1 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Tiffany Oshinski and I'm Kat though, and this 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: is serving pancakes with League one Volleyball. The inaugural Love 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: season is finally here. Each episode will be going over 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: the matches from the week to keep you up to 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: date on everything League one Volleyball. Then stick around after 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: the analysis for interviews with some amazing people in and 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: around the sport. 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 2: Today's episode features Love Madison opposite hitter Tammy Thomas. Hi, Lara. 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: But first we're going to talk all things. 10 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: Week nine, and we're also going to do a quick 11 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: recap on Cat's birthday, which was last Wednesday. 12 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 2: Have people lated, thank you? 13 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 3: It was great. 14 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 4: We had an amazing dinner at a place called Wuchaw 15 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 4: with the Chinese contemporary restaurant downtown Austin, and I had 16 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 4: a set menu everybody. I got there early and like 17 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 4: decorated the table with like black tablecloths and I bought 18 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 4: these like really cutel like glass faces and like bake 19 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 4: red roses and put those in there, kind of spend 20 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 4: them on the table with like some like lit led 21 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 4: like candlelight. So it was perfect. It was giving grown 22 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 4: and sexy. Everybody like wearing lace to dinner. 23 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 3: It was great. It was such a great time. 24 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: Did you make that theme grown in sexy basically? 25 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 3: Yeah? 26 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I love it. 27 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's not talk volleyball because that's also 28 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: grown and sexy. 29 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 3: Sure, very true. 30 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 1: I mean I'm in it of course. Well we're gonna 31 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: get to you last because you guys played last. So 32 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: we're gonna start Week nine with Nebraska. In Nebraska where 33 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: Love Salt Lake took down Love Omaha in four sets sixteen, 34 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: twenty five, twenty five, twenty three, twenty five, twenty three, 35 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: twenty five nineteen. 36 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 2: Head coach Tom A. 37 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: Miashiro said after the match that it wasn't the prettiest 38 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: game they've played. 39 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 5: Don't get me wrong. There were some ugly plays, and 40 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 5: our ability to reset was incredible, I think because volleyball 41 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 5: is like that, and we play against good teams all 42 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 5: the time, good players, and so it's not gonna always 43 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 5: be pretty. But I'm just really proud of our crew 44 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 5: for doing that. 45 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: So what does that say about Salt Lake's perseverance in 46 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: this match? 47 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 4: I mean, salt Lake every week is getting better, I 48 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 4: believe you know, They're find different rotations and connections with 49 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 4: both the opposites with Haiti and Skyler. But like I 50 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 4: say all the time, every week, it can be any 51 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 4: man's match, any woman's match, just how to speak, Omaha, 52 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 4: I think is still trying to find the collective piece, 53 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 4: that collective jail piece with them and you know, salt 54 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 4: like could you can get somebody down their bad day 55 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 4: and while they trying to figure things out, that's what 56 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 4: you can do. So I definitely think it can be 57 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 4: any women's game, any team's game each week and thinks 58 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 4: not like prove that goal, it's omaha. 59 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: Two standouts in this game where outside Ronnie Jones Perry 60 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: and Claire Hoffman, who scored thirty eight of the seventy 61 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: eight points in this match. We've talked about Ronnie a 62 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: bunch actually just last week she was Player of the match, 63 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: so we went over a bunch of stuff about her 64 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: and how great she is. 65 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 2: So let's talk about Claire this time. 66 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: She has only had twenty one kills so far this 67 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: season until this match, where she finished with the season 68 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: high fourteen on thirty two attempts. She's also had season 69 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: highs for blocks, digs, and points with three, ten, and seventeen, respectively. 70 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: So what did she do differently in this match to 71 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: step up her game. 72 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 4: Well, you know, like we haven't seen a lot of 73 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 4: Clayer this season at all, so when a opportunity presents 74 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 4: it stuff. I think, like any other team, you have 75 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 4: amazing a deep bench with a lot of players that 76 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 4: can come off and make an impact. 77 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 3: Claire did that. 78 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 4: I think her have an opportunity to come out and 79 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 4: showcase her talent like she's been able to do. She 80 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 4: within her practices has also been beneficial for them. So 81 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 4: I was so happy that she got out there and 82 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,119 Speaker 4: she did her thing. I love clear She's great. 83 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: Claire, Ronnie and the rest of the hitters wouldn't have 84 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: been so successful if it wasn't for the player of 85 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: the match, Ceter Jordan Poulter. You already know how amazing 86 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: she is. She's a two time Olympic medalist, but talk 87 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: about what she does on the court to put her 88 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: team in the best position to win. How does she 89 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: trick opponents with her ability to you know, set all 90 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: over the court. 91 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 4: I think any great team in general, for football, for example, 92 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 4: I think the center for volleyball is a quarterback, and 93 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 4: if you have a great quarterback, you have a great setterer. 94 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 4: You guys going to be a great team. Jordan obviously 95 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 4: is an amazing league athlete. She's on the national team. 96 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 4: And her just being her orithmic stels and be able 97 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 4: to spread an offense and just bring her pieces together. 