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Speaker 1: You are listening to Cougar Sports with Ben Krittle and

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Speaker 2: People may wonder why is Ronald holding down the show today.

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Speaker 1: It's been Kryla's birthday, So again I just want to

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ESPN the fan hotline and welcome in our first guest

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of the program. She needs no introduction. They brought home

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the Big Twelve title. I remember when they were in

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the championship game two years ago. I thought they would

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get it done. They got their revenge. They made sure

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they brought it back. All she does is win games,

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go to semi finals in the College Cup, the semi

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the College Cup finals, and now she has her first

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Big twelve title. Please, ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome in

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BYU women's soccer coach Jen Rockwood. Coach, thanks for joining

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me today.

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Speaker 3: Hey wow, thank you for having me. Appreciate it and

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appreciate all you guys support of our program.

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Speaker 1: Of course, first Big twelve title for the program.

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Speaker 2: I had said this a few years ago.

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Speaker 1: I said, look, if there's any program that will get

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a championship in this first year in his first couple,

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it's Jen Rockwood in the BA women's soccer program. Man

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of course, dil G Taylor. I was like, did you

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talk about goats of goats? Coach, just take us through.

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What did it feel like to be able to raise

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that trophy?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was amazing. Actually, you mentioned dil G. I

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told her before the week that I wanted to we

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wanted a trophy like she has, so I wanted to

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follow her lead. But yeah, just an amazing journey for

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our team this whole season, particularly last week, you know,

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going in to play TCU and knowing what we had

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to get through to get to that championship game. I'm

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so proud of this team. I have an amazing staff

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that has helped bring everybody to being their best, and

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you have to be. It is the best season the

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Big Twelve I think has ever had. We've had eight

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teams that are ranked in the RPI, eight teams that

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were seated in the instantly tournament. To win the whole

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thing was quite an accomplishment for our program and for

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all of our great players.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that is an accomplishment. The Big Twelve is one

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of the premier soccer conferences in college. It's no joke.

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It's tough, it's physical, right, I've been there with the

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guys and so and I've covered all of these games.

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And to go on the run that you guys did,

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what do you attribute that to? You get a victory

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over TCU? It had been a while you get the

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get back against Baylor and then you rectify the win

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, we've just we've had a great season

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and we had our high expectations. Our expectation was to

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win the tournament and win the conference this year. And

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you know, we got off to a fantastic non conference start,

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one of the toughest non conference schedules in the country.

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started having some injuries that just you know, kind of

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kept us back a little bit. We started conference play

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and you know, we've just had lots of different injuries

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and people playing new positions, different positions, people off the

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bench becoming starters, and we were just good enough to

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believe that we could win every game when we slept

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on the field and and and just maybe not mature

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or experience enough to find ways to win those games.

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again season conference for US conference season for US, and

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we just kept believing and we just knew we had it.

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we knew we had played some really amazing soccer, just

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couldn't find some results, and so you know, when things

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we had to beat Utah to even have a chance

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to get into the tournament. And so I think everybody

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just locked in knew that what we were capable of,

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and we've just been writing the momentum since that Utah game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you definitely have been riding that momentum since the

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Utah game. I felt like that was a turn. I

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saw Kansas catch fire last year, and you guys caught

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that same fire after that more.

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Speaker 2: And there's a certain person. You know her well better

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Speaker 1: You've watched it for a while, But my goodness, I knew,

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I knew Elie Wahlberg was good. But my goodness, yeah,

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she's a good Every goal that she squad is like,

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can that make Sports Center top?

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Speaker 2: And she kept out doing it.

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Speaker 3: Ye man, she really did, she really did. You know.

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Ellie obviously had an acl last year, couldn't play and

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had to lead from the sidelines and did a fantastic job.

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nine ten months, it's tough, and you know, she she

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she got off to a little bit of a rocky start.

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just kept fighting, just kept piercing, persevering, and she knew,

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we all knew she had it in her. And you

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could see her gradually gain her confidence back, could gradually

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see some balls goals falling for her. But then, my goodness,

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she just went on a streak of bangers left and

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right and even from thirty yards out, you know, for

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the game winner. So she definitely has a green light

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to shoot whenever and from wherever she wants. But just

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so proud of her. It's been a long fight and

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a tough journey for her, but I know she's loving

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this game, loving this team, and I think she's got

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some more great goals in front of her.

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Speaker 2: She definitely does.

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Speaker 1: Just a reminder for the fans the case you missed

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a BYU women's soccer pick to be a fifth seed

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in the tournament, Coach, you guys taking on Utah Stata

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familiar folle this Saturday CDM at south Field.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're excited, you know, Manny at Utah State has

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just done a phenomenal job with Utah State obviously a

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ranked team. Last year had their best program ever and

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then they come back and one again in their Mountain

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West conference, and so we'll play them on Southfield. They're

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a tough team. We played them earlier this season. They

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always bring their best. It's always a tough game when

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you play some of these in state schools because you're

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very familiar with them. So we're really looking forward. We're

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proud to be an intiabil A tournament again and ready

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I like your side of the bracket too, not trying

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to look ahead at all. But if you guys win,

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I think you guys could get matched up again with UCLA,

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who you also played earlier in the year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, lots of familarity for sure. If we can.

