1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky, and this is serving pancakes with 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: League One Volleyball. With the inaugural Love Season just around 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: the corner. Over the next few weeks, we'll be following 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: some of the biggest women's college volleyball games featuring schools 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: that our players attended. Today's episode features Love Madison outside 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: hitter Dolly Santana. But before we get to Dolly, let's 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: do a quick recap of Sunday's Texas Florida game, because 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: we had both a great comeback and a pancake. Number 9 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: seven Texas swept Number eighteen Florida twenty five, twenty three, 10 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: twenty five, eighteen, twenty five, fourteen. In the first set, 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: with Florida leading twenty one to fourteen, the Longhorns went 12 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: on an eleven to three run to take the w 13 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,279 Speaker 1: After that comeback, Texas never looked back, even when they 14 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: were tied at ten in the third set. The Longhorns 15 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: tallied thirteen stuffed blocks, including a career high ten blocks 16 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: by middle Mariyana Singletary. Meanwhile, the offense was on fire, 17 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: hitting three thirty three in the match to the Gators 18 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: one forty six hitting percentage. The offense was led by 19 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: outside hitter Madison Skinner with twelve kills, in opposite Devin 20 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: Cohahawaii with eight. This was Texas's sixth straight win and 21 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: fourth sweep in that time. And lastly, because this is 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: serving pancakes, we will be instituting a pancake counter where 23 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: we count how many pancakes happened during the matches we cover, 24 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: and this time around I only counted one pancake by 25 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: setter Ellis Swindle early in the second set. And on 26 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: Saturday night, Dolly's alma mater, the twelfth ranked Minnesota Gophers 27 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: lost to number twenty one USC in four sets twenty three, 28 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: twenty five, twenty five, twenty two, eleven, twenty five, eighteen, 29 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 1: twenty five. The Trojans out hit, out blocked, and out 30 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: dug Minnesota, but Gopher's opposite Lydia Groat finished with sixteen 31 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: kills and outside hitter Julia Hansen had nine with eight digs. Now, 32 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: in honor of Hispanic Heritage month, we have one of 33 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: Puerto Rico's most decorated players ever, Dolly Santana. Dolly is 34 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: an outside hitter from Corazal, Puerto Rico. She's been part 35 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: of the port ric national team since twenty eleven and 36 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: competed in the twenty sixteenth Summer Olympics. She played for 37 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: the University of Minnesota and is an all around badass 38 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: and soon she'll be playing back in the States with 39 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: Love Madison. Today we're talking about her journey to come 40 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 1: play in the US and more. Dollie, Welcome to serving Pancakes. 41 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for being. 42 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: Here, Thank you for having me. 43 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: So first, I want to start, where are you located 44 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 1: right now? Where are we recording this interview from? 45 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 2: I am in Minneapolis right now. 46 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 3: I came to just be around, you know, the vogeball 47 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 3: environment and see the Gophers play and just kind of 48 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 3: be here as I get ready to head to Madison, so, 49 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 3: you know, just a little time for myself and getting 50 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 3: ready mentally and physically to do my job well hopefully. 51 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: So we're recording this episode in September, and you're just 52 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: at the Minnesota Wisconsin game that Minnesota actually upset Wisconsin 53 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: in five sets, which super exciting. What was it like 54 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 1: being back, Wow, it was really great. 55 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 3: It was really great seeing some familiar faces and like 56 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 3: seeing the team. 57 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 2: I don't currently know any. 58 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 3: Of these girls, I saw them when they were really 59 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 3: little because some of them are sisters of my former teammates, 60 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 3: so it was really surreal to see them competing and 61 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 3: like being part of the team that I was once 62 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 3: part of. And so it's always great to see the 63 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 3: border battle. I kind of have to get used to 64 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 3: the feeling of like, oh, I'm on the other side 65 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 3: to get there, but for now, it was great to 66 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 3: watch the game and to see a good, you know, 67 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 3: good volleyball in a great volleyball environment. 68 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: And one of your soon to be teammates on Love Madison, 69 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: Lauren Carlini is now an assistant coach at Wisconsin. So 70 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: did you get to talk to her. 71 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 3: Yes, we talked in the morning before the team had 72 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 3: practice and we taught. We talked a little bit before 73 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 3: the game as well, and it was just really nice 74 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 3: to catch up. We had played together before in Turkey, 75 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 3: so it was, you know, really great to see her 76 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 3: again after that, and I'm just really excited. 77 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: To have her as a teammate again. 78 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 3: I think she's, you know, super competitive and she's always 79 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 3: bringing out the best out of her teammates, so I'm 80 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 3: really really excited to be with her again. 81 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gonna be a lot of fun lorn if 82 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: we had her on the show a few months ago. 83 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: And she's just such a fun person, amazing personality, and 84 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 1: great volleyball player. So I'm I'm actually a little jealous 85 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: that you get to play with her. 86 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 2: She's amazing. She's amazing, the full package for sure. 87 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: Well, so you know, we wanted to have you on 88 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: because it is Hispanic Heritage Month. It's an important time 89 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: to celebrate the Hispanic culture. I'm half Mexican, so this 90 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: is an exciting thing for me to talk about too. 91 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: But I wanted to talk about you growing up in 92 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: Puerto Rico, So talk about you know how you got 93 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: into volleyball. 