98 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 4: I think, you know, you have a great setter who 99 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 4: was collected and as a calm attitude and just very 100 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,839 Speaker 4: you know, intense and just going about her job every match. 101 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 3: Gonna get that. And Jordan Polter is just she's a goat. 102 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 3: She's a freaking goat. 103 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 6: Yes she is. 104 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 2: And a great guitarist too. 105 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 3: Oh is she plays guitar? I do even know that 106 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 3: she plays? 107 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:10,119 Speaker 4: Yes? 108 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 2: Self taught no lessons day. 109 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 3: That sticks with their hands. 110 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 4: You know, Jordan is really good about hiding where she's 111 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 4: going going gets the traffic, you know, like, for example, 112 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 4: of the offense is going one direction, she's really good 113 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 4: by switching it off for opposite direction. 114 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 3: So that makes sense that she'd be doing something like 115 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 3: playing guitar. 116 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 4: Okay, we guitar lessons, setters sessions you need to do 117 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,239 Speaker 4: to be like Jordan Poulter guitar lessons. 118 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 2: Yep, there we go, all right. 119 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: Moving to Friday Night Love Houston pulled off their second 120 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: five set reverse sweep this season, this time over top 121 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: seeded Atlanta twenty one, twenty five, eighteen, twenty five, twenty five, 122 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: twenty one, twenty five, seventeen, fifteen ten. 123 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 2: Now these teams look like this is the beginning stages 124 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 2: of like a really good rivalry. 125 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 6: You know. 126 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: Top two teams in the league currently faced off each 127 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: other in the Love Classic finals, with Houston getting that win, 128 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: and here they are with another battle. What makes this 129 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: matchup so fun and also so difficult for the players? 130 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 4: I mean, you have two teams that have great pennheaders, 131 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 4: have great defensive players, and it would go head and 132 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 4: head every chance they get. You have two teams, two 133 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 4: opposites that are also in the national team gym, going 134 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 4: head to head. So it just depends. So who's nice 135 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 4: it gonna be? I think Houston just does a really 136 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 4: good job. JT is just an amazing feral athlete. You know, 137 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 4: if she's tired or not, she's gonna be JT. And 138 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 4: I think as well as like Atlanta has Kelsey, So 139 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 4: the matchup between them two every week is going to 140 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 4: be has been really. 141 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,039 Speaker 3: Intense and fun, and I'm enjoying watching it a lot. 142 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 1: Is it hard to make rivalries when you're friends with 143 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: a lot of the girls on the. 144 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 3: Other see, it depends, you know. That's funny. 145 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 4: As a cole fall said told me a story between 146 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 4: about her and Jordan Larsen. You know, when they were 147 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,679 Speaker 4: in high school they played against each other and stuff, 148 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 4: but it was like they were really good friends. But 149 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 4: when it came to like playing, it was like she 150 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 4: was saying, there was time she didn't even talk to Jordan, 151 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 4: you know. So it shouldn't it shouldn't matter. You know, 152 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 4: I feel like we're trying to play. We're friends, but 153 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 4: we're enemies on the court, you know. So I think 154 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 4: I'm really good about getting doing that with Matt when 155 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 4: we play against Euston. If I'm able to play against 156 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 4: her any other team besides this season, I'm really good about, like, 157 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 4: you know, knowing how to get to her. For example, 158 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 4: I'll play with her in Au. You know, I could 159 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 4: talk to her doing that little bit kind of girt 160 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 4: off her game. 161 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 3: But she doesn't like it. 162 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 4: She hates it, actually, But you know, I think it's 163 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 4: sometimes It was one match she didn't even really she 164 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 4: didn't talk to me for like two days because we 165 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 4: won she can get like that, but it just appears. 166 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 4: So I think it's great. You can see any be 167 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 4: friends after when I lost. That's amazing for sure. 168 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: Now, Middle Amber Igdi was the player of the match 169 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: with fifteen points, ten kills, and seventeen attempts in five blocks. 170 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: Watching her hit that girl has some serious pay time. 171 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: It is insane and it's funny because she's like one 172 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: of the sweetest players that I've met doing this these interviews. 173 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: She's just so nice, but she switches. Her mentality just 174 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: switches when she's on the court, and she's just a 175 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: force to be reckoned with. 176 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 2: So talk to me about Amber in her game. 177 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 4: I think Amber is one of those sid and jewels. 178 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 4: I think she just continues to be dynamic for Houston. 179 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 4: It's such a big part of their offense, and as 180 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 4: was their defense. Blocking wise, she's huge, he's massive. Actually 181 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 4: was able to kind of hear a little story about 182 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 4: her from a reporter this past weekend that, like, you know, 183 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 4: high school, she wasn't like one of the top recruits 184 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 4: in her class or life. She kind of had a 185 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 4: I guess, kind of a hard time balancing when it 186 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 4: came to being recruiting. But as she got older and 187 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 4: more experince through club, she just kind of went off 188 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 4: the rafters and was just going hand as she was 189 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 4: starting to develop her talent. 