side of the head.

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<v Speaker 4>Blam, ear drum burst.

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<v Speaker 5>Yep, actually se yeah, no, I literally had a hole

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<v Speaker 5>in my ear drum when I saw you.

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<v Speaker 1>This girl hit the absolute serve harder.

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<v Speaker 6>It was a float. It was a heavy float. Man.

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<v Speaker 4>I was like, why are you nice? It's nine am.

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<v Speaker 6>Also, I'm not jumping. I was on the ground. This

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<v Speaker 6>was a terrible miss.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it was.

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<v Speaker 5>I hit the deck quick and hard, I thought, I

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<v Speaker 5>mean for sure I was concussed.

0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:15.399
<v Speaker 1>Also like yeah, but yeah, ear ringing concussion.

0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:19.000
<v Speaker 5>Like like so bad vertigo Anyways, Yeah, weird stuff happened

0:20:19.000 --> 0:20:21.040
<v Speaker 5>always against Gales that I always.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but we did have a good time in Turkey.

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<v Speaker 1>So okay, where all did you played in Turkey?

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<v Speaker 4>Italy? You won Champions League.

0:20:26.359 --> 0:20:28.399
<v Speaker 1>Champions League is like top of the top overseas for

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<v Speaker 1>anyone who doesn't know.

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<v Speaker 4>And playing in Russia as well, right.

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<v Speaker 6>I did one year in Moscow. It was honestly great.

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<v Speaker 6>Everyone always asks, we're going.

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<v Speaker 3>To play in Russia? Moscow is the place you want.

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<v Speaker 5>To be, yeah, because then you can have like Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>for me, it was great. I had like a group

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<v Speaker 5>of probably eight foreigners who we hung out all the time.

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<v Speaker 6>It was it was lucky. It was truly lucky.

0:20:49.280 --> 0:20:53.960
<v Speaker 5>It was like me, Eric Soji, who's Canadian, his wife

0:20:53.960 --> 0:20:58.240
<v Speaker 5>at the time, and then a couple guys on Eric

0:20:58.280 --> 0:21:02.439
<v Speaker 5>Soggi's team. This is crazy, So okay, what we were saying, like,

0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:03.479
<v Speaker 5>Moscow is where it's at.

0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:04.480
<v Speaker 6>If you're playing.

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<v Speaker 5>There, it's so easy to get downtown, no problem, everything's

0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:11.280
<v Speaker 5>super clean, super safe. I know, wild to say in

0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:14.360
<v Speaker 5>twenty six, but here we are. Eric had the craziest thing.

0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:17.960
<v Speaker 5>He lived in Moscow, but then for his home games

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<v Speaker 5>they had to fly to basically the North Pole and

0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:24.360
<v Speaker 5>then drive another two hours into the North Pole.

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<v Speaker 6>That was his home.

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<v Speaker 5>Means, yeah, you've better get in a say it, a

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<v Speaker 5>bag of cash for that, because.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yep.

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<v Speaker 5>But no, I actually really enjoyed Russia. I didn't know

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<v Speaker 5>what was going on in the volleyball court. I'm going

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<v Speaker 5>to be completely honest, really, I had no idea. I

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<v Speaker 5>was just out there set and ball seaballa, that's right, Hi,

0:21:45.720 --> 0:21:49.760
<v Speaker 5>high ball every time. But the people that I had

0:21:49.800 --> 0:21:52.679
<v Speaker 5>around me, like the foreigners, it was great. And then

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<v Speaker 5>it was COVID season and then I had to flee

0:21:54.440 --> 0:21:57.560
<v Speaker 5>the country and survived and got all my money.

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<v Speaker 4>So that's up.

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<v Speaker 3>So you can leave and you don't get you don't

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<v Speaker 3>get what you go. That's that's right, lesson right there.

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<v Speaker 4>Amen, yep, hey, amen, you.

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<v Speaker 6>Don't have to worry about here in the States.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you think, well, both of you guys, you both

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<v Speaker 3>can answer it.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think that you know, if we had that

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity to stay here and play at home, when we

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<v Speaker 2>have the opportunity to go overseas, we would have stayed.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you have stayed if my options right now were

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<v Speaker 1>play for Love Houston or go to Azerbaijan, which.

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<v Speaker 3>Like Houston, you're twenty one or twenty one.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm twenty one, Yeah, I probably would have made the

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<v Speaker 1>decision to stay here. But like again, looking back on it,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so glad that I did go and I had

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<v Speaker 1>those opportunities, but like to say that I would do

0:22:41.840 --> 0:22:46.120
<v Speaker 1>it now, like knowing the like there's fear when you're like, Okay,

0:22:46.160 --> 0:22:48.359
<v Speaker 1>I have to go out of the country to a

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<v Speaker 1>place that I have literally never heard of to go play.

