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 It's time for UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza. For the next hour, we'll go in-depth as we talk to your University of North Alabama Lions.

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 UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza is brought to you by Lost Pizza Shoals, Burnley Spine and Sport, Singing River Brewery, Southern Pride Pest Control, Alabama Health Guidance, The Carriage Wine and Market,

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 and Brown Equipment Company. Live from Lost Pizza in historic downtown Florence, here's the voice of the Lions, Benjamin Ray.

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 Hello and welcome back down to Lost Pizza Shoals for another night of UNA Football Night. Benjamin Ray, Mike Ezekiel with you.

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 And Mike, it's the bye week. He's in the house. Coach Dierman is here. He's got the night off.

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 Four and two start to this season, Mike. I can't believe we're already at the bye week, but

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 talk about an outstanding start to this football season for North Alabama. Receiving votes in the media poll, four and one against FCS opponents.

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 It's really been an outstanding opening.

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 Yeah, it's getting a little bit of attention right now. Four and two start, best start in the Division I era.

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 Great start for this football team. And, you know, the first half was a struggle, but really made some adjustments.

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 Turned it around in the second half. Had a great, excellent second half to win that game at EKU.

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 And even on his off day, Coach Dierman coming out, supporting the other coaches that we're going to talk to tonight.

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 And I think that's a special thing. We talked about the receiving votes thing today.

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 Two votes for UNA in the national FCS polls. Texted that to Coach Dierman. He gave me a wink emoji and said, rat poison.

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 So, hey, I think this team is focused. They know what the task at hand is. They're not going to rest on their laurels.

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 They're going to keep playing football. And that's all you can ask for.

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 Four of the first six games were on the road. One was a neutral site win. One was a very tough loss down in southeastern Louisiana.

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 A team in the top 25, a game we feel like we should have won. There was the SEC game against Arkansas where we had a very strong showing.

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 But going on the road and winning the first conference game of the year at Eastern Kentucky, to have success, to play for a conference championship, to play for the playoffs, all things we think we can do this year.

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 You've got to go win on the road. And it was a great feeling.

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 Yeah, that was kind of the next step for this team. Can we go and do this on the road? And they did.

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 And I think that was a big proving point for this team. And now they're going to be excited to start conference play.

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 You've got two big ones coming at home. Abilene Christian next week. And, of course, Austin Peay the week after that for homecoming.

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 So, two big games coming up against teams that are in the rankings or in that conversation.

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 UAC is a tough league. But to get that first one out of the way and to do it on the road was special.

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 Four of the next six at home as well. So, while UNA football is off this week, you've got plenty of chances to come check them out at Bank Independence Stadium.

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 See them play on Bobby Wallace Field. Abilene Christian not this Saturday, the week after.

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 And then Austin Peay for homecoming.

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 And, Mike, for the first six on the road, you go four and two. You absolutely love that.

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 For the final six at home, that sets you up for success.

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 Yeah, it definitely does. Because if you're looking at it from a big scope, you have conferences that are all really good.

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 And the UAC is right there at the top. Top three, probably, if you're looking at the Massey metrics or whatever.

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 And you get an eight and four season. That's playoff conversation. You go better than that, you're probably a lock for it.

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 So, you know, this team's not looking ahead. That's for us to do, I guess, and for us to talk about.

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 But this team's focused on the task at hand one week at a time. But you win some games and you stack them, you're in a good position.

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 People are taking notice of what North Alabama's doing, receiving votes in the top 25.

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 And Leo Glover, not only UAC Defensive Player of the Week, but his honorable mention for the FCS Stats National Defensive Player of the Week as well.

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 Yeah, second week in a row, because Avery Howard was also an honorable mention nationally.

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 So, two Defensive Player of the Weeks in a row. North Alabama has matched Tarleton State for the most weekly awards in the conference this season.

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 Xavier Johnson, obviously, with all the freshman awards. But Leo, what a great performance.

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 He had 11 tackles, eight of those solo, two tackles for loss, two interceptions, first player with multiple interceptions in a game since 2023.

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 And then Trey Young had two interceptions of his own. So, the first four interception game since 2017.

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 So, that means it's the first time in the Division I era. But Leo was right there.

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 And what I like about Leo is he gave credit to his teammates, because Dallas Johnson tipped one of those.

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 Canigel Thomas tipped one of those interceptions he got as well.

