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<v Speaker 1>Postseason catchups and conversations, and for this one, we go

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<v Speaker 1>to Emory University catch up with head women's soccer coach

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<v Speaker 1>Sue pat Burgers she gets ready to hit the road

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<v Speaker 1>to debuke Iowa in the sweet sixteen of the Division

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<v Speaker 1>three Tournament. Welcome back and congratulations.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, thanks for having us back. It's great.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I mean, we are firm believers in ritual You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you're on the network. You win heep being on the network.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that you as a coach. Let me ask

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<v Speaker 1>you this, what kind of rituals do you have? I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not going to say superstitions, what kind of rituals.

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<v Speaker 2>You know? Honestly, they kind of evolve.

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<v Speaker 3>Every season is a little bit different, and this year,

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<v Speaker 3>I honestly tried so hard to not have any rituals,

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<v Speaker 3>and for the most part.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I've achieved. I've achieved check, so I don't

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<v Speaker 2>have any.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I don't like to be rushed.

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<v Speaker 2>On game day.

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<v Speaker 3>Kat and I will meet and I don't want to

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<v Speaker 3>be rushed in that meeting. And I try try to

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<v Speaker 3>get a workout in in the morning so that I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not you know, helps with the nerves.

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<v Speaker 2>But truthfully, I don't really. I've been really.

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<v Speaker 3>Trying to stay away from rituals this season.

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<v Speaker 1>When it comes to your assistant coaches, let me ask

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<v Speaker 1>about this. What is it like having each one of

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<v Speaker 1>them around as a piece of the puzzle to help

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<v Speaker 1>have things fit by the time you get to a

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<v Speaker 1>specific game day.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's fantastic.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, especially with these big weekends when we're traveling,

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<v Speaker 3>we're just all everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>Is jumping in.

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<v Speaker 3>Once we found out we were in the NCAA tournament

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<v Speaker 3>we were hosting and figured out who we were playing,

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<v Speaker 3>everyone was like, Okay, I'm gonna do a deep dive

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<v Speaker 3>on this. I'm gonna see if there's any penalty kicks.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna look for the free kicks. I'm gonna see

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<v Speaker 3>it if I can screen grab some older games. And

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, every single one of them is just jumps

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<v Speaker 3>in and you know, finds their niche of how they

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<v Speaker 3>can help us, and even you know, and even all

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<v Speaker 3>kinds of last minute things like I called you know,

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<v Speaker 3>Lindy Cobb. Today, Kat and I were doing a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of film and all of a sudden we realized we're

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<v Speaker 3>leaving in the morning.

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<v Speaker 2>We should probably get them breakfast.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like calling Cob, going, hey, by the way, can

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<v Speaker 3>you help me with breakfast tomorrow? But as we head

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<v Speaker 3>to the airport, so yeah, it's all hands on deck

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<v Speaker 3>for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>She's the one that gets to stop at Panera right

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<v Speaker 1>there in the Emory village on the way into campus.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that how this works?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Well, I really just left it up to her

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<v Speaker 3>to get whatever makes sense for her on the way in.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, just give us a variety, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>let's give them an option to eat some breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>When it comes to traveling and traveling to a location

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't really have you know, you're going from an

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<v Speaker 1>international airport. I don't think Dubuque has an international airport.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you're not going from point A to point B.

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<v Speaker 1>How difficult is it. I think that this is probably

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<v Speaker 1>one of the more underreported ideas when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>post seasons, is getting everybody together, getting everything organized, making

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<v Speaker 1>sure that you don't leave anything behind that you need,

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<v Speaker 1>and going to a place like Dubuque, Iowa. How much

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<v Speaker 1>thought has to go into something like this.

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<v Speaker 3>It is a mad scramble. To be honest with you,

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<v Speaker 3>Monday morning, you're just on the phone with shorts travel

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<v Speaker 3>and while you're on the phone and they're trying to

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<v Speaker 3>for us, we had to look at four airports.