190 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 3: So I'm very happy for her. 191 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 4: I think her story's really cool and she's been playing 192 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 4: great Houston like She's definitely someone to be able to 193 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 4: gout for it for sure. 194 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 6: Hm. 195 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 2: Now we know that this is anybody's game. 196 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: But as I said before, these Houston Atlanta matches are 197 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: making for a good rivalry. So what does that Lanta 198 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: need to do to overcome their foe in the future. 199 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 4: Man, You know when you have that up to oh, 200 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 4: you gotta finish. You have to finish, you know. So 201 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 4: I think it's with the opportunity presentence. Its south for 202 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 4: you to close out a match. 203 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 3: You got to do it. So that's the best thing 204 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 3: you can do. Getting back to practice, working on some. 205 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,679 Speaker 4: Washdrails to show that you're down three points in the fourth, 206 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 4: or down three points in a second, or down two 207 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 4: points in the fifth. 208 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 3: You have to finish when you get these opportunities. Definitely, 209 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 3: all right. 210 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: Saturday's doubleheader began less than eighteen hours after Houston's big 211 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: win against Atlanta, and that short rest time may have 212 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: played into the Los Agains love Madison they lost nineteen 213 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: twenty five, twenty eight, twenty six, twenty eight, twenty six, 214 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: twenty five sixteen. Madison is absolutely on fire now having 215 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: won their last three matches. But how much would you 216 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: say that this result was from a fatigued Houston versus 217 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: very hot Madison. 218 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 4: I think, regardless, you have to come out and play 219 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 4: your best match. But I think it definitely was played 220 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 4: a big not a big part of it, but a 221 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,679 Speaker 4: part of it. I think, not just physically, I think mentally, 222 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 4: you know, I think we didn't get to see the 223 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 4: same team we saw versus at Lennard. With Houston, I think, 224 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 4: you know, a lot more airs and mistakes, just like 225 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 4: dumb things like hitting balls and then that do you 226 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 4: know what would see that Madison King then Rochelle would 227 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 4: do you So I think it was more of that, 228 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 4: just you know, losing connection, and I think Madison did 229 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 4: a great job just staying on her and just you know, 230 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,599 Speaker 4: going off the whole way they're on right now and 231 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 4: continue to get in that win. 232 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: The player of the match, Libero Milica Medved finished the 233 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: match with twenty four Diggs as well as for assists 234 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: seriously absolutely killing it. 235 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 2: With their playing time up, She's really been able. 236 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: To showcase how great she is on defense, totally fifty 237 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: seven digs over the last four games versus seven digs 238 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: over the first seven. Now you played against her, how 239 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: has Melissa been for this Madison team? 240 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 4: I think just being consistent and digging balls and digging 241 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 4: walls in good spots, you know. I think if you 242 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 4: can keep your team in transition in defense and dig 243 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 4: a ball to where the setter can be able to 244 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 4: set everyone from both pins a bit a blocker in 245 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 4: your pipe, I think that helps. So being able to 246 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 4: do that and dig those balls in a good space 247 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 4: for transitioning points, it's very hard to do, so her 248 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 4: being able to do that consistently for them is definitely helping. 249 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 3: It a lot. 250 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: I'm loving the Libero love. Then I feel like we 251 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: might need to start like a drop in Bros setting. 252 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, something like that. 253 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 3: Dropphin Bros Podcast. 254 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 2: All about the Bros. 255 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: Well, speaking of great defense, last week, we talked about 256 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: some insane rallies that happened, but I want to highlight 257 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: a specific rally. 258 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 2: From this match. 259 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: It was set point for Madison in the second set 260 00:09:55,600 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: This insane rally lasted forty seconds and the defense started 261 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: when Melissa hit the ball. She dug the ball I 262 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 1: guess off her foot. Houston didn't even realize it at first. 263 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 3: Okay, what mat Iball still alive? 264 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 2: Houston may have thought. 265 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: It was down and that really turned this rally into 266 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: a slugfest. 267 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 2: So what was your favorite part of that rally? 268 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 3: Definitely the ball off the foot. You know, how often 269 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 3: does it happened in a match? 270 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 4: So you're able to get that that That's like the 271 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 4: laziest point you can do. Just have to get out 272 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 4: there if you can, or be readying the ball off 273 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 4: your leg. It's the best point ever. So definitely the 274 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 4: ball off the pot. It's might be my prime moment 275 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 4: for sure. 276 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: All right now, the last match of the weekend, Atlanta 277 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: got the w over your Team Love Austin in four 278 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: sets twenty five, twenty two, twenty four, twenty six, twenty five, fifteen, 279 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: twenty seven, twenty five. Seemed like they had actually the 280 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: opposite reaction to the five set loss the night before, 281 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 1: so instead of looking fatigue, they looked motivated. It was 282 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: also Atlanta's last home match for the season, so what 283 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: did you see out of them since you were there. 284 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 4: Definitely, like being the last home match or any team 285 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,079 Speaker 4: will give you a little bit motivation to be able 286 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 4: to kind of. 287 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 3: Go out on a win. 288 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 4: As tired they may have seemed, and I'm sure because 289 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 4: Kelsel diod a lot of swings. They just played a steady, 290 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 4: easy going match and honestly it's almost felt like we do. 291 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:11,559 Speaker 3: Kind of dugo on grave. 