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Speaker 3: Get past Utah State, you know Ucla as a forest,

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he has to play Pepperdine. Pepperdine is a tough team.

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They usually always get some wins in the instably tournament.

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So anything can happen, obviously in this first round.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, anything can. That's the nature of the tournament. That's

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why I love postseason sports. Anything can happen, and stories

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are written and made. But I want to focus one

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more time on Utah State. You played them earlier. They

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you know, the saying it's always tough to be the

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two team twice. But you guys are playing so well

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right now in that back line and defense is locked in.

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Speaker 2: I don't think that's going to be an issue.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, that's something that we really focused on.

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She even prior to the Utah game, was our defensive

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energy and our commitment to defend, and that's you know,

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defense wins championships, defense wins big games. And our back

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line has really come together. You know, Presley went down.

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have other players who have stepped up, will have batch

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you back. We think this this weekend as well. So, yeah,

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we've got to defend well. They're a good attacking team.

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They outshot us the first time that we played them

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earlier in the season. But our defense is really locked

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in and we've proven to score goals in lots of

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different ways.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with that. I hope you get Pressley Freeman back.

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Speaker 1: She's great in the back line, one of the elite

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you have multiple but one of your elite defensive players

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that you have in the backfield. Speaking of defense, look

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Peyton Collins is playing amazing and it's unfortunate what was

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happening with Peyton, and you know, wish her well in

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the recovery.

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Speaker 2: I know she'll be back. But then Chelsea Peterson the

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story behind that.

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Speaker 1: Just take this through that, like you you found her

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and I'm like, okay, So they got multiple aces in net.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, you know, we're very fortunate that Chelsea's with us.

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Speaker 2: Quick story.

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Speaker 3: You know, she she played up at Utah obviously, and

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then went on a mission and when she came back,

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she she wanted to come to b YU, but we

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already had a full goalkeeper unit and just didn't have

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a spot, just didn't have any room to add to

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the roster, and so she decided to just come to

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b YU. So we knew she was a student here

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at b YU. And I got a call a couple

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of days before season started that our starting keeper Lynnette

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had just gotten married and she was taking a step

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back from soccer and maybe retiring. Wasn't sure that she's

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going to play again, And so I made a phone

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call to Chelsea on Monday, and by Tuesday she was

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at practice and has just done an unbelievable job for us.

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And got the call to go in when Peyton got

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hurt and has just been brilliant. You know, Peyton has

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her surgery today, so she's going to be on the

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men getting back the Chelsea's come in and has played

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probably one of the best keeper performances I've seen in

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that Kansas game, especially those last fifteen minutes. So Chelsea

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is a big reason why we were able to stay

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strong and get results in the Big twelve tournament.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, big save after big save, and you mentioned and

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I remember that one in particular. She doesn't make that

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save on the right side coaches the tip ballgame on

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Speaker 2: And she was able to seal it for you. How

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big was that save in that moment? It was huge.

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Speaker 3: You know, we were protecting a one zero lead in

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Kansas is so strong offensively, and they were coming at

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us and we were getting a little shell shocked, and

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we really relied on our back line, but particularly Chelsea

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to make some big, huge saves, both on shots and

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on corner kicks and some set pieces.

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Speaker 2: So, you know, lots lots of praise for Chelsea.

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Speaker 1: You just might have gotten back to your coach, but

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you might not have heard it. But I'll is at

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the basketball game on Saturday. I put obviously altting you

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guys during the game, but then afterwards, Kevin Young in

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his opening statement gave a shout out to you g Taylor,

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and he says a lot of good things going on

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that he gave you guys a shout out.

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Speaker 2: I thought that was really great that he did that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, Kevin has such a presence now and

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he's doing such an amazing job and a national brand

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now and just everybody's talking. Everybody's excited about basketball. So

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appreciate his support of our women's teams here and obviously

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a lot of people listen to him, so certainly appreciate that.

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everybody's just hyped to get going with this group. So yeah,

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appreciate that. Someone sent me a clip announcing our championship

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in the Marriott Center, and so again that's awesome. Cougar

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Nation is so supportive of our program, you know, more

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than the stadium was full at Baylor for the championship

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game for Cougar fans, and so it was just really

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fun to celebrate with everybody.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, kugarnation is so supportive.