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<v Speaker 1>That freaks me out. But if it was like Italy

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that. I'd be like, Okay, I can

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<v Speaker 1>dip my toes in there. But I think where I

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<v Speaker 1>went first probably not.

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<v Speaker 5>I honestly, I probably would have stayed in Madison too,

0:23:03.119 --> 0:23:05.960
<v Speaker 5>Like I mean, I love it here. I am back right,

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<v Speaker 5>and so I think it would have been really hard

0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:14.119
<v Speaker 5>for me to go overseas. And again, Maddie, kind of

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<v Speaker 5>like you said, maybe if it was like in Italy

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<v Speaker 5>or a Turkey, it could, I would think about it,

0:23:18.440 --> 0:23:19.920
<v Speaker 5>but I would probably.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay if I had well, let's think about if we

0:23:22.840 --> 0:23:25.760
<v Speaker 2>had like nil, if we had an il on top

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<v Speaker 2>of the way here. And I think also depends on

0:23:28.440 --> 0:23:29.480
<v Speaker 2>what you want to get out of it, you know

0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:32.440
<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying. I think, like you know, if I

0:23:32.640 --> 0:23:35.359
<v Speaker 2>was someone like you and like an older player was

0:23:35.359 --> 0:23:37.359
<v Speaker 2>telling me, hey, maybe should go over season some experience

0:23:37.400 --> 0:23:38.920
<v Speaker 2>if you want to be Olympian and blah blah blah blah,

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<v Speaker 2>and if I knew like to be you.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what it's going to guarantee me.

0:23:42.119 --> 0:23:43.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm going you know what I mean, because that's where

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<v Speaker 2>like my passion is about it.

0:23:45.240 --> 0:23:47.440
<v Speaker 3>But yeah, we're gonna cut you this check.

0:23:48.600 --> 0:23:50.359
<v Speaker 2>A few balls and a few balls you know what

0:23:50.359 --> 0:23:53.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean, Like, hey, you know what I'm saying. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think that would yeah, definitely would have just stayed

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<v Speaker 2>here for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think it totally on circumstances and what you're

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<v Speaker 1>looking to get out of it.

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<v Speaker 6>M m.

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<v Speaker 1>But again, super grateful for the time I had, and

0:24:08.200 --> 0:24:09.360
<v Speaker 1>I think it's.

0:24:09.160 --> 0:24:11.280
<v Speaker 4>All made us who we are now.

0:24:11.320 --> 0:24:15.600
<v Speaker 2>Look at us now, look at us.

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<v Speaker 4>And I get friends with both of you from playing.

0:24:18.080 --> 0:24:20.000
<v Speaker 3>Exactly even though we met each other kind of.

0:24:19.960 --> 0:24:22.360
<v Speaker 4>Before, even though you screamed at me that long time.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, oh my god, it's hilarious.

0:24:30.320 --> 0:24:34.720
<v Speaker 1>That's old speaking of foreigners and overseas life.

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<v Speaker 4>Gong is absolutely killing it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, your opposite, what the Can we talk about her

0:24:41.400 --> 0:24:45.160
<v Speaker 1>for a second because she's an animal, like a passing opposite?

0:24:45.920 --> 0:24:47.080
<v Speaker 4>What the?

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<v Speaker 5>And then I think it was a week Yeah, I

0:24:49.440 --> 0:24:51.000
<v Speaker 5>think it was a week ago or two weeks ago.

0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:52.960
<v Speaker 6>She got the defensive player of the week.

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<v Speaker 5>So freaking funny, Annie, I posted on my story, of course,

0:24:56.359 --> 0:24:59.800
<v Speaker 5>and then Annie responded, your last last year's opposite could

0:24:59.800 --> 0:25:01.720
<v Speaker 5>have ever And I said, that's true, it was.

0:25:05.160 --> 0:25:07.360
<v Speaker 4>Dang. At least she can put a little fun at herself.

0:25:07.840 --> 0:25:13.199
<v Speaker 5>It's yeah, we love Annie but the defense is not

0:25:13.320 --> 0:25:14.399
<v Speaker 5>one of her strong suits.

0:25:14.400 --> 0:25:15.959
<v Speaker 6>That's not one of the pair of the big bucks.

0:25:16.160 --> 0:25:19.480
<v Speaker 3>You don't her for that, America.