292 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 4: You know, we had a lot of attacking arrs and 293 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 4: we could get the ball and play service was a 294 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 4: struggle for us as well. I think scouring report wise, 295 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 4: I think we only had two players hit in a 296 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 4: positive Pitchency. 297 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 3: I think everybody else is the negative. 298 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 4: So you can't win matches like that when your top 299 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 4: two scores are one of the top scores is the 300 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 4: middle block. And middle blockers are amazing obviously athletes in 301 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 4: the court, but they don't win matches, and that definitely 302 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 4: showed that. 303 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: And this match was a battle through and through so 304 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: many amazing digs, so many huge blocks. In fact, after 305 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: the second set, both of the teams were hitting sub 306 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: one hundred. But regardless of these obstructions, no one let down. 307 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: So what's the strategy behind still going all out versus 308 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: you know, change of pace and trying to catch the 309 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: other team out of system, it. 310 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 4: Can be difficult. I think sometimes thus choice can go 311 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 4: hand in hand. I think for us, if we kind 312 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 4: of would be able to slow down and thought more like, 313 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 4: you know what we wanted to do, keep balls off 314 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 4: the barrow, because I think we said the barrel a lot, 315 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 4: you know, focus on our servings and the seams. Kelsey 316 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 4: passed a lot of balls and systems from them last night. 317 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: That kind of helped could have helped us to kind 318 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 4: of slow down and kind of realize that dejectory of it. 319 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,439 Speaker 3: But also, once you're on that stride. 320 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 4: On that win and you're able to have that, you 321 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 4: know that stride going forward and you want to ride 322 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 4: that coaster, ride that wave, I think it's great to 323 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 4: just keep going and going through it. 324 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: So yeah, for Atlanta, they're big blocker of the game 325 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: was middle Tea Jammerson, who earned Player of the Match. 326 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 1: He finished with thirteen points thanks to six blocks, four 327 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 1: kills in three aces. 328 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 2: Tia getting her moment finally. 329 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: We've been talking about her for a while now, so 330 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: how did she find ways to stop your hitters? 331 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,599 Speaker 3: I mean, tears are like the grim freeper of the 332 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 3: league right now. I don't think a lot of pinn 333 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 3: hitters like her. 334 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 4: Like she's you know, she's in your face, and she 335 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 4: has big hands, and she's stuffing, touching everything, and you 336 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 4: know she's just being a dynamically the middle top of it. 337 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 4: You know, if you get blocked, you get the fingerwave. 338 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 4: That's her thing right now. And then if you see that, 339 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 4: I'm sure you're getting pissed. So I mean, I'm proud 340 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 4: of her. It's been great to see her play for Atlanta. 341 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 4: She's been a great piece for them defensive wise, blocking, serving, 342 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 4: She has a great serve as well. I think she's 343 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 4: definitely giving them the middles this lead for the run 344 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 4: for their money. I think she's definitely one of the 345 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 4: top definitely one of the top three. 346 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: All Right, Well, Kat, we're down to just for more 347 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: weeks in the regular season. 348 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 2: Week ten is up next weekend. Here's the lineup we got. 349 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: Thursday night, Madison in their three game win streak, hosts Omaha, 350 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: who is on a six match losing streak, and this 351 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: will be Madison's last home match. Then Friday night, we 352 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: begin weekend with Love in Houston as they host their 353 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: newly dubbed rival by Me Atlanta. Saturday's first match will 354 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: be Salt Lake versus Atlanta, and then we finished with 355 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: the Battle of Texas. You and Love Austin versus Houston. 356 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: You ladies have been the closers these past few weeks. 357 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: So which of these matches are you looking forward to? 358 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 4: You know, I'll keep shaing for my team, but they 359 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 4: keep letting me down right now, So I'm gonna go 360 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 4: in the direction this week. 361 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 3: I'm gonna go Madison versus Omaha. 362 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 4: I would lock to see Omaha kind of get out 363 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 4: this funk that there, and it'd be a great way 364 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 4: to do that snapping Madison streak. 365 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 3: So I would love to see Omaha get away. What 366 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 3: about you, I'm. 367 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: Going with this new rivalry that I'm loving this Houston 368 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: Atlanta match. I want to see, you know some games. 369 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's so so good. 370 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: Great volleyball, great players. It's it's a lot of fun 371 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: to watch. So I'm excited to see that one. So 372 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: all right, Well, when we come back, I sit down 373 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: with Love Madison's temmy Thomas ey Laura. We talk about 374 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: everything from Madison's hot street to her Nigerian heritage. 375 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 2: To her hobbies and so much more. 376 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: We're back with Love Madison's Tammy Thomas Eyi Lara, an 377 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: opposite hitter from Glenwood, Illinois. Temmy help lead Wisconsin to 378 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: the NCAA semifinals in twenty twenty three. She spent the 379 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: first four years of her collegiate career at Northwestern, earning 380 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: ABCA second Team All American honor in twenty twenty two 381 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: and first team All Big Ten from twenty twenty to 382 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. She made her professional debut in the 383 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: United States in twenty twenty four, and now she's playing 384 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: for League one Volleyball in Madison and is here with 385 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: us today. 