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<v Speaker 2>We couldn't get.

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<v Speaker 3>Into two quad Cities and one other in Iowa. We

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<v Speaker 3>tried Madison, so he ended up in O'Hare unfortunately, So

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<v Speaker 3>we've got to land an O'Hare and then drive three

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<v Speaker 3>three and a half hours to Dubuke. But it was

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<v Speaker 3>a mad scramble because you've got to update all your

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<v Speaker 3>athletes with their you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Names, and their dates of birth and.

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<v Speaker 3>Their middle names and you know. And meanwhile you're on

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<v Speaker 3>hold with the travel agent and she's just searching. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I got nine people on this flight. I've got eleven

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<v Speaker 3>on this flight. And it's one thing when you're coming

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<v Speaker 3>home from the NCAA tournament to have to spread out

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<v Speaker 3>and send a coach with you know, two or three groups.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's a whole different story when you're going you

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<v Speaker 3>all have to be there together at the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>So how many different groups are having to travel? Did

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<v Speaker 1>you break it up into two? How is this going

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<v Speaker 1>to work out?

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<v Speaker 3>No, we couldn't break it up into two even to

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<v Speaker 3>get closer. So the other airports in Iowa were only

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<v Speaker 3>about an hour away. So we've got our whole team

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<v Speaker 3>on a flight tomorrow morning out of Atlanta into Chicago.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's thirty seven of us traveling together. Wow. And

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<v Speaker 3>then we'll bus will pick us up and then we'll

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<v Speaker 3>head over and we'll get a training session in tomorrow afternoon,

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<v Speaker 3>which will be good.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that you've had a couple of days to sit

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<v Speaker 1>back and think about round one and round two, what

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<v Speaker 1>has stuck with you from the two wins that got

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<v Speaker 1>you into the sweet sixteen.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, one of the things I think I

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<v Speaker 3>meant mentioned to you about like a methodist is you

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<v Speaker 3>know that should happen. However, whether it actually is going

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<v Speaker 3>to come to fruition or not, you don't know, because

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<v Speaker 3>that's those kind of games that can be scary. So

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<v Speaker 3>that one exactly how we had hoped. It was going

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<v Speaker 3>to be three goals first half, three goal second half.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, really were able to go deep into our

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<v Speaker 3>roster to play fantastic plu.

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<v Speaker 2>We knew they were just going to be very good.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it was they were pretty tired when we

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<v Speaker 3>got to the second half because that game before Maryville,

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<v Speaker 3>that was a great game. So we knew that we

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<v Speaker 3>could win, but we also knew they had the number

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<v Speaker 3>eleven up top, who's very creative, dangerous, kind of relentless,

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<v Speaker 3>and we had to stop her, which are you know,

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<v Speaker 3>our team was able to do, our defenders, our goalkeeper.

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<v Speaker 1>So when you look back at the numbers from this

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<v Speaker 1>matchup against the Loots, twenty three shots compared to three,

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<v Speaker 1>eight of them on target, it was just a staggering

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<v Speaker 1>number in the imbalance of how things ended up offensively.

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<v Speaker 1>It was only the one goal that you needed, obviously

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the day, but twenty three to

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<v Speaker 1>three in shots, eight to two on target.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and looking back and having watched the game, some

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<v Speaker 3>of our shots weren't the greatest, you know, even a

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<v Speaker 3>couple of those that were on frame were a matter

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<v Speaker 3>of fact, the one that we ended up kind of

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<v Speaker 3>scoring off of wasn't the strongest shot. She collected it

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<v Speaker 3>with her feet. I don't really you know what was

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<v Speaker 3>know what was happening when she decided to dribble towards

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<v Speaker 3>the corner of the field, and that's when we were

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<v Speaker 3>able to topoke it away and what he was crossing

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<v Speaker 3>it and then you know, Mihayla got a piece of it,

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<v Speaker 3>just perfectly to Nimmer who just hit it one time,

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<v Speaker 3>but the actual shot coming in was, you know, kind

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<v Speaker 3>of a slow roller.