0:25:19.480 --> 0:25:21.520
<v Speaker 2>I feel like it's catching up to really good volleyball,

0:25:21.840 --> 0:25:23.720
<v Speaker 2>because I mean, I've also like read a few things

0:25:23.720 --> 0:25:25.240
<v Speaker 2>like in comments that people are like, oh my god,

0:25:25.320 --> 0:25:28.399
<v Speaker 2>like the gong she's surprisingly good. I'm like, you guys

0:25:28.440 --> 0:25:32.840
<v Speaker 2>don't know anything outside of this right players out there

0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:33.800
<v Speaker 2>are killing it.

0:25:33.840 --> 0:25:36.600
<v Speaker 3>Of course, she's amazing, like it's insane. She's great.

0:25:37.359 --> 0:25:40.480
<v Speaker 5>She is, and she's trying really hard at learning English,

0:25:40.680 --> 0:25:43.800
<v Speaker 5>and she's it's so cute. She has her translator with

0:25:43.840 --> 0:25:45.560
<v Speaker 5>her all the time and stuff. And then we have

0:25:45.680 --> 0:25:48.560
<v Speaker 5>this thing, quick little story we do our like four

0:25:48.760 --> 0:25:53.680
<v Speaker 5>h's so hometown hero, heartbreak and hope. It's just kind

0:25:53.680 --> 0:25:55.040
<v Speaker 5>of a thing to like get to know each other

0:25:55.280 --> 0:25:56.680
<v Speaker 5>and a fun little PowerPoint thing.

0:25:57.320 --> 0:25:58.119
<v Speaker 6>She did hers.

0:25:58.200 --> 0:25:59.679
<v Speaker 5>It was a couple of weeks ago now, and she

0:25:59.720 --> 0:26:01.760
<v Speaker 5>said she was so nervous. She spent that like two

0:26:01.840 --> 0:26:05.600
<v Speaker 5>days prior practicing and she wrote down everything in English

0:26:05.840 --> 0:26:08.239
<v Speaker 5>so that she could like go and recite it.

0:26:08.320 --> 0:26:09.520
<v Speaker 6>And she got through.

0:26:09.680 --> 0:26:14.480
<v Speaker 5>She did incredible, And yeah, I just she's great on

0:26:14.520 --> 0:26:16.879
<v Speaker 5>the court. But then also her willingness to be uncomfortable

0:26:16.880 --> 0:26:19.560
<v Speaker 5>and learn new things and like really be ingrained into

0:26:19.600 --> 0:26:23.160
<v Speaker 5>our culture and our language is it's really admirable because I.

0:26:23.119 --> 0:26:25.639
<v Speaker 6>Mean, you know, you go overseas and.

0:26:25.520 --> 0:26:27.760
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, there's some places you're like, all right, I'll try,

0:26:28.240 --> 0:26:30.800
<v Speaker 5>like Italy, if you don't try to try, like understand

0:26:30.840 --> 0:26:37.240
<v Speaker 5>Italian by uho choo, never speak to you again in Turkey,

0:26:37.440 --> 0:26:40.880
<v Speaker 5>like I mean we didn't. I'm maddie, you were pretty good,

0:26:40.880 --> 0:26:44.520
<v Speaker 5>but like me, I was like, eh, it's much everyone spoken,

0:26:46.520 --> 0:26:49.480
<v Speaker 5>so and they just treat you differently if that you're

0:26:49.520 --> 0:26:50.840
<v Speaker 5>not really trying much.

0:26:51.080 --> 0:26:53.960
<v Speaker 6>And so I appreciate Gong for trying to know.

0:26:54.200 --> 0:26:55.440
<v Speaker 3>She's really happy.

0:26:55.640 --> 0:26:57.359
<v Speaker 2>So I had an oportunity to play against her when

0:26:57.359 --> 0:26:59.520
<v Speaker 2>I was in China like two three years ago, and

0:26:59.560 --> 0:27:01.199
<v Speaker 2>then we're the same All Star team, and so when

0:27:01.200 --> 0:27:03.399
<v Speaker 2>we played, you know stuff, so I got to like

0:27:03.400 --> 0:27:06.000
<v Speaker 2>talk to her, and you know, I was.

0:27:05.920 --> 0:27:09.120
<v Speaker 4>Popping out popular.