386 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 2: Tammy, Welcome to Serving Pancakes. 387 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 6: Hi. I'm excited to be here, very excited to have 388 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 6: you here. 389 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: I now we were recording this interview before Week nine starts, 390 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: So at this time, Love Madison is the hottest team 391 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: right now in League One. 392 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 2: You guys just went back to back in. 393 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: Week eight, including a sweep against my co host Kat 394 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: Bell's team. 395 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 2: So, Kat, if you're listening, sorry about that. 396 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: Sorry, Kat, But can you talk about the atmosphere on 397 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: the team before this weekend and then after so. 398 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 6: Before this weekend, we were on a little bit of 399 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 6: a losing streak, but we were like, we can only 400 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 6: really get better. We have nothing to lose in these matches, 401 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 6: and like we were on the grind looking for our 402 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 6: first win, and we put in a lot of work 403 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 6: like these past couple weeks from basically the first week 404 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 6: until now, and we're still putting in work after these wins. 405 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 6: But after those wins, it was like a big confidence 406 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 6: builder saying that, like we've been going in the right 407 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 6: direction and it feels like we finally found where we 408 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 6: need to be and like everything's kind of falling into place, 409 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 6: which we're super excited about. 410 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 2: For sure. 411 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: Now this league, anybody can win and we know that 412 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: we've seen it week in and week out. What was 413 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: kind of being said though during your losing streak like 414 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: every week that kind of kept you guys motivated and 415 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: still excited. 416 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 6: It was kind of just like we have all the 417 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 6: pieces that we need, we just need to figure out 418 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 6: how we're going to use them and how we're going 419 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 6: to get to that next level and that next step, 420 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 6: because it was always like one little thing that would 421 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 6: like hold us back. It was like one little run here, 422 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 6: one little run there and we're like, how do we stop? 423 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 6: How do we side out faster? And we figured it 424 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 6: out this weekend and it was great to watch, great 425 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 6: to see. 426 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, you guys were a lot of fun to watch. 427 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: Did you guys get to do anything after? Because you 428 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: guys were in Madison for the wins, so I feel like, 429 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: you know, was there any celebration dinners or anything like that. 430 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 6: Actually, we went to dinner on Thursday with Tom and 431 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,640 Speaker 6: he was basically like, if you guys win this weekend, 432 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 6: we can have a dinner every weekend. Oh and so 433 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 6: before every weekend, so we have our next team dinner tomorrow. 434 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 6: We're like, I guess that was the motivation. We needed 435 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 6: team dinner every week before next month. Not not like 436 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 6: the money from the Glove Classic. We needed team dinner. 437 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: Right. Where did you guys go for this, like rallying dinner? 438 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 6: We went to this place called Rare Steakhouse. It's in 439 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 6: downtown Madison, like right by the capitol. 440 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 2: Awesome. 441 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 6: We were like, Okay, if we can get it every week, 442 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:40,439 Speaker 6: we'll start winning. 443 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 2: I'd love that so much. I would do that for 444 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 2: food too, to be honest. 445 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: So I get it now, your first generation American correct. 446 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 6: Yeah, So where's your family. 447 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: From and how did they end up in the States 448 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: in Illinois. 449 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 6: My parents are from Nigeria and my ghosts and they 450 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 6: immigrated here in nineties because they wanted more opportunity for 451 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 6: me and my brother. I have an older brother who's 452 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 6: a year older than me, and Chicago there's like a 453 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 6: big Nigerian population here already, so they just kind of 454 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 6: immigrated here and kind of set up roots here for us. 455 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 6: So we have a lot of Nigerian American friends too 456 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 6: that live in the suburbs of Chicago, which is really cool. 457 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 2: That's awesome. How did you get into volleyball? 458 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 6: Then? 459 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 2: Did your family play sports? 460 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 6: Like? 461 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,159 Speaker 2: Did your parents play sports at all? 462 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 6: No? My brother and I did a lot of sports 463 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 6: growing up, So I played like soccer, basketball, did gymnastics 464 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 6: while I was short enough to play gymnastics. I just 465 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 6: did a lot of sports, tapped ballet like anything, and 466 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 6: really fell in love with volleyball and just kept playing 467 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 6: ever since. 468 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: Basically, did your parents have any idea what they were 469 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 1: getting themselves into and it came to club volleyball? 470 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 6: No idea. So I started playing when I was twelve, 471 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 6: but didn't start like true true club until I was thirteen, 472 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 6: and then I started getting recruited for college and my 473 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 6: parents were like, wow, I didn't even know this was 474 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 6: like an opportunity for you. What do we do? What 475 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 6: do we do? And luckily I had a really good 476 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 6: like club recruiting coordinator who kind of walked us through 477 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 6: everything because my parents really didn't know anything about college 478 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 6: athletics and college balleyball and recruiting. So it was just 479 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 6: a really fun process for all of us, but we 480 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 6: all were like really confused most of the time. 481 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: Your brother played football in college, right. 