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 So, a lot of credit to his teammates. The defensive line had a great game.

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 Secondary had a good game. Linebackers all around great performance.

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 Again, football off this Saturday. We'll be back next Monday night with more UNA football talk with Coach Dierman and other players from his program.

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 So, what are we going to talk about tonight?

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 Well, we've got the other fall sports in the house. We're going to talk some UNA soccer. They're here.

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 UNA volleyball is around here as well. Cross country. They'll come running in here in a little bit as well.

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 But it's time for everybody's favorite segment. Katie, come on up.

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 Let's go.

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 It's time for Lost Pizza Shoals. Tailgate Spotlight. Biggest round of applause so far. Mike and I didn't even get that level of applause.

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 We didn't need it. We've got more goodies. Katie, what delightful treats did you bring us here tonight?

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 Okay, we've got two.

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 The weekly adjustments.

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 Thank you.

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 We've got two of our limited time only options right now. We've got our buffalo chicken dip.

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 Oh, man.

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 Super good. Coming back. Was a fan favorite when I was here before.

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 And then our first time limited time, we've got jalapeno mac and cheese bites served with ranch.

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 I'm going to show this off real quick. What's that sprinkled here on the top? Is that salt or Parmesan?

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 Parmesan. Okay.

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 Jinx. I can't talk to you.

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 For the rest of the show.

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 You've got to do the rest of the show now.

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 Somebody say Ben's Dean.

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 Let's dive into this. I'm going to go with the dip because if I eat one of the mac and cheese jalapeno bites, I might not be able to do the rest of the show. My mouth will be on fire.

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 I'll still cheers you.

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 Look at that. I can't even. The chip broke.

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 That's a football food right there.

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 It's so good. Made in-house pretty much every day.

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 Wow. Parmesan, you taste it. But the inside, I mean, is that pepper jack? Or it is jalapeno, right?

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 Jalapeno. Jalapeno cheese.

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 It's my favorite right now. It's what I get.

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 Katie, for the next six games at home, so there's a lot of tailgate opportunities.

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 How can people have these delightful treats at their tailgates moving forward?

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 So we've got our Lost Pizza tailgate playbooks.

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 We've got them here in store.

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 You can grab one. They're online.

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 They're on Facebook and Instagram.

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 You can see everything we have.

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 Just call us in store.

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 Ask for me or Jaina.

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 Jaina's our other manager.

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 We'll be able to hook you up and bring everything straight to your tailgate tent.

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 And when do people need to have those orders in for the next game?

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 By Friday, end of day.

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 Friday, end of day.

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 So there you go.

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 Get them in.

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 Another tailgate spotlight.

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 Everything they have brought out has been absolutely delicious.

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 We love the food and fellowship here.

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 Katie, thank you very much yet again.

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 Well, we're going to talk some UNA athletics when we come back.

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 But, Mike, we're not just celebrating good food and good times at North Alabama.

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 For you, it's a bit of a family celebration as well.

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 He's here today.

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 A lot of you see my dad.

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 He's always at the coaches' shows.

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 Some of you may know he had some cancer that he was dealing with.

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 But he got a really good report today at ClearSkin, which is great news for him.

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 It's positive.

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 We'll take a timeout.

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 Chris Walker will join us when we come back.

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 This is UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza Shoals.

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 Game day is coming, and your tailgate crew is counting on you.

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 That's why Lost Pizza Company Shoals put together the tailgate playbooks,

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 specialty pizzas, wing trays, and subplatters, all built to feed a crowd.

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 It's why we're the go-to pizza place in Florence, Alabama,

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 now bringing that same lineup straight to your tailgate.

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 Order for pickup or delivery to UNA tailgate only.

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 Call 256-415-8693 or order online at lostpizza.com.

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 Football season is back at the carriage.

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 There are a few things we love more than a good Saturday in the South,

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 and football season is officially back at the carriage.

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 All season long, we'll have the games rolling with plenty of cold drinks,

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 good food, and a comfortable spot to settle in for a quarter, a game, or the better part of the day.

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 Stock up in our markets before kickoff with plenty of snacks, dips, cheeses,

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 something sweet, and all the good stuff for your game day spread.

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 Football season looks pretty good from the carriage on East Mobile Street in historic downtown Florence.

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 It's another great crowd.