0:27:11.480 --> 0:27:12.960
<v Speaker 2>And so when I saw her in medicine when we

0:27:12.960 --> 0:27:14.840
<v Speaker 2>were there, you know a few weeks ago, and we

0:27:14.880 --> 0:27:16.240
<v Speaker 2>saw her that she was like oh and I was

0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:17.640
<v Speaker 2>talking to her and like that was probably the most

0:27:17.760 --> 0:27:21.199
<v Speaker 2>actually heard her speak English, you know, and honestly, Lauren,

0:27:21.320 --> 0:27:23.679
<v Speaker 2>she she really is enjoying. And I think also just

0:27:23.720 --> 0:27:27.240
<v Speaker 2>like USA is so different from like China obviously so

0:27:28.400 --> 0:27:30.760
<v Speaker 2>and they have these like you know, social norms and

0:27:30.800 --> 0:27:32.840
<v Speaker 2>social boundaries they have within themselves within the country. But

0:27:32.840 --> 0:27:35.159
<v Speaker 2>I feel like for her to be here, she feels

0:27:35.160 --> 0:27:37.800
<v Speaker 2>like she can definitely like be and do what she wants.

0:27:37.880 --> 0:27:41.600
<v Speaker 2>And she's so intrigue about everything, you know, it's super genuine.

0:27:41.600 --> 0:27:43.280
<v Speaker 3>She's so happy, and I have a.

0:27:43.280 --> 0:27:47.840
<v Speaker 5>Feeling she's like the jokester on her team that you know,

0:27:47.960 --> 0:27:50.360
<v Speaker 5>And because we're starting to see her personality come out

0:27:50.359 --> 0:27:52.960
<v Speaker 5>more and more, she gets comfortable and so I'm like, oh,

0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:54.960
<v Speaker 5>we're going to the dark and they're over here, like

0:27:55.000 --> 0:27:57.720
<v Speaker 5>I don't have TikTok, but they made her do a

0:27:57.760 --> 0:27:59.240
<v Speaker 5>TikTok the other day where it was.

0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:03.240
<v Speaker 6>Oh my god, I and what is it the money one?

0:28:03.920 --> 0:28:05.800
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, and then she was like kind of the

0:28:05.840 --> 0:28:07.000
<v Speaker 1>butt of the joke at the end.

0:28:07.160 --> 0:28:09.800
<v Speaker 5>Yes, And she was like really sad at first, and

0:28:09.840 --> 0:28:12.520
<v Speaker 5>then she saw the whole trend and she's like, Okay,

0:28:12.560 --> 0:28:13.400
<v Speaker 5>it's okay.

0:28:13.720 --> 0:28:16.560
<v Speaker 6>Oh oh yeah, she's awesome.

0:28:18.119 --> 0:28:21.960
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and she's playing amazing, like truly can do it. All.

0:28:22.200 --> 0:28:24.080
<v Speaker 6>She literally jack of all trades.

0:28:24.320 --> 0:28:26.840
<v Speaker 5>I mean I know where she is gonna be on

0:28:26.920 --> 0:28:29.600
<v Speaker 5>defense attacking wise, Like are you kidding me?

0:28:29.640 --> 0:28:30.880
<v Speaker 6>How is she facing this way?

0:28:30.920 --> 0:28:32.959
<v Speaker 5>And then somehow it goes line this way, like she

0:28:33.000 --> 0:28:35.679
<v Speaker 5>breaks her like shoulder and her elbow and her wrists

0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:36.880
<v Speaker 5>outside of her body on her.

0:28:36.960 --> 0:28:41.400
<v Speaker 1>She was really pissing me off this weekend, so she

0:28:41.440 --> 0:28:43.600
<v Speaker 1>could just not do that again when we play.

0:28:44.080 --> 0:28:45.960
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, are you think of me like kind of Chinese

0:28:46.000 --> 0:28:46.280
<v Speaker 3>or anything?

0:28:46.320 --> 0:28:46.720
<v Speaker 4>From her?

0:28:48.160 --> 0:28:48.240
<v Speaker 2>No?

0:28:48.480 --> 0:28:50.600
<v Speaker 5>I literally keep asking her what her name is, and

0:28:50.960 --> 0:28:54.880
<v Speaker 5>like I try and pronounce it no because it's hard.

0:28:54.920 --> 0:28:57.800
<v Speaker 5>It's like, so I've I've learned. I'm just gonna call

0:28:57.840 --> 0:29:00.160
<v Speaker 5>her you you you is like the easiest way to

0:29:00.200 --> 0:29:03.160
<v Speaker 5>say it. But ourge our other setter has been really

0:29:03.200 --> 0:29:06.040
<v Speaker 5>good about that. She's actually doing Chinese dueling go or Mandarin.

0:29:07.040 --> 0:29:07.600
<v Speaker 3>That's awesome.

0:29:08.560 --> 0:29:09.680
<v Speaker 4>There's what I remember.

0:29:09.760 --> 0:29:12.640
<v Speaker 1>Wait, Kat, you know some Chinese words from playing in China?