482 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 6: Yeah, he walked onto the football team at Vanderbilt. 483 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's so cool. 484 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: So your parents had two kids both end up going 485 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: to college and playing a sport. What was that like 486 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 1: coming from Nigeria, having no family, like no interest in 487 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: sports really, and now all of a sudden having two 488 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: athletes in their family. 489 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 6: I mean, my parents were definitely surprised by especially my 490 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 6: brother because he had never played football before, but they 491 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 6: were so proud of both of us, and I mean, 492 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,199 Speaker 6: I just feel like making my parents proud by what 493 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 6: I'm doing is so special to me, just because I 494 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 6: know they gave up so much to give me and 495 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 6: my brother, the opportunities here, Like they haven't really been 496 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 6: back a really long time, just because they've had to 497 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 6: stay here, and like they've wanted to stay here and 498 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 6: support me and my brother and still come to my 499 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 6: matches or like go visit my brother and stuff like that. 500 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 6: So just being able to make them proud is one 501 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 6: of the best feelings in the world to me, and 502 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 6: I know to my brother too. 503 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 2: It's so sweet. 504 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: Have they been able to come out to your matches. 505 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 6: Yeah, They've come to a lot of the matches, and 506 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 6: I just love seeing them every weekend cheering in the sands. 507 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 6: It's so awesome. 508 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, that is awesome. Now, going back to college and 509 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: your decision. What ultimately made you choose Northwestern? 510 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 6: It was close to home, really good academics, and it 511 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 6: had the major that I wanted, which was biomedical engineering. 512 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, can you talk to me about this. 513 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: How did you get into biomedical engineering? Because I remember 514 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 1: when I was reading your bio and I saw that, 515 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 1: I was like, girl, that's like a serious degree to 516 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: go for, because that's like good for you. 517 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 6: It wasn't tense for sure, but basically my aunt is 518 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 6: an engineer and I've always liked building things, But I've 519 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 6: all so really liked seeing people with prosthetics and just 520 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 6: seeing how it's helped them, like continued the way of 521 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 6: life they had before losing their limbs to like prosthetic 522 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 6: legs or prosthetic arms, and so I was like biomedical 523 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 6: engineering as a way that I can kind of get 524 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 6: into that realm of like building and doing prosthetics and 525 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 6: stuff like that. So I chose that major. 526 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 2: That's so cool. 527 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 1: And then you ended up going to Wisconsin and continued 528 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: your studies there. Is that the reason why you decided 529 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: to go to Wisconsin as supposed to staying in Northwestern? 530 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 6: Yeah, it was definitely academics and volleyball. Again, I think 531 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 6: I had four years under the same coaching staff, so 532 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 6: I think just having a fit year with a new 533 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 6: coach was really helpful for me and just fine tuning 534 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 6: some areas where I knew I could still grow. But 535 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 6: also Wisconsin and just the access to the hospital that 536 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 6: I had while I was here, and just kind of 537 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 6: the networking I was able to do while I was 538 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 6: there was really awesome. 539 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: For both your undergrad and graduate careers. In college, How 540 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: did you handle that degree with a d one sport 541 00:21:58,720 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: like that especially. 542 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 2: I mean, both of those schools are amazing. 543 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 6: It was definitely pretty tough, especially getting the undergrad degree, 544 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 6: like my first year, just going through in season with 545 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 6: all of the chemistry and math and all of that, 546 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,479 Speaker 6: and it was definitely hard. But time management was super helpful. 547 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 6: And having friends in classes was really nice too, because 548 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 6: if I messed a practice, I could just send my 549 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 6: friend a text and be like, hey, would you be 550 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 6: able to send you the notes? Going to office hours 551 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 6: and just really grinding it out. 552 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: That's like true time management stuff right there. Well, actually, 553 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to jump ahead real quick because speaking of 554 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 1: time management, I've talked to a lot of girls who say, 555 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: you know, once they get to the pro level, there's 556 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 1: so much time off. 557 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 2: So what are you doing on your time off? 558 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 6: I'm doing a lot. I started actually doing crafts. Wait, 559 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 6: let me grab this. 560 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 2: Ooh. 561 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 6: I we had like a craft night a few weeks ago, 562 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 6: me and a few of my teammates. And while I 563 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 6: was at Wisconsin, I got into handnitting. So I started 564 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 6: handiting this blanket for my friend, which I'm super excited about. 565 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 6: I really like the pattern of it. But I started knitting. 566 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 6: We do like movie nights BNCH TV shows play games 567 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 6: on like the PS five, just like I got back 568 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 6: into reading. I'm actually reading the Court of Thorns and 569 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 6: Roses series, So there's a lot of free times, so 570 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 6: I have a lot of things that I want to do. 571 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 6: I get that's so cool. 572 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: I love that you guys get together so often and 573 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: do things like like movie nights, craft nights and everything. 574 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 1: I got to ask, what movies have you guys watched 575 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: lately and what's the most recent TV binge? 576 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 6: Okay, so we just finished Dexter oh like all eight seasons. 