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 You saw it there here at Lost Pizza Shoals in historic downtown Florence.

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 It's UNA football night, a special fall sports edition, giving Coach Dierman the night off.

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 He's still here hanging out, getting some food, heading to do some work on the off week as they gear up for Abilene Christian in two weeks.

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 But we're talking UNA soccer with Chris Walker, 14th season at the University.

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 Is that correct?

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 It's been a while, yeah.

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 It's been a few years.

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 It's been long enough now that you really have to think how many years.

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 Let's talk about the big storyline for this team right now.

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 When you arrived, obviously, they were playing on the turf complex there at the Bill Jones Athletic Field, which was really a great playing service.

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 And obviously, yeah, we started off on campus on the practice field, which was unique in itself because I don't think there's many soccer fields and football fields where it's a football field sideways with everything.

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 It was a great experience from obviously from the walkout to the video board being there and then just the surface to play on.

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 I told them they were walking out in the smoke, but it kind of went off.

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 It was aggressive, but it was fantastic.

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 A great environment.

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 900 fans, over 900 actually, watching the game and in this stadium, just how beautiful it is.

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 But we were talking off air a little bit.

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 Early 15, I remember playing Lee for the championship, went to penalty kicks.

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 It was a great environment.

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 How does this environment compare to some of the great environments we've had over the years?

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 Oh, we've had some great, obviously, crowd turnouts in a lot of games.

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 It was one of my favorite ones, looking back at it, just for the crowd, the student athletes,

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 the football players were all there in the end zone and coming out and enjoying it as we won.

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 But getting in the stadium, the student athletes getting involved behind the goals,

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 all the fans along the sideline, it was fantastic.

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 And we talked about having our team benches on that fan side so the girls can hear it

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 and feel all that part of the excitement in the stadium.

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 I think it really helps.

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 Now, the other night, I think it might hurt us a little bit at the start of the game,

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 just the excitement and all of it probably got to us a little bit with a bit of a shaky start.

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 I think it's only going to be a boost.

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 Jaheim Ingram had talked about that when he came out for the first time,

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 did the run through.

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 He was sitting on the bench before he went in defensively and he said to himself,

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 I'm crying on the sidelines.

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 I can't get it together.

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 I mean, what were the emotions you were feeling when the team took the pitch for the first time?

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 Oh, it was.

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 It was unbelievable.

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 Just again, just to have the video board, you've got the hype videos,

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 and we've seen it all in Brawley, go and watch volleyball, you go watch basketball,

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 and they've had all that there.

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 So to now have stuff like that extra to add to our, you know, game day environment for recruits,

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 for every part of it, it just makes every bit of it even more enjoyable.

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 Now, we've been traveling a lot the last decade, right, at the Division I level,

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 but how often are you going to mid-major conference schools where they have that?

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 No, there's not many schools at all that have got a video.

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 And we went to Alabama, which is obviously not mid-major,

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 but they've got a huge jumbotron in their soccer stadium,

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 but it came from the football field over to the soccer facility.

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 So we've not seen it at all.

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 There's nothing in the UAC.

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 So it's exciting, and it adds to the environment.

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 EKU's coach after came up to us and said they loved every minute of the game day experience

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 and stuff like that.

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 So hopefully that will keep moving forward.

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 Yeah, two very talented teams going at it, too, for that first game.

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 It made it a big game-feel environment.

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 And now you've got two more coming up with two good Texas teams coming to town.

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 Now that that first game feeling's kind of worn off, what's kind of the focus of the team now?

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 No, we're excited.

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 Obviously, we love where the team's at right now.

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 We're obviously midway through the season, and we've only lost two games.

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 And both of them have been really close.

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 Obviously, the game against EKU, we slipped up and lost that one 3-2.

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 But I think we ended the game.

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 Tie probably wouldn't have been a fair result the way the second half.

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 We outshot them, I think, 12-4, 12-2 in the second half.

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 So we had our chances there.

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 But no, the two Texas schools coming in, the other side of the bracket in the UAC.

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 So it'll be, again, an exciting game.

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 I think there's no easy games in the UAC.

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 But I think that also makes it exciting because EKU were the number one seed in the preseason polls.

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 We were number two.

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 So we went back and forth all game long.

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 So I think the conference is right there, wide open for everyone to go after it.

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 And I think our goal is obviously still to get to the conference tournament and to win the conference tournament as well.