94 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 3: Well, I think I've shared this story for and it's 95 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 3: about me trying every sport and volleyball being such an 96 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 3: important for for Puerto Rico and the only one that 97 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 3: I really wanted to go back to. 98 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: And that I felt like I couldn't live without. 99 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 3: So that to me was like a clear indication that 100 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 3: this was really for me and I wanted to keep 101 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 3: doing it. 102 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 2: My mom was also a volleyball athlete. 103 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 3: Until write about college and fun fact, actually, my whole 104 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 3: family is comes from like music, Their own musicians, and 105 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 3: like they were like, you know, you can pick between 106 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 3: this or that, you know, sports or music, And I 107 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 3: was like sports all the way. So we'll see after sports, 108 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 3: how you know, maybe I can do a little music thing. 109 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 3: But we'll see. 110 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 2: We'll cross that bridge when we get there. 111 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: I have to go on this quick tangent because now 112 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: I'm fascinated. Do you play instruments? Do you sing? Like, 113 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: what's what's your musical gift? 114 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's definitely singing. I think that with my dad 115 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 3: listening to him practice. My dad plays the trumpet and 116 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 3: he's been a musician for over fifty years now, and 117 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 3: my mom was also a singer and they were part 118 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 3: of like the medannge salsa, like all those things in 119 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,799 Speaker 3: the Puerto Rican and Latino communities culture. And so I 120 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 3: developed a skill for it listening to my parents practice 121 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 3: their music for so many years, and I grew up 122 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 3: with it. Although back then I used to think that 123 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 3: it was a little bit annoying when I was trying 124 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 3: to pick a nap and I could just hear the 125 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 3: trump in the back, But now I can really tell 126 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,679 Speaker 3: that that really helped me develop a skill for music 127 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 3: as well. 128 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 2: So we'll see in the future. 129 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: With you playing, I mean you've played overseas, you've played, 130 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: you know, in the in the US. Do you bring 131 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: that Puerto Rican music with you as like your pump 132 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: up music or is it kind of like a little 133 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: bit yeah. 134 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 3: I mean we got right now in the past couple 135 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 3: of years with Bad Bunny being like a really huge star, 136 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 3: you know, like of course we got to bring some 137 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 3: of that. But when it comes to my dad's music 138 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 3: as well, there's always like usually around Christmas, I get 139 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 3: really like nostyle chic a little bit, like I want 140 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 3: to listen to my family. I want to listen to 141 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 3: similar music. It's like that's really the time that i 142 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 3: want to be close to home, and so I'm always 143 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 3: looking for. 144 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 2: My dad on like Spotify or my mom. 145 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 3: They actually have songs in there, so like I just 146 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 3: played them and it makes me feel like I'm back home. 147 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: What are their names on there so we can give 148 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: them some love. 149 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. 150 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 3: My mom used to be on this group called LA's 151 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 3: Take as Gan and you can find those on Spotify. 152 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 3: And then my dad used to be in a lot 153 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 3: of groups, but you can find him as Alias Santana 154 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 3: Eastward gesta, which is there's a lot of music to listen. 155 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: To them amazing. I'm definitely gonna check that out for sure. So, 156 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: with your family being so musical, you wanting to go 157 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: into sports. You said that they were very supportive about it, 158 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: but were there any challenges when it came to playing 159 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: volleyball with your family being so musical. 160 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, totally, because I wasn't very good at any sports. 161 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 2: I think I was one of those kids that was a. 162 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 3: Little bit, like not a little bit a lot off balance, 163 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 3: Like I couldn't really find my like it was really 164 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 3: about that, like my balance, and so I was really 165 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 3: clumsy for a long time, and like that didn't really 166 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 3: help me with the sports. 167 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 2: And so that was like that for about four years 168 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 2: or so. So my parents were like, oh, you know, 169 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 2: maybe it's not for you, but I didn't want to stop. 170 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 3: So they just kept, you know, bringing me to practice 171 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 3: and eventually got better. And I'm glad it did because 172 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 3: now I have this, you know, incredible experience and like 173 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 3: such a long career already and I'm excited to even 174 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 3: be part of you know, LBB and seeing it come 175 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 3: to life in the US is really something that none 176 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 3: of us thought could come within like our careers right 177 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 3: and like in our prime time. So I'm just really 178 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 3: honored to be a part of it. 179 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: I was so excited to have you a part of it, 180 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: especially with your career and starting where you did. I mean, 181 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: going back to when you first started. Do you remember 182 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: the first time you touched a volleyball? What it was 183 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: like for you, Like, did you have any idea what 184 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: you were doing? 