577 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: The whole show, the whole show, and how disappointed were 578 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: you at the end? 579 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 6: I was so just like, we literally just finished the 580 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 6: last episode last night and I was so disappointed. I 581 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,479 Speaker 6: was like, no way it ends like that because it 582 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 6: was such a good show. Now we're watching How to 583 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 6: Get Away with Murder. Oh okay, we're like in season 584 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 6: one and my eyes are glued to the screen, like 585 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 6: Annalise Keating can act. Yes, it's such a good show. Yes, 586 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 6: but then you watched like Lord of the Rings. A 587 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 6: lot of the movies I watched by myself. I've been 588 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 6: to the TV shows, but I meant to like bad movies. 589 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 6: Like a bad Netflix movie is like my cup of tea, 590 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 6: So I can't really I can't really watch that with 591 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 6: anything like that else because everyone's like that movie's so bad, 592 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 6: and I'm just I love it. There's just something about 593 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 6: a bad Netflix movie that really, I don't know, I 594 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 6: can't take my eyes off of it. 595 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 2: What's the favorite bad Netflix movie? 596 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 6: There's so many. My favorite genre is probably like rom 597 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 6: com or thriller, a bad Netflix rom comma thriller, where 598 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 6: like you know what's gonna happen, but you still can't 599 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 6: take your eyes off it. 600 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: We'll be back with more from our interview with Timmy 601 00:24:43,119 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: Thomas Ei Lara. When you were in college, I know 602 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,719 Speaker 1: that you had like help with your club teams with 603 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: recruiting for college, But when it came to pros. 604 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 2: Did you know that you wanted to go pro? 605 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: And did you have people help you with like the landscape, 606 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: because I know that the pro landscape can kind of 607 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: be vast with the international teams and everything. 608 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 6: Yeah. So I really didn't know about professional volleyball outside 609 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 6: of like the Olympics until I was a freshman sophomore 610 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 6: in college and I saw like my senior teammates go overseas. Now. 611 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 6: I was like, that's really cool. I want to do that. 612 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 6: I really want to play professional volleyball. And so like 613 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 6: my freshman and sophomore year and even junior or two, 614 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 6: I was like, Okay, I want to go overseas after 615 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 6: I'm done playing. And then my senior year when I 616 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 6: went to the All America banquet, Love was there and 617 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 6: they were just kind of talking about volleyball in the 618 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 6: United States and how it would start after my fifth year. 619 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 6: So this season twenty twenty five, and I was like, 620 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 6: that's a really cool opportunity. I would love deep be 621 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,159 Speaker 6: in love basically and being able to play in the 622 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 6: United States. So now looking forward two years later and 623 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 6: me being here in love and playing in the US 624 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 6: has been super cool. 625 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 1: Did you find it even more exciting that you get 626 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: to play in the city where you got to go 627 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: to school at? 628 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,120 Speaker 6: Yeah. I mean when I was asked to go back 629 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 6: to Madison, I was like, yes, of course, because I 630 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 6: just think it's such a special place, like the Madison 631 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 6: fans love volleyball, and you can just see it the 632 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 6: amount of people that kind of know who I am 633 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 6: when I'm walking around doing things is super cool. Like 634 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 6: just knowing that people watch what we do and like 635 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 6: know us. It's really exciting to see and just seeing 636 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 6: the little girls who love watching us and look up 637 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 6: to us has been really special. 638 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: I was going to ask if you're recognized on the streets, 639 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: are you recognized more as a Badger or now as 640 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: part of Love Madison. 641 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 6: Definitely as a Badger, but people are recognizing me in 642 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 6: Love Madison. I actually got a little bracelet last week. 643 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 6: I think it's over on my counter, but it was 644 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 6: basically every team I played on, like the colors of 645 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 6: every team I've played on in my career, which was 646 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 6: really sweet from a fan at last Inthen's net. 647 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 2: That is so sweet. 648 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: That's a great friendship bracelet that you got. 649 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 6: It was really sweet. 650 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 2: I love that and very creative. Good for them. 651 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, so you're on the younger side of the players 652 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: in the league. So have you found like a mentor 653 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: or have you been able to take some of these 654 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: other players that are on your team and really learn 655 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: from them, and have they taken you under their wing? 656 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,640 Speaker 6: For sure? I think Annie has been so great, Like 657 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 6: I grew up watching her play. I told her one 658 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 6: of the first days I met her that when I 659 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 6: had gone on to a visit and to Purdue in 660 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,479 Speaker 6: twenty fifteen, I like watched her play for the first 661 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,640 Speaker 6: time in person, and she was like, wow, that made 662 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 6: me feel really old. That was my senior year of college, 663 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 6: and I was like, yeah, I'm sorry, but I just 664 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 6: had to tell you. But bas like watching her in 665 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 6: twenty twenty one at the Olympics in this past Olympics 666 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 6: and being able to be on a team with her 667 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 6: where she's helping me out and like telling me what 668 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,679 Speaker 6: shots I have opraan or helping me with a certain 669 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 6: swing has been really really cool and I've learned a 670 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 6: lot from her this season. 