0:29:12.800 --> 0:29:12.960
<v Speaker 4>Right?

0:29:13.160 --> 0:29:13.360
<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

0:29:13.560 --> 0:29:15.160
<v Speaker 4>Maybe you know. Oh.

0:29:15.280 --> 0:29:17.280
<v Speaker 1>I only know how to say the word hairtye because

0:29:17.280 --> 0:29:19.400
<v Speaker 1>I would always ask for one when I was at practice.

0:29:19.400 --> 0:29:20.800
<v Speaker 4>So if you ever wanted to ask her for a

0:29:20.880 --> 0:29:26.800
<v Speaker 4>hair tie, it's tosher. That's really good. Thank you.

0:29:26.880 --> 0:29:29.400
<v Speaker 1>I hope that's right, and I'm not saying anything so stupid.

0:29:29.400 --> 0:29:31.160
<v Speaker 1>Maybe they told me the wrong word and it just.

0:29:31.080 --> 0:29:31.960
<v Speaker 3>Means actually, like.

0:29:36.600 --> 0:29:38.120
<v Speaker 4>Would be one of my teammates so well.

0:29:38.160 --> 0:29:38.800
<v Speaker 3>I played there.

0:29:39.040 --> 0:29:41.800
<v Speaker 2>I played there like even before my first year in China.

0:29:43.040 --> 0:29:45.080
<v Speaker 2>They would like want to say the bad words, and

0:29:45.120 --> 0:29:46.760
<v Speaker 2>if someone was make them mad, they'd be like cat,

0:29:47.560 --> 0:29:49.560
<v Speaker 2>they'd say their name. They'd be like, for example, they'd

0:29:49.560 --> 0:29:53.000
<v Speaker 2>be like someone's name. It's just I can't. I feel

0:29:53.000 --> 0:29:54.160
<v Speaker 2>like if I say a name, they're gonna like, oh

0:29:54.160 --> 0:29:55.680
<v Speaker 2>the girls on that team someone's name.

0:29:55.720 --> 0:29:57.560
<v Speaker 3>They'd be like, I'd be.

0:29:57.440 --> 0:30:00.840
<v Speaker 5>Like, oh, I I do know that word.

0:30:01.600 --> 0:30:02.480
<v Speaker 6>I do know that one.

0:30:03.480 --> 0:30:05.360
<v Speaker 3>Yeah mm hmm.

0:30:10.800 --> 0:30:12.720
<v Speaker 4>What games you guys have coming up this week?

0:30:13.360 --> 0:30:17.360
<v Speaker 6>Salt Lake on Thursday, Atlanta on Saturday. It's so funny.

0:30:17.360 --> 0:30:19.680
<v Speaker 6>We play salt Lake three times before we play Atlanta once.

0:30:19.760 --> 0:30:23.640
<v Speaker 4>Anyways, Yeah, we we were similar, are you home? Are

0:30:23.640 --> 0:30:24.880
<v Speaker 4>you away home?

0:30:24.920 --> 0:30:27.400
<v Speaker 6>We're finally home. It's time to be home.

0:30:28.040 --> 0:30:31.200
<v Speaker 4>That's really nice, really really nice. Cat. Who do you

0:30:31.200 --> 0:30:32.680
<v Speaker 4>have next? You guys play on Wednesday?

0:30:32.880 --> 0:30:36.560
<v Speaker 2>We played tomorrow, We have Atlanta tomorrow and then we're

0:30:36.600 --> 0:30:39.000
<v Speaker 2>going to the h.

0:30:39.120 --> 0:30:42.520
<v Speaker 3>Town stand down. You feel me versus Love Houston, going

0:30:42.600 --> 0:30:46.800
<v Speaker 3>to see my home girl. We're coming with the bits

0:30:46.840 --> 0:30:48.240
<v Speaker 3>to this week. We're coming with the outfits.

0:30:48.280 --> 0:30:48.680
<v Speaker 2>We're coming.

0:30:49.160 --> 0:30:50.560
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we're going western right.

0:30:51.040 --> 0:30:54.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's get the Texas like Showdown theme.

0:30:54.760 --> 0:30:57.440
<v Speaker 3>But Atlanta fir the first game.

0:30:57.480 --> 0:31:01.000
<v Speaker 4>But Atlanta correig all right? And then what do we

0:31:01.040 --> 0:31:02.080
<v Speaker 4>have going on in the league?

0:31:02.120 --> 0:31:06.080
<v Speaker 1>Our team is kind of like building some momentum whatever.

0:31:06.160 --> 0:31:07.320
<v Speaker 4>Good, it's looking good.