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 So we'll keep going game by game.

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 But we're excited for Thursday night to get a night game in the stadium and get all the fans back out there and put on another good performance.

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 Now, obviously, you're from England, right?

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 You grew up over there.

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 Huge soccer scene.

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 And soccer is very community-driven overseas.

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 And in America, it's obviously taken off as well.

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 But I look at Bank Independence Stadium, and we always have great soccer crowds.

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 But it feels like you can really build something special here with soccer.

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 Oh, I love the size of the stadium.

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 I mean, the football game was fantastic.

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 To have over 11,000 fans in there was incredible.

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 The environment for that was the best sporting event I've been to being here at UNA.

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 I thought it was unbelievable.

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 So to then try and turn and do something, obviously not to that scale for soccer,

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 but to get close to 1,000 fans in there for the first game was unbelievable as well.

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 So we'll keep building on that and obviously putting a good product on the field.

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 The girls have been working really hard and scoring some goals,

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 and that helps keep the excitement and bringing the crowd back every game.

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 So we're excited about where we're at and what we can keep doing.

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 Well, speaking of scoring goals and spreading the love a little bit,

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 we have a segment on this show usually with Brent Dierman called Brent Dierman Trivia.

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 But right now, we're going to do Chris Walker Trivia.

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 How's that sound?

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 Sounds great.

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 All right.

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 Well, here's your question.

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 How many different players have scored a goal this season for UNA?

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 Oh, hang on, hang on.

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 I've got to count.

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 Oh, you've got to click out of the step.

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 How many different players have scored?

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 You weren't watching me as I was...

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 I'd say about nine.

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 Final answer is incorrect.

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 It's actually 11.

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 Okay.

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 Yeah.

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 Wow.

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 There you go.

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 You can throw the team on that.

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 I'll take that.

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 The more the merrier.

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 So, we're not a one-person team.

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 Obviously, like we said, Meg scored a goal, a bunch of them as well.

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 Monica's going to go down in history for the trivia question for the first goal scored in Bank Independent Stadium for UNA.

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 But, no, 11 is fantastic.

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 I think that's making us the team we are right now, the variant of different scorers throughout the year.

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 So, we're hard to just shut down one person, which we've been a little bit in the past that way.

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 So, I think this year it's been great.

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 And it's been causing us a good problem to try and pick a start in 11 each game.

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 And I think it's keeping the girls on their toes and keeping them competitive from game to game.

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 One area you're not having trouble with defensively is picking a starting lineup.

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 Because I'm looking at Addy Spate.

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 Four years now, right?

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 It's hard to believe Lily Ford in her second year.

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 But, again, it feels like she's been here forever.

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 Gracie Tyrrell, another four-year starter.

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 And this defensive back line has been a part of two goalkeeper of the years, I believe, in the last three years.

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 What's it like having that steady group back there?

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 We've been blessed to have a senior-led group at the back that has just a ton of experience with us and with me as well.

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 So, I think Gracie's played virtually every minute of every game since she's been here.

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 Addy's not far behind her in that as well.

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 And then Lily and Avery transferred into us.

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 But all of it mixed in together.

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 The goalkeepers have been unbelievable over the last couple of years as well.

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 So, just to have that experience back there, it brings the calmness to the team.

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 And it just kind of filters through from that.

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 But we work on it hard every day.

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 It's not just the back line and the goalkeepers and the defensive side of stuff.

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 The forwards do a ton of it.

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 And that's where a lot of our goals have come from, from the pressing side of games, the way we play.

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 So, it's a full team effort.

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 But, yeah, the back four has been some senior, older leadership in the team.

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 Yeah.

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 And, Coach, last thing for me, kind of going back to the EKU game, you alluded to Monica's first goal.

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 But then Addy getting the second goal.

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 Yes.

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 The pressure you guys put on, I think it was officially 13-2 was the shot count there.

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 But when that goal went through, I mean, what was the feeling there?

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 And then just for Addy to be the one to do it.

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 Oh, it was fantastic.

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 I mean, just to get us back in the game.

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 And it gave us a chance that last 15, 20 minutes to try and really go at them.

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 And we did.

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 We threw everything at them the last.

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 And we were unfortunate not to come away with a tie.

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 I think we'd hit the post in the first half.

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 And it got really close.