185 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 3: Not? 186 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 2: Really. 187 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 3: My only plan was hit the ball as hard as 188 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 3: I could, and I missed a lot and that was that. 189 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 3: But I just kept trying and I just really wanted 190 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 3: to keep going. I remember this one specific time. It 191 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 3: was like back then we used to have courts that 192 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 3: were outside, and we didn't. They were cement courts, kind 193 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 3: of like the outboul basketball courts in like different living communities. 194 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 2: No ceiling, no nothing like it just opened air. 195 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: Yeah. 196 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 2: I remember. 197 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 3: It was a time that it was raining, so practice 198 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 3: was canceled and my mom was like, we're not going anywhere, 199 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 3: and I just started crying. 200 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 2: And I remember that, but I'm like, please take me. 201 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 2: She's like, where am I going to take you? Because 202 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 2: it's canceled, it's raining, you know, It's all like to me, 203 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 2: it was I just wanted to be playing volleyball all 204 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 2: the time. 205 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 3: So I'm excited and happy that it had the outcome 206 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 3: that it did. 207 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: What is volleyball like in Puerto Rico? 208 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 3: I think it was and it still is, one of, 209 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 3: if not the main sport for. 210 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 2: Girls and women. 211 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 3: And you know, there used to be this huge tournaments, 212 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 3: weekend tournaments on these courts right where people from young 213 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 3: kids to all the way grandparents would go and watch. 214 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 3: And actually my grandparents, my grandparents were always going to 215 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 3: watch these tournaments and always going to the high school tournaments, 216 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 3: and even as a professional, they were like always. 217 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 2: The first making the lines. 218 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 3: And so it's really a sport that is like deeply 219 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 3: rooted in our community and in our culture. 220 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 2: So it still is like that. 221 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 3: And for me to carry that over and kind of 222 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 3: represent my country in that way in this stage, it's 223 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 3: really really cool and really important to me as well. 224 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: Now, Puerto Rico has had a professional volleyball league since 225 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty eight. Correct me with my pronunciation. It's called 226 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: Liga de Voo, right, that's perfect, yeah, or the LVSF, 227 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: I saw, which is a little easier to say. 228 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 2: That's great. 229 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, Well a lot of love players have played professionally 230 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 1: in that league. So what has been the public reaction 231 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: to that league, especially since it's been around for so long. 232 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:50,719 Speaker 1: Are there a lot of sponsors, Are there a lot 233 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: of fans. 234 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 3: Well, there's definitely a lot of fans. It sometimes can 235 00:11:55,679 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 3: get a little spicy go they're really into the sport. 236 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 3: They're really passionate about the sport itself. So you know 237 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 3: when you have teams like, for example, we also have 238 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 3: a border battle between my team used to be Kodosalent 239 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:17,839 Speaker 3: the other team at the. 240 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 2: Other side of the border. 241 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 3: It's called nadan Haito, and those are like some of 242 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 3: the most passionate, crazy games you'll ever see on the island, 243 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 3: and people come. 244 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 2: You know, the games are at seven apm. 245 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 3: People are there from like three pm just like waiting 246 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 3: to be let in and like get a good spot, 247 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 3: and like they want to yell and they want to scream, 248 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 3: and they want to share how. 249 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 2: They feel about the sport, and so you have to. 250 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 3: It's definitely a place where you learn how to be 251 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 3: mentally tough because you have a lot of the fans 252 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 3: who you know, want to really support you, but you 253 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 3: also have the other fans from the other team who 254 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 3: want to make sure that you know. 255 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 2: They're there. 256 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: For sure. 257 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 3: That's the West way I can describe it. But it's 258 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 3: definitely a very like cool, fun lead to play at, 259 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 3: and I hope it could keep growing in the future. 260 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 3: I definitely think that it needs more support and sponsors 261 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 3: and care and I think that's going to get there eventually, 262 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 3: and I hope that we can make it a leade 263 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 3: that people and players want to be a part of 264 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 3: in the future. 265 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: Now, you've also been able to play in other Hispanic 266 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: countries like Mexico, So how is the sport received there? 267 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 1: Is it different or similar to Puerto Rico. 268 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 3: I would say is similar, but it's definitely I think 269 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 3: a little bit more spread out when it comes to 270 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 3: like different sports, Like for us, it's like really all 271 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 3: about volleyball, and I definitely feel like in different countries 272 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 3: it's all about different kinds of sports and the support 273 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 3: is kind of like very consistent when it comes to 274 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 3: all which is. 275 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 2: Something I think also Puerto Rico could do better at. 276 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 3: I think we have a lot of talent and a 277 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 3: lot of great athletes from different sports that. 278 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,079 Speaker 2: Need to be celebrated and supported. 