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<v Speaker 1>Well and at the same time, though, you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned scouting and how important it is, and you have

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<v Speaker 1>you have a keeper in this instance who is just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of keeping an eye on the ball and kind

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<v Speaker 1>of going away from the far post, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>almost like for it Landy United fans. It was at

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<v Speaker 1>a ninety degree angle, but it was almost like what

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<v Speaker 1>Jamal Tierray did earlier this season for it Landy United,

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<v Speaker 1>where the keeper's kind of focusing on one thing and

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<v Speaker 1>you have a player come in from behind it to

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<v Speaker 1>poke the ball away outside the eighteen so the keeper

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<v Speaker 1>can't handle it, and then you end up getting the

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<v Speaker 1>recycled idea for.

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<v Speaker 2>That one goal, right right, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean before before Woody subbed into the game, are

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<v Speaker 3>one of our assistant coaches, Lauren Burke, had had a

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<v Speaker 3>side conversation with Kat about you know what if you

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<v Speaker 3>know she's going to put the ball down and we

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<v Speaker 3>kind of sneak up behind her, she's going to take

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<v Speaker 3>a punter goalkicker just even put the ball off the

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<v Speaker 3>ground and try to sneak in and I think it

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<v Speaker 3>all kind of stemmed from that side conversation that the

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<v Speaker 3>two of them were having. And you know, Cat told

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<v Speaker 3>Woody before she went in the game and lo and

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<v Speaker 3>behold the details, right, the details.

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<v Speaker 1>What's it like having a Cat on your staff specifically

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<v Speaker 1>because a lot of folks may sit there and look

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<v Speaker 1>at your roster and go assistant coach and you see, oh, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>she's there. What's it like that? You know, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>shocker to come across the board. What's it been like

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<v Speaker 1>to have her as a part of that collective?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean just her experience obviously as a player right

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<v Speaker 3>in the world stage, but also as a commentator. And

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<v Speaker 3>she is an absolute loves soccer, loves love, love, so

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<v Speaker 3>she watches everything, i mean, all.

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<v Speaker 2>The EPL games. She's a huge Liverpool fan.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's really neat because we'll talk about trends or

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<v Speaker 3>different styles, or what people are doing now, or how

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<v Speaker 3>they're taking goalkicks even differently, and you know, watching World Cups,

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<v Speaker 3>whether it's the men or the women or the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 3>so it's really need to have those conversations.

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<v Speaker 2>And she's such a student of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>When it comes to output this season. You've got a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of folks that have put the ball in the

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<v Speaker 1>back of the net. I mean, you got Nimer who's

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<v Speaker 1>in double digits. Mikayla camp had nine. Uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Emily wood All would six, Bazouiti had a handful of,

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<v Speaker 1>Madison Tang had three. You got a lot with three

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot with two. What's it like to have

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<v Speaker 1>all of these different folks contribute to putting the ball

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<v Speaker 1>in the back of the net for you offensively this year?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? It, it feels so good.

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<v Speaker 3>It feels so good that in any given game, someone

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<v Speaker 3>can step up because I mean we've we've played teams

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<v Speaker 3>where if you shut down their main goal scorer, you

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<v Speaker 3>know that, and you get some looks at the goal,

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<v Speaker 3>there's a great chance you're going to win. And for us,

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<v Speaker 3>you know there they these have been like clutch goals.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of these you know, they might be one offs,

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<v Speaker 3>but they're they're clutch goals. Like Matty Tang with her three,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, her three goals have been huge goals for us.

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<v Speaker 3>But just you know Nim or Mick Zudi Woodie, those

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<v Speaker 3>guys they are.

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<v Speaker 2>Just born to score goals.

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<v Speaker 3>They just they want to so badly all the time,

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<v Speaker 3>and they have that same expectation for themselves. So but

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<v Speaker 3>to have as many players contribute, uh, it's so great.