0:31:07.560 --> 0:31:09.800
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if things are clicking. I don't want

0:31:09.800 --> 0:31:11.000
<v Speaker 1>to talk about it. I don't want to chink it.

0:31:11.280 --> 0:31:13.520
<v Speaker 4>So except Jordan is popping her ship.

0:31:13.720 --> 0:31:14.760
<v Speaker 3>Jordan, Jordan.

0:31:16.560 --> 0:31:19.080
<v Speaker 1>Jordan has a hundred kills, first one in the league.

0:31:19.280 --> 0:31:21.680
<v Speaker 1>Go my girls, score them points.

0:31:21.920 --> 0:31:24.920
<v Speaker 5>I was trying to defend and see her anything. I

0:31:24.960 --> 0:31:26.959
<v Speaker 5>could not read anything she was doing. The other day,

0:31:27.000 --> 0:31:29.800
<v Speaker 5>I said, oh my god, you are hitting on real angles.

0:31:30.400 --> 0:31:32.400
<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

0:31:32.440 --> 0:31:36.320
<v Speaker 2>Game, yeah, Atlanta game she was. That was probably the

0:31:36.360 --> 0:31:38.760
<v Speaker 2>best match up Forore. I think I've seen this season. Okay,

0:31:38.800 --> 0:31:40.320
<v Speaker 2>well we'll say I haven't watched a lot of them.

0:31:40.320 --> 0:31:42.120
<v Speaker 2>That probably was probably the first one I've watched. But

0:31:43.080 --> 0:31:45.960
<v Speaker 2>she I called my mom and I was like, you know,

0:31:46.000 --> 0:31:47.760
<v Speaker 2>when it's like the games my mom watches more black

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<v Speaker 2>bla than idea. So I was like, the games that

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<v Speaker 2>you're watching, like, when it's a good game, is it

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<v Speaker 2>like this? Mom's like yeah, like there's games that are

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<v Speaker 2>like actually really good. I was like, Okay, maybe I

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<v Speaker 2>should watch more matches. But JT was popping off at

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<v Speaker 2>the rest. Okay, it's no shade to the rife, but

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<v Speaker 2>there were some really questionable things going on.

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<v Speaker 6>And there was her hand. It was not she did not.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh no, they grabbed.

0:32:12.400 --> 0:32:13.240
<v Speaker 6>She didn't touch the ball.

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<v Speaker 4>But it shouldn't have been.

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<v Speaker 1>It shouldn't have been whatever the call was, it shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have been a replay. It should have like you give

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<v Speaker 1>the point was what we decided.

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<v Speaker 4>Regardless.

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<v Speaker 2>Are we sure we shouldn't touch it? I thought I

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<v Speaker 2>saw her hand coming and okay.

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<v Speaker 4>She wouldn't do that.

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<v Speaker 6>She wouldn't lie.

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<v Speaker 1>I stand with my teammate Jordan, you didn't touch that.

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<v Speaker 4>Also, what what's up with salt Lake? How are we

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<v Speaker 4>going to stop them? Ladies?

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<v Speaker 2>I know we thought that, you know, with Serena, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>taking her time out right now, her, we could be

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<v Speaker 2>able to slow them down.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's they they're doing it. They're doing it.

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<v Speaker 5>And then Sophie is blocking everything.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, Sophie. We just going for the thumb. Sorry, Sophie,

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<v Speaker 1>and I got that.

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<v Speaker 5>And then Tory's over here. I'm like, Tori, if you

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<v Speaker 5>soft block one more ball, I'm gonna jump a cliff.

0:33:11.240 --> 0:33:16.240
<v Speaker 1>Tory is steady Eddie Tory Dixon. Literally, Yeah, Toy plays

0:33:16.240 --> 0:33:20.480
<v Speaker 1>the defense in the whole league other than Manami, Toy

0:33:20.640 --> 0:33:21.360
<v Speaker 1>be scooping balls.

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<v Speaker 3>May now me be outside.

0:33:23.520 --> 0:33:27.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Monami's in the parking lot digging my.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh my god, it's unreal.

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<v Speaker 3>But the ball leave it alone.

0:33:32.440 --> 0:33:36.280
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, let me give me my take the point for free.

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<v Speaker 1>She's like, no, Yeah, it's gonna dim it to make

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<v Speaker 1>you even more angry.

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<v Speaker 4>No.

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<v Speaker 5>And Ronnie's popping off too, like her arm swing is

0:33:42.720 --> 0:33:47.480
<v Speaker 5>so just it's just different enough where it throws you off.

0:33:48.200 --> 0:33:48.400
<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

0:33:48.440 --> 0:33:50.640
<v Speaker 3>And then you have Alexa who just can do everything.