279 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 3: And I'm you know, I think that in the future 280 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 3: it should, you know, we should try to be better 281 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 3: at that. 282 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 2: Mm hmm, if that makes sense, I don't know. 283 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, Now did you dream of playing volleyball professionally? Like, 284 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: did you want to go to college and play? What 285 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: was kind of the path when you first started playing? 286 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 2: To be quite honest, I wasn't thinking too far ahead. 287 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 3: I think to be a player from Puerto Rico and 288 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 3: to make it to the United States for college back 289 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 3: then used to be a little bit rare. So for me, 290 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 3: it was, uh, one season at a time, taking one 291 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 3: season at a time. My focus is to get better, 292 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 3: to improve my skills, to grow up really and then 293 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 3: let's see where this takes me. And close to my 294 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 3: eleventh grade I believe tenth grade or eleventh grade, I 295 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 3: had met with a recruiter for Minnesota and that's when 296 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 3: I first started thinking, Okay, maybe I can go to 297 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 3: college for this sport. That's kind of cool. And to 298 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 3: have the opportunity to leave the island and to go 299 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 3: to the US and do it like not that many 300 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 3: athletes before me had done that was very like much 301 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 3: an honor for me. 302 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 2: So then that happened, and then after college. 303 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 3: I was like, wow, like now it's you know, the 304 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 3: door is wide open, Like we'll see how far we 305 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 3: can go with this, and here we are. 306 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: Did anybody mentor you when it came to trying to 307 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: play in the US in college? 308 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 3: Definitely the coaches that I was working with and the 309 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 3: person that recruited me, and also I got a lot 310 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 3: of support from my parents and my family and coaches 311 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 3: in the island. 312 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 2: But I would say there's such a difference with. 313 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 3: The programs when it comes to university programs within the 314 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 3: island or in the US that I needed a little 315 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 3: bit more guidance, and that's where the coaches came in. 316 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 3: I had at the time Laura Bush who recruited me, 317 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 3: and Hugh McCutchen was coming in for the University of 318 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 3: Minnesota in twenty twelve, and the whole coaching staff at 319 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 3: that time. They really made sure that I had a 320 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 3: place where I was comfortable, that I could be myself 321 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 3: and I could just focus on becoming a better volleyball player. 322 00:16:55,200 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: I mean, you were a stud in Puerto Rico in 323 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: the national team when you were sixteen years old, Like 324 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: that's amazing, So you have known at some point You're like, 325 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 1: you know what this is, this is the place where 326 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: I should be, right, Yeah. 327 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 3: It was yeah, honestly looking at it backwards, looking at 328 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 3: it now, I'm like, well, I really should have thought 329 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 3: about it a little bit more. It was really happening 330 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 3: so fast for me. I think within the time I 331 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 3: was sixteen, I was in the national team. I had 332 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 3: also played with my first pro team in the Island 333 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 3: before going to college, and then I was going to college, 334 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 3: and then it was also going so fast that I 335 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 3: was just like, Okay, I guess this is where I'm going. 336 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 2: You know, I just didn't give it much thought. 337 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 3: I wasn't like trying to understand, Okay, like do I 338 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 3: want to go somewhere else? 339 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 2: Do I want to do? No, it was like, oh, 340 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 2: perfectly lined up. 341 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 3: So I was like yes, and like I love everything 342 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 3: that's happening right now, and I just. 343 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: Went with it, just curious because everything did kind of 344 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: happen so fast. 345 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 3: You know. 346 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: I've talked to a bunch of other players, and they've 347 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 1: talked about burnout because it is something that happens. I 348 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: burned out when I was a junior in high school too, 349 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: for a period of time. Not to take a break. 350 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 1: But did you ever experience that because of everything that 351 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: was going. 352 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 3: On, Yeah, I think a little bit, especially because of travel, 353 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 3: Like we would travel with the professional team in the Island. 354 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 2: We had to go sometimes two three hours away come back. 355 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 3: I had high school the next day in the morning. 356 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 3: I used to live really far from the city. It 357 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 3: would take me about an hour to get to school 358 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 3: every morning, so it was like I had to leave 359 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 3: five six am out the door, but I was coming 360 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 3: back at like mid ninety one am. So it was 361 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 3: a little bit crazy when it came to that. And 362 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 3: then when the summer is when students would usually rest, 363 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 3: that was part of the national team and then traveling 364 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 3: all summer, so it was a little bit too much. 365 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 3: But I do think that I paid the price a 366 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 3: little bit later my career. 