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 So, I think, you know, we play them again, which will be nice to bounce back and, you know,

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 take it to them at their place.

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 But we've got some big ones coming up.

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 And one game like theirs is not just going to make a huge impact on the season.

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 So, we'll take it game by game and try and get three points off Abilene and then move on to Tarleton and go from there.

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 Four of the final seven at home.

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 Plenty of opportunity to come catch up the Lions at Bank Independent Stadium.

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 Coach, we appreciate you joining us here tonight.

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 Introduce us to the players you've got here coming to this next segment.

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 Yeah, we've got Monica Yoder and Meg Welsh with us today.

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 Both, you know, exciting players.

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 Both scoring goals.

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 Excited to come watch.

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 And we'd love to see you all out there watching them play Thursday night.

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 Thursday night, 7 o'clock.

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 Come on out.

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 Watch the Lions at Bobby Wallace Field at Bank Independent Stadium.

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 Coach Walger, thank you for stopping by and joining us.

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 Thank you.

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 Appreciate it.

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 When we come back, we'll have Monica and Meg come join us up here.

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 Well, welcome to the stage here at UNA Football Night from Lost Pizza Shoals.

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00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:13,040
 I'm Benjamin Ray, Mike Ezekiel, and we're happy to welcome up two standouts for the UNA Soccer

451
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:13,400
 program.

452
00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:19,860
 We've got Monica Yoder here, a senior from Colorado Springs, Colorado, transferred in

453
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 from MSU Denver.

454
00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:26,520
 And then we've got the sophomore Meg Welsh from McKinney, Texas, swinging by.

455
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,180
 And as Chris Walker said, we're still talking football, real football.

456
00:25:30,620 --> 00:25:32,020
 Thank you both for joining us.

457
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,720
 Meg here is second in the league with four goals.

458
00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:38,260
 And Meg, for you, it's been kind of a breakout season for you.

459
00:25:38,260 --> 00:25:40,660
 What's been the difference from your freshman to sophomore year?

460
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:45,280
 Yeah, I think coming in freshman year, I was a little timid coming in, just because I'm

461
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:51,380
 a freshman, and we had some really standout seniors, and I just tried to do what I could

462
00:25:51,380 --> 00:25:52,500
 with my role that I had.

463
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,780
 And I think coming in sophomore year, I had a lot more confidence, and being able to just

464
00:25:56,780 --> 00:25:58,760
 like finish the ball for my team.

465
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,440
 And I mean, it's a team sport, and I was just able to be there to tap it in.

466
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,880
 But yeah, it's definitely been a really fun season, and I'm excited to keep going.

467
00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:09,740
 Yeah, you've certainly been fighting the net.

468
00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:11,680
 Monica, let's talk about your story a little bit.

469
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,920
 Coming over from Colorado, in fact, the last school you were at was actually the same site

470
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:20,500
 that the UNA softball team played their national championship game in 2016 and won that.

471
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:21,960
 I know Steve liked that stat right there.

472
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:28,160
 But Monica, for you, coming to UNA and then being the first person at UNA to score a goal

473
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,460
 and make independent stadium history, how special was that?

474
00:26:30,980 --> 00:26:31,980
 It truly was a blessing.

475
00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:37,540
 I was so happy that I was able to do that, and it's been a blessing just to come here to

476
00:26:37,540 --> 00:26:39,340
 UNA and experience this.

477
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:45,100
 I definitely wouldn't have wanted it any other way, and I truly loved my experience so far.

478
00:26:45,300 --> 00:26:45,740
 So, yeah.

479
00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:50,100
 For both of you, let's talk about that first match at Bank Independent Stadium.

480
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:55,280
 We showed it earlier, the pyro, the smoke as you guys were walking through the tunnel.

481
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,740
 How cool was that, and did it startle either of you when it fired off?

482
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:02,340
 It was really cool.

483
00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:05,820
 I got a heads up on the smoke because I was walking in the front.

484
00:27:05,820 --> 00:27:06,480
 You had the inside scoop.

485
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,580
 Yes, I was walking in the front, so I heard them count down.

486
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,140
 Here it is right here on the screen.

487
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,400
 I heard them count down of when they were going to do it, so I was prepared, but I know Meg is a little.

488
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:16,660
 Yeah, I was not prepared at all.

489
00:27:16,860 --> 00:27:18,380
 I had no idea that was going.