0:33:50.720 --> 0:33:54.800
<v Speaker 2>She's blocking in systemount of system, passing well, playing defense.

0:33:55.400 --> 0:33:56.920
<v Speaker 3>I'm like, yeah, I think of each.

0:33:56.800 --> 0:33:58.520
<v Speaker 4>Team pieces they have.

0:33:58.600 --> 0:33:59.920
<v Speaker 3>The parody is run Steep.

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<v Speaker 4>It's pretty good. Any other tea, any other hot cossp.

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<v Speaker 1>Tea is Austin trying to take the top spot for

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<v Speaker 1>best social media.

0:34:10.320 --> 0:34:13.640
<v Speaker 4>M I don't think it's really a competition for us.

0:34:13.719 --> 0:34:15.560
<v Speaker 2>I think we're just trying to find out like our flow,

0:34:15.719 --> 0:34:16.879
<v Speaker 2>like our niche kind of thing.

0:34:17.120 --> 0:34:17.319
<v Speaker 5>You know.

0:34:18.400 --> 0:34:20.040
<v Speaker 2>We're getting a lot of like the comments about me

0:34:20.120 --> 0:34:23.480
<v Speaker 2>being on there, so I'm the funny one and I'm

0:34:23.520 --> 0:34:23.960
<v Speaker 2>just kidding.

0:34:24.360 --> 0:34:24.440
<v Speaker 6>No.

0:34:24.520 --> 0:34:26.040
<v Speaker 2>I think they just want us to be more like

0:34:26.120 --> 0:34:28.880
<v Speaker 2>we actually like have like media days like in our

0:34:28.920 --> 0:34:30.919
<v Speaker 2>calendar that we have to all stay after just the film.

0:34:31.640 --> 0:34:34.320
<v Speaker 4>I'm out there. So okay, so everyone's doing that.

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<v Speaker 3>Houston, I would say.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say, Houston, you guys are pretty pretty good.

0:34:39.520 --> 0:34:42.320
<v Speaker 5>And just got all your like daily things. I feel like,

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<v Speaker 5>like the question of the day or rank.

0:34:45.239 --> 0:34:49.960
<v Speaker 4>This or okay, am I you hear that? Girl? Good job?

0:34:50.239 --> 0:34:52.040
<v Speaker 2>Oh wait, isn't your birthday coming up? You have a

0:34:52.040 --> 0:34:53.080
<v Speaker 2>birthday coming up, don't you?

0:34:53.239 --> 0:34:57.279
<v Speaker 6>End of the month. It's birthday month twenty five, twenty five,

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<v Speaker 6>Matty Kingdom.

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<v Speaker 4>That's right, nice waite.

0:35:00.080 --> 0:35:02.920
<v Speaker 3>Are you like on the cusp of a Pisces.

0:35:02.239 --> 0:35:07.279
<v Speaker 5>Or Okay, so I'm apparently a Pisces, but identify more

0:35:07.360 --> 0:35:08.160
<v Speaker 5>as an Aquarius.

0:35:08.520 --> 0:35:09.880
<v Speaker 4>Okay, I'm a Piscy.

0:35:09.960 --> 0:35:11.879
<v Speaker 5>So that's I was kind of wondering that I am

0:35:11.920 --> 0:35:14.440
<v Speaker 5>not emotional at all, so I do not identify as

0:35:14.440 --> 0:35:14.920
<v Speaker 5>a pisces.

0:35:15.360 --> 0:35:19.920
<v Speaker 2>Okay, yeah, are you very emotional but not sensitive? So

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<v Speaker 2>that's the least she doesn't cry.

0:35:22.160 --> 0:35:22.560
<v Speaker 4>I know.

0:35:22.800 --> 0:35:24.920
<v Speaker 2>Everyone's great. We just talked about that today. They're like, Kat, like,

0:35:24.920 --> 0:35:27.600
<v Speaker 2>it's you never cry. I'm like, it's hard for me to,

0:35:27.719 --> 0:35:29.560
<v Speaker 2>Like I am a big impact, so I take all

0:35:29.600 --> 0:35:32.239
<v Speaker 2>those emotions like physically, but it's hard for me to

0:35:32.400 --> 0:35:35.279
<v Speaker 2>like cry unless like I'm like super frustrated, like.

0:35:35.239 --> 0:35:37.359
<v Speaker 3>I will, I will hold it in. Yeah.

0:35:37.719 --> 0:35:41.040
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, if I get disrespected, I think we'll cry

0:35:41.040 --> 0:35:41.680
<v Speaker 2>and goes out the door.