367 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 2: I think I would say six to eight years after, 368 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 2: I was like, wow, I really have never. 369 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,479 Speaker 3: Stopped for a second and like taking a break. And 370 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 3: I was feeling really burned out. 371 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 2: And so. 372 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 3: After the Olympics and after you know, a couple of 373 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 3: years with the with the national team, I say a 374 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 3: couple of years, it really was like ten years, ten years, 375 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 3: I decided, you know, it's it's better for my health. 376 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 3: Uh And with the advice of like the doctors I 377 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 3: was working with that I take the summers to rest 378 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 3: and covered it is important. I think we have sometimes 379 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 3: a culture in Puerto Rico where we don't understand that 380 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 3: clearly and the importance of rest and recovery both mentally 381 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 3: and physically, and that leads to a lot of athletes 382 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 3: burned out. And so I had to make that decision 383 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 3: in order to be my best self moving forward. And 384 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 3: I am, you know, okay with that because I am 385 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 3: feeling my best and I am just becoming a better 386 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 3: athlete and a better person. 387 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: It's interesting that you say that, you know, your culture 388 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 1: just has this like motion to keep going and just 389 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 1: push through and stuff like that. Were there any positives 390 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: from growing up in Puerto Rico and your culture that 391 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: helped you as a player. 392 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 2: Yeah. 393 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 4: I think in that moment that felt like a lot 394 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 4: of support and a lot of like you can accomplish 395 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 4: anything you want, You can go as far as you want, 396 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 4: and like you just have to keep going and keep 397 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 4: working and keep pushing. 398 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 2: And so I think when you're. 399 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:54,400 Speaker 3: A kid in that environment that really helps and really 400 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 3: positive because it helps you develop the mindset of a warrior, 401 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 3: almost of a fighter, and so that's what it was 402 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 3: for me. 403 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 2: I think eventually and at some point that changes a 404 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 2: little bit. 405 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 3: The dynamic with the sport that we have with the 406 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 3: sport changes a little bit as we grow up. 407 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 2: And that's okay too. 408 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,959 Speaker 3: So I think it was necessary for me to go 409 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 3: through that, and it has helped me get to where 410 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 3: I am today, and I'm excited to see how I 411 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 3: can balance that mindset with like a new more balanced mindset. 412 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 1: For sure, you were a warrior, a fighter, and then 413 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 1: you became a Gopher in Minnesota. So going back to college. 414 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: When you did come to the US, what was it 415 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 1: like to go from Puerto Rico to Minnesota. Was it 416 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: a big culture shock for you? 417 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 3: Yes, very much, especially on the sport because in Puerto Rico, 418 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 3: growing up, you have a strong arm. That's really all 419 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 3: you need. Like you, that's like the best thing you 420 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 3: can have, like a strong arm. You're quick, you're powerful. 421 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 3: When I came to I was like, Wow, you need 422 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 3: a lot more. I need to be a more complete player. 423 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 2: So I kind of have. 424 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 3: I kind of had to change my mindset of like 425 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 3: I need to become more and that could be sometimes hard. 426 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 2: When you're a kid, you think what I have is enough, 427 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 2: and then you have to become more. 428 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 3: And I think that's where the coaching staff at the 429 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 3: time did an incredible job. I mean, this program is 430 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 3: incredible and in sharing and helping and like nurturing that mindset, 431 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 3: mindset of becoming a better player and developing new skills 432 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 3: and being okay with that process of change. 433 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,719 Speaker 1: Do you have any funny stories or moments from being 434 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 1: sort of that fish out of water and coming to Minnesota? 435 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 3: So many I'm like trying to think of one. 436 00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 2: I think one of the. 437 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,679 Speaker 3: Cute moments when I first got to college, I couldn't 438 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 3: speak English too well and I couldn't say the word turtle, 439 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 3: and so. 440 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 2: That was, I don't know what, an entire year because 441 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 2: I could have say turtle. 442 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 3: So every time my teammates are are athletic trainer who 443 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 3: is actually still here and asked me the same question 444 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:31,400 Speaker 3: a week ago, she was like, say turtle, So yeah. 445 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,360 Speaker 2: I looked at her and I said, I graduated from 446 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 2: that already, turtle, So yeah. I think it was just 447 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 2: a lot of. 448 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 3: Moments where I couldn't pronunciate a lot of things, and 449 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 3: so they became fun memories. 450 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 1: So how did you handle that the language barrier. 451 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 3: I had a lot of tutoring. I think also the 452 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 3: University of Minnesota has great, great tutors, and I couldnt 453 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 3: make advisors. 454 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 2: That really helped. 455 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 3: With the whole stress of trying to figure out college 456 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 3: and a new language at the same time. And so 457 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 3: I had a lot of tutors before and after practice, And. 458 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 5: I think in general, my biggest issue was letting go 459 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 5: of the fear of speaking out because I didn't know 460 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:23,919 Speaker 5: how to say something. 