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<v Speaker 1>But then you look at you look at things defensively,

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<v Speaker 1>and you look at the rundown. I'm noticing a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of zero's with a lot of the w's that are attached.

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<v Speaker 1>So time to brag on your defense and your keeper

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit here. What's it been like to have

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<v Speaker 1>all of these clean sheets this season to get you

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<v Speaker 1>to this matchup coming up against Laura.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I think that the tricky thing for our

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<v Speaker 3>defenders in college. Obviously Kat in the world stage. So

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<v Speaker 3>for those poor group of players, we nit picked the

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<v Speaker 3>heck out of them, were probably the hardest on them

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<v Speaker 3>for sure. But I have to say that, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>there's a little bit of a turning point for sofin

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<v Speaker 3>goal where we kind of looked at her and said, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>we need more from you. And our defenders have just

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<v Speaker 3>gotten progressively, progressively better, better and better.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think it's.

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<v Speaker 3>The the intensity with which they're defending as well and

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<v Speaker 3>the knowledge that every you know, especially right now in

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<v Speaker 3>these big games in the UAA games like literally every

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<v Speaker 3>moment matters, somebody's going out to get a throw in.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't relax because, especially like this weekend when we

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<v Speaker 3>play Lours, they have long throws because you know, like

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<v Speaker 3>they have probably three players that can hit a long throw.

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<v Speaker 3>So you can never take a minute off. And I

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<v Speaker 3>think our defenders have just locked in so hard.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned Lauris, we'll go ahead and go there. So

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<v Speaker 1>you mentioned one aspect of study hall. What's the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of study hall been like? Getting ready for Laura's college

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<v Speaker 3>They are very opportunistic, really will take half chances like

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<v Speaker 3>mad I mean, and they're pretty direct style of soccer.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, a lot of long balls, a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>long serves and.

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<v Speaker 2>Flicks and kick it forward.

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<v Speaker 3>And then around the goal. They're opportunistic. You know, they'll

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<v Speaker 3>they'll just get a piece of it, they'll get a

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<v Speaker 3>foot in there, they'll run through it with their body.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, they're dangerous. On corners, they play differently than

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<v Speaker 3>we've seen. They play with a deep sweeper, like a

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<v Speaker 3>twenty yard sweeper. So half of the film I'm watching

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<v Speaker 3>there's another player there that you can't see. So that's

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<v Speaker 3>very different and more man marking than you know we

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<v Speaker 3>traditionally see. So it's definitely gonna be different, but kind

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<v Speaker 3>of a whole new challenge, which is exciting in and

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to ask with a challenge like this

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<v Speaker 1>where you're saying, okay, long throw and long serve sweeper

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<v Speaker 1>playing you know further back, when you have all of

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<v Speaker 1>these different variables coming at you. Obviously, it's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that coaches live for in these situations to

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<v Speaker 1>have those kinds of mental challenges. But you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>a whole lot of time to impress that information upon

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<v Speaker 1>your club so they can be prepared. That's what's it

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<v Speaker 1>like having to get all of that information into a

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<v Speaker 1>very short period of time, noticing that there's a whole

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of different things you have to account for that

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's a little bit stressful to be thinking about, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>we've got to hit all of these things. But at

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<v Speaker 3>the same time, kind of you know, you want to

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<v Speaker 3>play to your own strengths, right, so you don't want

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<v Speaker 3>to diminish your team's strengths. You don't want them for

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<v Speaker 3>one minute to change.

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<v Speaker 2>The way they play.

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<v Speaker 3>But you also have to realize how you clear a

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<v Speaker 3>ball really matters. It really matters that you get your

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<v Speaker 3>hips around the ball and you clear it inside the field,

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<v Speaker 3>because if you just clear it in your defensive third,

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<v Speaker 3>that ball's coming right into the box on a long throw.

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, and the details matter, but you have

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<v Speaker 3>to stay focus on yourself and what you do well

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<v Speaker 3>while understanding what you're about to see.