0:35:41.840 --> 0:35:42.560
<v Speaker 3>Crying is gone.

0:35:42.560 --> 0:35:47.080
<v Speaker 2>But it's yeah, that's that high emotional you know, I'm

0:35:47.160 --> 0:35:49.759
<v Speaker 2>very other person is going to be crying. Yeah, But

0:35:49.840 --> 0:35:52.680
<v Speaker 2>like for me, I'm like I say it like this,

0:35:52.840 --> 0:35:55.560
<v Speaker 2>like whatever I'm feeling feeling, I allow myself to feel

0:35:55.560 --> 0:35:57.399
<v Speaker 2>those emotions. Like if I wake up one day morning

0:35:57.520 --> 0:35:59.719
<v Speaker 2>and I'm just like like I don't feel good today,

0:35:59.760 --> 0:36:01.279
<v Speaker 2>I'm just like this, That's how I am. But I

0:36:01.320 --> 0:36:02.959
<v Speaker 2>try to make sure that what I'm going through doesn't

0:36:02.960 --> 0:36:04.960
<v Speaker 2>affect people around me, you know what I mean, Like

0:36:04.680 --> 0:36:08.680
<v Speaker 2>I that my thing is this. I can be working hard,

0:36:08.719 --> 0:36:11.160
<v Speaker 2>spritting around, killing balls, and maybe I'm not as loud

0:36:11.200 --> 0:36:13.160
<v Speaker 2>as I was the day before. But that shouldn't be

0:36:13.200 --> 0:36:14.759
<v Speaker 2>a problem as long as I'm going hard on that

0:36:14.800 --> 0:36:15.440
<v Speaker 2>kind of stuff too.

0:36:15.760 --> 0:36:17.319
<v Speaker 3>You know, I think people get too cup.

0:36:17.320 --> 0:36:19.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, cat, you're quiet today, don't worry about all that.

0:36:21.360 --> 0:36:21.560
<v Speaker 5>Here.

0:36:21.920 --> 0:36:23.160
<v Speaker 3>I'm present, you know what I'm saying.

0:36:23.200 --> 0:36:34.600
<v Speaker 2>But if i'm like super happy, I'm on ten, like

0:36:34.800 --> 0:36:36.200
<v Speaker 2>for sure shocking.

0:36:37.000 --> 0:36:41.680
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Oh my gosh. Well, ladies, Okay, I think it's

0:36:41.680 --> 0:36:43.080
<v Speaker 1>time for us to wrap it up.

0:36:43.200 --> 0:36:45.879
<v Speaker 4>But Lauren Curly need thank you so so much.

0:36:46.160 --> 0:36:48.600
<v Speaker 3>I really enjoyed this one. This was great. Lauren, You're cool.

0:36:50.080 --> 0:36:51.239
<v Speaker 6>Every week you quit a cat.

0:36:51.360 --> 0:36:52.359
<v Speaker 3>No, seriously, I.

0:36:52.280 --> 0:36:54.240
<v Speaker 2>Probably shouldn't say this either, but it's probably my favorite

0:36:54.280 --> 0:36:54.719
<v Speaker 2>one so far.

0:36:54.880 --> 0:36:57.520
<v Speaker 3>So I say that I.

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<v Speaker 4>Can say, yes, you can't. It's it's your birthday month,

0:37:02.400 --> 0:37:04.640
<v Speaker 4>it's Black History month. We are celebrating money.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you so much for coming on.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, this is awesome.

0:37:10.239 --> 0:37:10.879
<v Speaker 3>This was great.

0:37:11.160 --> 0:37:12.879
<v Speaker 2>I can't wait to listen to this again, or watch

0:37:13.080 --> 0:37:14.839
<v Speaker 2>and watch this. This is gonna be I'm really excited

0:37:14.840 --> 0:37:15.120
<v Speaker 2>about this.

0:37:15.239 --> 0:37:16.120
<v Speaker 3>But you're literally a.

0:37:16.080 --> 0:37:19.160
<v Speaker 1>Wealth of knowledge and like a volleyball legend, and you

0:37:19.440 --> 0:37:19.960
<v Speaker 1>and I.

0:37:20.280 --> 0:37:23.240
<v Speaker 5>You are listen, I'm gonna float up like a balloon

0:37:23.280 --> 0:37:24.880
<v Speaker 5>if you don't stop complimenting me.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, this has been Serving Pancakes. I'm Mattie Rachel and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Cat Bell and I'm Lauren Carlyy and we will

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<v Speaker 1>catch you on the flip side.

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<v Speaker 2>Serving Pancakes is an iHeart women's sports production and partnership

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