490
00:27:18,380 --> 00:27:23,400
 I thought when they said smoke, maybe some calm smoke, no, it shot up, and I was so surprised.

491
00:27:23,580 --> 00:27:24,420
 But it was really cool.

492
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,140
 It was super fun, but definitely was not expecting that.

493
00:27:27,260 --> 00:27:30,020
 Well, everybody was talking about Giselle's reaction, I think, was the main one.

494
00:27:30,140 --> 00:27:31,460
 She was right behind you, I believe.

495
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,760
 Kind of similar to mine because I was standing right there, too.

496
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,160
 It kind of spooked me a little bit.

497
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:36,460
 Yeah.

498
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:41,080
 But cool to see all that, and then the video board, the crowd of 900.

499
00:27:41,260 --> 00:27:43,280
 I mean, how special was that environment for both of you?

500
00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:44,800
 Yeah, that was so special.

501
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,800
 I mean, shout-out to Davis for making the hype for you.

502
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:49,700
 He's in the house.

503
00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:51,260
 He recommended the buffalo dip, by the way.

504
00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:52,140
 Great.

505
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:52,660
 What a guy.

506
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,780
 But the hype video was so amazing.

507
00:27:56,060 --> 00:27:58,840
 Just the whole production was fabulous.

508
00:27:59,460 --> 00:28:02,880
 Yeah, I think we've definitely been waiting to be able to play in the stadium, come back

509
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:03,440
 on campus.

510
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,020
 And I think being on campus makes a huge difference just to get more people out there.

511
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,360
 And being under the stadium lights on Thursday will be super fun.

512
00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:12,600
 Monica, you're from Colorado.

513
00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:14,420
 Meg, you're from Texas.

514
00:28:14,740 --> 00:28:16,920
 And you guys have been everywhere in your collegiate careers.

515
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,860
 You've probably played at a lot of cool venues growing up and stuff.

516
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:24,420
 But Bank Independent Stadium, Bobby Wallace Field, I mean, how does it stack up to some of the

517
00:28:24,420 --> 00:28:27,460
 places you've been in college clubs throughout your careers?

518
00:28:27,460 --> 00:28:32,640
 I think it's definitely a very, very different environment.

519
00:28:33,980 --> 00:28:35,840
 It's definitely, like, it's crazy.

520
00:28:36,060 --> 00:28:37,400
 I mean, it's a giant stadium.

521
00:28:37,780 --> 00:28:40,120
 And, like, the turf is nice.

522
00:28:40,340 --> 00:28:43,660
 And, like, obviously, there's a little bit of slipping and sliding going on there.

523
00:28:43,780 --> 00:28:48,260
 But you can use that to, like, home field advantage because we're used to, like, playing on that

524
00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:48,540
 now.

525
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:49,720
 So, yeah.

526
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,560
 I definitely think just the environment of it all is so cool.

527
00:28:52,660 --> 00:28:56,600
 I think definitely in the South, definitely football kind of gets it all.

528
00:28:56,820 --> 00:28:59,520
 Like, football is huge in the South, especially in America.

529
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:04,500
 And I think that just being able for us to be able to play there and just kind of feel the

530
00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:08,900
 environment of having, like, a big game day on campus thing is definitely just huge.

531
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:09,940
 So, I think it was super fun.

532
00:29:10,340 --> 00:29:13,260
 And, Meg, I think it was you that mentioned, and Coach Walker said it earlier,

533
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,600
 playing under the lights and how cool that's going to be in that stadium.

534
00:29:17,540 --> 00:29:18,720
 I want to go back to this.

535
00:29:18,820 --> 00:29:22,000
 So, 10 games so far, only lost two, 5-2-3 record.

536
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,420
 Very impressive rolling into these next two home games.

537
00:29:25,900 --> 00:29:29,100
 Teams that you might be familiar with being from Texas, Abilene Christian and Tarleton.

538
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,980
 What's kind of the goal for the team now that that first stadium game is out of the way

539
00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:35,360
 and now we're looking ahead and trying to win some games again?

540
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:36,000
 Yeah.

541
00:29:36,140 --> 00:29:41,260
 I think, obviously, the goal is to keep winning, as it is for every team.

542
00:29:41,260 --> 00:29:46,640
 But just continue our momentum forward, especially in the second half.