461 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 3: I was just trying, and I think that's something I 462 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 3: still applied today. I have learned other languages after college, 463 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 3: and so I've kind of. 464 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 2: Done the same thing. Just try it out. 465 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 3: You know, somebody will correct you or will make fun 466 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 3: of you, and then it'll be a funny memory. 467 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: You give me inspiration to finally learn Spanish for real 468 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: after you know, five years in school learning and then 469 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: not using it. So you said that there was a difference. 470 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: You know, in Puerto Rico you just needed a strong 471 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: arm and you were, you know, an amazing player. In 472 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: the US, you need to be more all around player. Like, 473 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: was there anything in your culture or from growing up 474 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: that sort of influenced your style of play that you 475 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:12,400 Speaker 1: were able to bring to the States. 476 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 3: Mm hmmm. I think, uh, it's it was less about 477 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 3: skill and more about character. 478 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 2: And mindset. When I mentioned that warrior. 479 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 3: Mindset that I needed to have while growing up, that's 480 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 3: what helped me also get through college. 481 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 2: That was important to me that I developed a character. 482 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 3: In my younger years that helped me get through the 483 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 3: challenges of being you know, in the Big Ten, in 484 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 3: a school that was highly competitive, with teammates that were 485 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 3: highly competitive, and you know, a coaching staff that expected 486 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:02,239 Speaker 3: a lot of toes and improvements from their athletes. And 487 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 3: so I think the character that I showed up with 488 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 3: just got better after getting to college. So I'm grateful, 489 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 3: very grateful for them. 490 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: I love that. 491 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:12,640 Speaker 3: Now. 492 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 1: Your former youth National League teammate Dally and Liz Rosado, 493 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: she joined the Gophers in twenty fourteen. So when that happened, how, 494 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: if at all, did that change your experience in Minnesota? 495 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 2: That was great. I mean I had not. 496 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 3: Spoken Spanish until she got there. There's not there wasn't 497 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 3: a lot of Spanish speaking people at that time in Minnesota, 498 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 3: and so it was really nice to have her We've 499 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 3: known each other for since wow, since we were like 500 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 3: six or seven, so we've been in each other's. 501 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 2: Lives for a long time. 502 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 3: We're really great friends, and so it was really nice 503 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 3: to share. 504 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 2: College with her and also you know, the volleyball go 505 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:03,120 Speaker 2: for a program with her. 506 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 1: Did you guys share your culture with your teammates now 507 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: that you sort of had like a partner in crime, music, movies, 508 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: whatever it might be. 509 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, and also food, yeah, oh yeah, so it 510 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 3: was it was really fun to see my teammates also 511 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 3: meet another Puerto Rican. I think we're all like the 512 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 3: same but also a little bit different and also we 513 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 3: look differently, and I think that was something that like 514 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 3: another funny story that like when goalie Leus came over 515 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 3: and they were expecting another Puerto Rican to look like me, 516 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 3: but she looks completely different, and like that's the story 517 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 3: of like Puerto Ricans in general become in every size 518 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 3: and color and that's it. That's our culture. So it 519 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 3: was really fun to see and to share that with them. 520 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,399 Speaker 1: Amazing. Now you got to play in the Olympics in 521 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, and your team was the first and only 522 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 1: team Puerto Rico has sent to the summer game. So 523 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:05,360 Speaker 1: what did that mean to you? 524 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 2: That was so so real. 525 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 3: I think I'm still trying to figure out what that 526 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 3: meant to me because it was such a big deal 527 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 3: for our country, for the team. It was something that 528 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 3: we didn't know if it could be possible, and you 529 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 3: know that we ended up having the chance to go 530 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 3: to that. 531 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 2: Tournament qualifying tournament at. 532 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 3: Home in front of our people, and it was just 533 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 3: really fun to live that experience and to be able 534 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,239 Speaker 3: to represent Puerto Rico at such a big stage and 535 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 3: be the first ones to do it. It's like, wow, 536 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 3: how do you how do you do that? How do 537 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 3: you bring your culture and your vuluable to the Olympics. 538 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 3: You have nobody to compare to or to look up to. 539 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 3: You kind of have to do it. Were the first 540 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 3: to do it. So for us, it was about doing 541 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 3: our best, being ourselves and enjoying every. 542 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 2: Day and I think that we did that well. 543 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: Any memorable moments, whether it was you know, you with 544 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: your team outside of the court or on the court, 545 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: anything anything fun. 546 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 2: I think I was. 547 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 3: We were coming out of the lunch villa that they 548 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 3: had for the athletes and I was walking out next 549 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 3: to Sarah Williams and I remember exchanging like maybe three words, 550 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 3: and that was so much fun because she spoke back 551 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:39,800 Speaker 3: to me and I was like. 552 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 2: Oh, oh my god. And then that was it. That 553 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 2: was that was the moment of the Olympics. 