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Speaker 1: Look, I mean you guys have sell out after sellout

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at Southfield I project and predict another sellout will be

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this riding Friday for sure for you guys, what do

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you construe with this momentum in BYU Athletics. I mean

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Tom Homoald did such a great job and hey you

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got Brian Santiago and it's continuing to thrive. If you

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look at athletics to me, big I mean BYU to

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me is one of the biggest brands right now in

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the Big twelve across all of athletics.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. You know when we committed to go

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to the Big twelve and we've got some resources and support,

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donor support and administrative support. You know, Tom let us

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in this direction. Brian has just taken over. Brian was

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out our championship game and so he's a huge support

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for us, just excited about you know, all of the

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athletics here at BYU were all committed to be a

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national brand, to be known so that people know who

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we are, what we stand for, why we're a little

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bit different, and why we could excel at the highest

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line U in what we love doing so excited about

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the sports here this fall with everything going off. You know,

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football's killing it, basketball is getting started, cross country is always.

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Speaker 2: Killing it, and volleyball is doing really well too. So

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we tried and start.

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Speaker 3: Cooper Sports off on the right foot in the fall

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and let it continue on with everybody else.

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Speaker 2: In the winter.

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Speaker 1: In the spring, well, it definitely has been continuing in

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the right direction. I mean, if you're a fan of

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BYU athletics, any place you turn, you're not going to

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be disappointing.

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Speaker 2: Coach.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to get ahead of myself, but you

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guys have a lot of moments and right now, look,

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you know, I know the expectation is just to win

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this game and go for but if the way you

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guys are playing, you guys might have a shot to

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be able to go all the way.

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Speaker 2: I like the way I see this team playing right now.

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Speaker 3: We know you're always enter the tournament thinking that you know,

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you obviously take one one game at a time, but

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you know, just last week we beat three ranked teams.

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You know, TCU probably would have been a one seed.

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Vanderbilt won their PK in the title game, and TCU

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didn't you know, so TCU's basically a top five team.

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so we've played a really tough schedule for the past

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two months, and so I think we're ready. I think

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it's really prepared us to make a running in Saway tournament.

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We love that we get to play at Southfield for

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our first game, and we're just going to keep rolling.

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And I think if we believe, great things can happen,

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and we expect to win every game. Every time we

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step on the field, we expect to be our best.

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Speaker 2: And the best I believe was Showcase.

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Speaker 1: And I just reminded for the fans all my time, guys,

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you got to support the BYU women's soccer team. It's

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going to be this Friday, November fourteen, six pm at

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Southfield Mountain Standard time. They take on Utah State in

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the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Another opportunity for

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Jenna Rockwood in a program to excel an elite. They've

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been to so many you know, Sweet sixteen Elite aids

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and to the College Cup, another opportunity.

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Speaker 2: Coach.

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Speaker 1: We wish you the best of luck and all of

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Kugernation is supporting you. As you obviously mentioned, and we

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will catch up with you later.

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Speaker 3: Awesome, Thank you so much, appreciate your support and appreciate

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you guys covering USKUS.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I will let you go. That's coach Rockwood.

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Speaker 1: Everybody always appreciate Coach Rockwood in her time and every

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all the efforts. It's really difficult to, you know, compete

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for conference championships weekend and week out them, especially when

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there's the expectation. Right, Remember, last year, this team was

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picked I think number three I think in the country. Now,

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obviously I lost a bunch of seniors to the draft,

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so I knew they weren't number three. But at the

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same time, I that's just how it is. The preseason

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rankings are done based on what you did last year.

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But now that they've won the Big Twelve, you know

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what would those rankings look like in the future.

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Speaker 2: But look, Jen Rockwood is the is the goat, one

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of the.

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Speaker 1: Go coaches here at BYU because the goat to women's

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soccer has been really the only coach uh and she

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just does phenomenal job. I mean, captured Big Twelve title

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third year, first year in the Big teve they were

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in the championship didn't get it done right. But then

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that team went on to the college semi final. That

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just speaks of the nature. And then dialg Taylor. You

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know what they do over there, you know at cross country,

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I mean track and field. It's phenomenal that. But Jim

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Rockwood finally gets her Big twelve title. Those big twelve

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rings will be coming and hopefully we get to see

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the reveal.

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Speaker 2: How shine and they look Ellie Walbrook. Don't know if

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Ellie Walbroke will come back.

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Speaker 1: I mean, she had put out something I think of

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Center Street media saying a national championship is coming to

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BYU for next year. Look the way she was playing.

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I don't know if she comes back, We'll see. But

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whether she does or not, Bau's got a good shot

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and when they lock in defensively. But again this Friday,

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they'll be taking on Utah State at Southfield.

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Speaker 2: You gotta go.

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Speaker 1: Support six pm Mountain Standard time. It won't affect the

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TCU game. I know people like football, it won't, So

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get out there Friday night to support the lady Coog's

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on the pitch. And then tomorrow the DECI I said

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tomorrow the day after my apologies to fifteenth, you can

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catch all the other events going on with Bioyomen's basketball

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and football and basketball as well November. So it's the

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most wonderful time of the year, as as I like

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to say, because you got all of you, you got soccer,

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you got basketball, you got football. You're gonna be well

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