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<v Speaker 1>Going into this particular weekend, you had some players, you

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<v Speaker 1>had a handful of players that got recognized by the

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<v Speaker 1>conference for the work that they were able to do

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<v Speaker 1>this season. What's it like to get these players recognized

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<v Speaker 1>for what they were able to do this season in

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<v Speaker 1>the UAA eleven clean sheets but with all the different

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<v Speaker 1>goal scorers and all that kind of stuff, you had

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of recognition coming out there.

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<v Speaker 3>We did we did, which was fantastic, And I think

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<v Speaker 3>that's always a tough thing is to figure out who

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<v Speaker 3>to nominate.

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<v Speaker 2>That's always so hard.

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<v Speaker 3>But with Michelle being Defender of the Year first team fantastic,

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<v Speaker 3>Nimmer clearly deserved it with as many goals as she's

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<v Speaker 3>put on board, and Chase Kaufman getting first team is

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<v Speaker 3>just couldn't is kind of storybook because Chase freshman sophomore,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, contributed but less minutes than her junior year.

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<v Speaker 3>She unfortunately tore her so wasn't able to play, and

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<v Speaker 3>she just came back so ready and has just had

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<v Speaker 3>a phenomenal, phenomenal season. And to have that recognition for

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<v Speaker 3>her and for all of them, but that that just

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<v Speaker 3>like I said, it's storybook.

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<v Speaker 2>So and then of.

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<v Speaker 3>Course with Mikayla and Claudia getting honorable mention, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>they have just been so consistent all season long and

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<v Speaker 3>so good, and especially with Mikayla being a freshman and

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<v Speaker 3>being able to come in here and turn.

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<v Speaker 2>Heads in the UAA. That's fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>And you have a lot of young players, freshmen and

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<v Speaker 1>sophomores as a part of this roster that aren't playing

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<v Speaker 1>like freshmen and sophomores now. They're playing more like those

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<v Speaker 1>rising the rising freshmen heading to sophomore year, the rising

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<v Speaker 1>sophomore heading to junior year. They're playing like they've been

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<v Speaker 1>around for a while, and that experience obviously helps as

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<v Speaker 1>you go into a postseason where the youngins aren't young

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<v Speaker 1>on the field.

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<v Speaker 3>Anymore anymore, no, no, and they're playing with so much

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<v Speaker 3>more composure and also understanding what is needed in any

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<v Speaker 3>given moment of the game, and to be able to

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<v Speaker 3>even just say something to them on the field, like, hey, right,

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<v Speaker 3>in this situation, we've really got to keep the ball.

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<v Speaker 3>And then some bouncing ball comes into them and they

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<v Speaker 3>bring it down and they pick their head up and

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<v Speaker 3>they keep the ball in the final third instead of

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<v Speaker 3>just you know, serving it into maybe one runner. So

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<v Speaker 3>they've really progressed throughout the season, and I'm grateful that

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<v Speaker 3>they have because we really need them.

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<v Speaker 1>Emery heading to Dubuque to take on the Do Hawks

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<v Speaker 1>of Laura's College, and I had to do some research

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<v Speaker 1>to find out why it's a DO Hawk. It had

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<v Speaker 1>to do with early days of the college under a

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<v Speaker 1>different name, and since they were based in Dubuque, it

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<v Speaker 1>was the Dubuque Hawks, thus the DO Hawks. So I

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<v Speaker 1>would literally in my research and trying to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>what's a DO Hawk. It's a hawk from Dubuque. And

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<v Speaker 1>so that was where I got my lesson when it

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<v Speaker 1>came to the visitors safe travels Coach. It's two o'clock

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<v Speaker 1>on Saturday afternoon in Dubuque against Laura's third round NCAA

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<v Speaker 1>Division three Tournament. Thanks for everything that you guys have

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<v Speaker 1>done so far to get all of our coverage on

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<v Speaker 1>SDH to the third round. Good luck, be safe and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll catch up with you on the flip side.

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<v Speaker 2>Great thanks so much,