554 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 3: And I just remember seeing her, seeing all these other 555 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 3: amazing athletes that you know, we look up to, and 556 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 3: sharing the space with. 557 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 2: Them, and the Olympics and the experience with them. It 558 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 2: was really cool. 559 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: Yeah. I feel like, even though I've never been to 560 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: the Olympics as an athlete, never will be, I still 561 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: feel like being able to see all these the world's 562 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: greatest athletes all in one location has got to be 563 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: one of the coolest things. And as an athlete, who 564 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 1: gets to walk next to Serena Williams, even if it's 565 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 1: mentioning three words to her, it's got to be something 566 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: that's going to stick with you forever. I know. 567 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 2: Right, we laughed together for two seconds. 568 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: But it was worth it. Right, Was your family in 569 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: Brazil for the Olympics or were they watching at home 570 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: in Puerto Rico. 571 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 2: We're watching at home. Yeah, they were watching at home. 572 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 3: And it's just I think they would probably be better 573 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 3: at explaining what it meant to have our team at 574 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 3: the Olympics than any of us. I think we're still 575 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 3: cadiving shock and like in all of the whole experience, 576 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 3: I'm just overall really honored to have been a part 577 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 3: of that team, and I hope it's not the last 578 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 3: time that quarterco goes. 579 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 2: To the Olympics. 580 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: In your experience playing overseason in the US, what have 581 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 1: you observed when it comes to Hispanics in the sport. 582 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 2: Well, I think that you can spot them anywhere. 583 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 3: You'll know right away you want to see them. But 584 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 3: in general, I think that collectively we bring so much 585 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 3: talent and value to all these different leagues in the world. 586 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 3: We make people curious about our countries and like they 587 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 3: want to know more, They want to know more players 588 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 3: from our countries. And I think that's something really important 589 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 3: and our responsibility that each of us carry every time 590 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 3: we go play in the other countries. We're not only 591 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 3: representing ourselves, we're representing all the people before and all 592 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 3: the people after. And I think that sometimes, actually all 593 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 3: the time, we should remember that we have and we 594 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 3: carry that responsibility. 595 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: Now. I saw in a study from twenty twenty one 596 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: that out of all the volleyball players women volleyball players. 597 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: Only seven percent of them are Hispanic. Why do you 598 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: think that number is so small? 599 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 2: I'm not sure, because there's a lot of US. 600 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a whole league in Puerto Rico. I 601 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 1: don't understand how I know. 602 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I think that I'm not sure why it happens. 603 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 3: I think that there's definitely a lot of talent everywhere. 604 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 3: I think it might have to do with how recruiting 605 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 3: or scouting has been done in the past. 606 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 2: That has not really changed. 607 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 3: As the years have gone by, and as volleyball has changed, 608 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 3: and I'm hoping that in the future it gets better 609 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 3: because there's definitely so much more talent to explore and 610 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 3: to bring and to share for, you know, into all 611 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 3: these other leagues. 612 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: What do you think could help to increase the visibility, 613 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: uh and love of this sport amongst the amongst the 614 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: Hispanic community. 615 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 3: I think that a lot of the tournaments that are 616 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 3: held like internationally are usually in the same spots, in 617 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 3: the same countries and in the same cities. 618 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 2: I think that if they were. 619 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 3: To bring them back out to different international countries, like 620 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 3: in Latin America, that would increase Obviously, the exposure that 621 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 3: these athletes get, because I remember when I was just 622 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 3: joining the national team and we used to travel a 623 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 3: lot every summer to Mexico. We had tournaments in the island, 624 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 3: in Puerto Rico, we went to Queba, Dominican Republic, we 625 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 3: went to you know, all these different countries, and I 626 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,960 Speaker 3: feel like in the recent years it's really been the 627 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 3: same places, mainly in Asia, and so maybe they brought 628 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 3: brought it back. 629 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 2: And you know, back into the Latino countries. 630 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:32,239 Speaker 1: That would help for sure. Now, outside of volleyball, what 631 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: are you passionate about? 632 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 3: So many things, so many things. Definitely music is one 633 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,919 Speaker 3: of them. I think I've had this on and off 634 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 3: relationship with music mainly because I yelled a lot when 635 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,839 Speaker 3: I'm playing volleyball, so I can't really dedicate that much 636 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:56,280 Speaker 3: time to music when when I'm in season. But I'm hoping, 637 00:34:56,520 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 3: hoping that changes after and you know, we now get 638 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 3: to have an off season and off season. 639 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:06,840 Speaker 2: I think that's something a little. 