671 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like walking onto a team knowing that 672 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 1: like a two time Olympian is, you know there, she's 673 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: playing the same position as me and is able to 674 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: like help me get better. 675 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 2: Is the coolest thing. I haven't experienced it myself obviously, 676 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 2: but I. 677 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: Feel like, for you, that's gotta be like one of 678 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 1: the coolest experiences. 679 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 6: It's been really cool and super special, Like I wouldn't 680 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 6: trade it for anything. 681 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, and then you got like Lauren Carlinia as your 682 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 1: setter too, who was a force at the Olympics this summer, 683 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: and then now you get to play with her and 684 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: get her SETX. What's it like getting a Lauren Carlini set? 685 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 6: It's insane. Like when when I was telling people who 686 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 6: was going to be on my team after they had 687 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 6: announced it, they were like, you're playing with Lauren Carlini 688 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 6: and Andy jws Is like, yeah, yeah. 689 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's so funny. 690 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 1: I got to interview Annie over the summer and she was, 691 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: you know, she was just like the sweetest, like most 692 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: down to earth player. But then like when you see 693 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: her play and how hard she hits intense. 694 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's great. Like it's like intense energy, which can 695 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 6: be scary, but you know it's like in support of 696 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 6: you and like directed towards the other team. So it 697 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 6: just makes a fire lit under you. 698 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 1: Two, when you guys play other teams, have you made 699 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: other friends that you didn't know before, had played against 700 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 1: before now that like, you know, you get to see 701 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: each other almost every weekend. 702 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, so fun. Fact, like the first two or 703 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 6: three weeks we were away, we had every meal with 704 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 6: Omaha really basically, so we made a lot of friends 705 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 6: on the Omaha team, like Amber and Lauren Sibrins, and 706 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 6: also I knew of like amberygd and Jess Music, but 707 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 6: I talked to them a little bit more after the 708 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 6: Love Classic when we had our little get together that 709 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 6: was really cool. And then Gabby Blossom on Almaha's we 710 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 6: played at AU and so it's been really cool talking 711 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 6: to her a little bit more too. 712 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 1: It's really cool though that you girls are shaping this 713 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: new generation of not just volleyball players, but volleyball fans, 714 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: Like has that hit you at all in a way, 715 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: like do you feel any weight on your shoulders because 716 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 1: of it? Or is it more inspirational and motivational? 717 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 6: I think it's definitely more motivational than anything, just because 718 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 6: I mean in college I kind of saw volleyball growing, 719 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 6: and especially while I was at Northwest and we went 720 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 6: from having like four hundred or eight hundred fans in 721 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 6: a match to having four thousand by the time I 722 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 6: had left, and so that was really cool to see 723 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 6: it growing. And then when I got to Wisconsin, it 724 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 6: was like, wow, volleyball has reached such a big stage. 725 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 6: And then watching college volleyball this past year to love Now, 726 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 6: it's just been so cool and special watching it grow 727 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 6: that I love being inspiration to younger girls out. 728 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: There, and speaking of younger players, I like to ask 729 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: this from you ladies who are now professionals, because I 730 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: feel like it helps this younger generation grow as volleyball players. 731 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: But what did you do when you were first starting out, 732 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: when you first joined club that really helped propel you 733 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: to become the player that you are today. 734 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 6: I just kind of had fun with the people that 735 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 6: I was playing with, so my best friends I've met 736 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,479 Speaker 6: playing volleyball, and I think volleyball just has a lot 737 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 6: of special people in it where yes, you focus on 738 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 6: your skill, you focus on the growth, but if you're 739 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 6: not having fun while doing it, it's you're not going 740 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 6: to want to continue it. So I would say the 741 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 6: biggest thing that helps me get to where I am 742 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 6: is having fun while still focusing on bettering myself in 743 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 6: the game. 744 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: Now, there's only a few more weeks left of the 745 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: League one volleyball season, So what are your goals for 746 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 1: the rest of this season. 747 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 6: I think we want to show that we can compete 748 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 6: at a good level and win more games. I think 749 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 6: that's our biggest thing. Yeah, I'm really excited to see 750 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 6: where it goes and hopefully at the end of the season, 751 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 6: we're the team hoisting up the trophy. 752 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 2: It's anybody's trophy, right, it's anyone's. Well. 753 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: Temmy, it was a pleasure speaking with you. You're so 754 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 1: sweet and I wish you the best of luck the 755 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:18,479 Speaker 1: rest of the season. 756 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 6: Thank you so much. 757 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: Serving Pancakes is an iheartwomen's sports production in partnership with 758 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us on 759 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 760 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: Production by League one Volleyball. I'm your host Tiffany Oshinsky. 761 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,959 Speaker 1: My co host is kat Bell. Amya Alvarez is our 762 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 1: senior producer. Our executive producers are Carrie Stett, Tamaradike, and 763 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 1: Lindsay Hoffman. Our marketing lead is Juwara Parker. Sound editing 764 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:56,000 Speaker 1: and mixing by Daniel Gonzalez. Our theme music is Pancakes 765 00:32:56,160 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 1: by Eric W. Mass Junior Special thanks to Temmy, Thomas 766 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: I Laura. 767 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 2: Next week we'll recap Week ten. Thanks for listening.