640 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,960 Speaker 3: Bit rare in the volleyball field seasons are usually you know, 641 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:15,520 Speaker 3: eight ninety ten months long, and I'm excited to see us, 642 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 3: you know, share that double life of like volleyball and 643 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 3: then non volleyball. So we'll see what kind of structure 644 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 3: that takes. 645 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:31,920 Speaker 1: You open up a coffee shop before. Can you talk 646 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: about that a little bit? In your coffee and why coffee? 647 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, so my family and I would say just supporter. Again, 648 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:47,759 Speaker 3: culture in general is very coffee orientated. We love coffee 649 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 3: every morning, every afternoon, three times, four times a day. 650 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,880 Speaker 3: It doesn't matter. So for me it was important. I 651 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 3: used to live in New York with my husband and 652 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 3: we decided that we wanted to bring Puerto Rican coffee 653 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 3: to New York. We wanted to bring Porican products to 654 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 3: New York, desserts and things that weren't as locally known 655 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,160 Speaker 3: because even in Puerto Rico there's things that we only 656 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:19,720 Speaker 3: do during Christmas time, during summertime, and like, we wanted 657 00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 3: to bring everything at once to the US and that 658 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,480 Speaker 3: was really fun. And we don't currently have the coffee 659 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 3: shop right now as in the store itself, but we 660 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,360 Speaker 3: are planning on still having our business and kind of 661 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,920 Speaker 3: focusing more on wholesale so that we can share the 662 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,400 Speaker 3: love even further. 663 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: You can bring it to Madison, Yeah. 664 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,319 Speaker 2: Right, I'm thinking about it. 665 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 1: So let's talk about you going to Madison. So, as 666 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,359 Speaker 1: you said, you know, it's on the on the other 667 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 1: side of the border when it comes to the Minnesota 668 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:55,280 Speaker 1: Wisconsin rivalry. But how excited are you to be able 669 00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:57,799 Speaker 1: to finally, you know, come back to the States and 670 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 1: play here and experience what is this new league, in 671 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:03,760 Speaker 1: this new startup. 672 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:08,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, for me, it's a great honor to be a 673 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 3: part of this league. 674 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,560 Speaker 2: I mean, it's. 675 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,920 Speaker 3: Been talked about long enough, it's been worked on a 676 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:21,759 Speaker 3: long time. So for us to be the athletes I 677 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,480 Speaker 3: get to compete on the first season, it's really a 678 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:29,120 Speaker 3: big deal. I'm still trying to figure out what that 679 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:35,040 Speaker 3: means to me, as you know, the first and only 680 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 3: Puerto Rican to be part of the league. I also 681 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:42,880 Speaker 3: think that's really an important responsibility. And I hope that 682 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:47,640 Speaker 3: I can honor the legacy of the players that came 683 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:52,000 Speaker 3: before me, and that I can represent my country well 684 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:58,440 Speaker 3: by adding and contributing to that legacy. And then personally, 685 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,920 Speaker 3: I hope that I can also to be my legacy 686 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,360 Speaker 3: and become a better player and help the league be 687 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:05,480 Speaker 3: a successful league. 688 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:07,400 Speaker 1: What do your family think. 689 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:12,440 Speaker 3: They're so excited, they're already planning the trips there. You know, 690 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 3: we have the group chat going like flights, hotels, this 691 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:21,400 Speaker 3: that we're coming. So I'm like, yeah, you better hurry 692 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:24,400 Speaker 3: because the tickets are telling on already. 693 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,399 Speaker 1: I want to hear your dad playing the trumpets from 694 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,440 Speaker 1: the stands and he said you get an ace or 695 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,279 Speaker 1: a kill or something. 696 00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 2: He brought it everywhere. 697 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,120 Speaker 3: I think he's played the trumpet in every country that 698 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:37,720 Speaker 3: I've played. 699 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:40,600 Speaker 1: Really, he's brought it everywhere. 700 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,280 Speaker 2: There's videos of him out there. 701 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,680 Speaker 3: I think the most recent one was in Korea, South Korea, 702 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:48,680 Speaker 3: and he was playing it. 703 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 2: They gave him a microphone and everything. 704 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 3: So I. 705 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 1: Love that so much. I cannot wait to watch and 706 00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:57,719 Speaker 1: to hear this. 707 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,560 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, they made it a event. 708 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:06,680 Speaker 3: They asked us if he could play in the break 709 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 3: between sets and he said they then it was a 710 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:14,879 Speaker 3: whole event and he went great and he added to 711 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 3: the list of places play. 712 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,880 Speaker 1: That is so amazing. Better tell Lauren Carly you need 713 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:21,480 Speaker 1: to get ready. 714 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:24,880 Speaker 2: Yeah he's coming. 715 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,360 Speaker 1: Well, Dolly, thank you so much. I'm so excited to 716 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,520 Speaker 1: watch you play this season. And thank you again for 717 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:33,960 Speaker 1: being on Serving Pancakes. 718 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:35,279 Speaker 2: Thank you very much. 719 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:41,160 Speaker 1: Serving Pancakes is an iHeart women's sports production in partnership 720 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,480 Speaker 1: with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us 721 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,719 Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get 722 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:52,280 Speaker 1: your podcasts. Production by League One Volleyball, I'm your host 723 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:57,840 Speaker 1: Tiffany Oshinsky. Anya Alvarez is our senior producer. Our executive 724 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:02,200 Speaker 1: producers are Carrie Stett, Tamara Dyke, and Lindsay Hoffman. Our 725 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:06,880 Speaker 1: marketing lead is Jawora Parker. 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