543
00:29:46,740 --> 00:29:48,880
 We had a lot of momentum in that half.

544
00:29:48,980 --> 00:29:52,980
 And I think if we just continue that forward throughout the next home games and then having

545
00:29:52,980 --> 00:29:56,040
 that home crowd advantage is definitely helpful.

546
00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,200
 Yeah, I definitely think having the new field and everything was super exciting.

547
00:30:00,420 --> 00:30:05,040
 And I think we're super ready for the next two games to come about for us.

548
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:09,440
 And I think that we just wish we could have got that game back yesterday.

549
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,200
 But I think we're excited to carry that on to Thursday and Sunday.

550
00:30:13,860 --> 00:30:16,180
 And I think we have a little fire under us.

551
00:30:16,180 --> 00:30:17,780
 So I think we're super excited for that.

552
00:30:18,060 --> 00:30:18,760
 Can't wait, indeed.

553
00:30:18,980 --> 00:30:23,140
 Now, before we let you two go, let's hear about your journeys to North Alabama.

554
00:30:23,140 --> 00:30:26,800
 Because we've got two different perspectives from a grad transfer and then a freshman.

555
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:31,480
 But you're both from, you know, lands away from here, right?

556
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,460
 You know, we typically see players come in more locally, I guess.

557
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,120
 But, Monica, for you, you hit the portal.

558
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:37,340
 Why North Alabama?

559
00:30:38,340 --> 00:30:43,480
 When I got my visit here, I, like, truly, I felt, like, kind of at home.

560
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,780
 Which is kind of interesting because, obviously, I'm so far away.

561
00:30:46,780 --> 00:30:49,700
 And I've never really been to the South before at all.

562
00:30:50,820 --> 00:30:53,000
 But it kind of just, it felt right.

563
00:30:53,220 --> 00:30:58,800
 And then coming here now, it's definitely, like, I think back to my thought process of, like,

564
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,820
 deciding which schools to transfer to.

565
00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:03,620
 And I couldn't see myself going anywhere else other than here.

566
00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:05,480
 Like, it's truly been so amazing.

567
00:31:05,820 --> 00:31:08,980
 And it's definitely different than Colorado out in Alabama.

568
00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:15,520
 But I'm really glad that I'm, like, having this experience because I wanted to, like,

569
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,680
 see something different, experience something new.

570
00:31:18,260 --> 00:31:20,580
 Because I've been in Colorado, like, pretty much my whole life.

571
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,360
 So it's definitely been amazing.

572
00:31:22,540 --> 00:31:23,540
 And I'm so glad that I'm here.

573
00:31:24,060 --> 00:31:27,920
 And, Meg, from Texas, you did the high school route here to North Alabama.

574
00:31:28,020 --> 00:31:28,980
 What was your journey like?

575
00:31:29,540 --> 00:31:34,640
 Yeah, I just think coming on my visit here, obviously, I was looking to see where I wanted

576
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:35,240
 to go to college.

577
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:39,920
 And I think it just had all the aspects of me from academics and also athletics.

578
00:31:40,020 --> 00:31:44,260
 And I think just seeing how the team plays and the team environment and the way the community

579
00:31:44,260 --> 00:31:48,400
 is and the way the community supports the school just felt very much like home to me.

580
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:54,880
 And I think that it doesn't even feel like I'm far away from home just because of how supportive

581
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,520
 and awesome everyone is here.

582
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,180
 Well, everybody can watch these two play Thursday night.

583
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,280
 Bank Independence Stadium, 7 o'clock, Abilene Christian under the lights.

584
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,840
 Then Sunday, 1 o'clock, Tarleton State.

585
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:07,420
 A pair of big ones coming up.

586
00:32:07,460 --> 00:32:09,620
 Thank you both for coming up here and doing this with us.

587
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,360
 You both kind of said you're a little nervous the lights were bright, but you both knocked

588
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:13,860
 it out.

589
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:14,700
 Thank you.

590
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:15,660
 Thank you for having us.

591
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:16,160
 Thank you guys so much.

592
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:16,680
 There you go.

593
00:32:16,780 --> 00:32:18,500
 Check out UNA Soccer at home this week.

594
00:32:18,540 --> 00:32:19,220
 Let's take a time out.

595
00:32:19,260 --> 00:32:21,600
 When we come back, we're going to transition to some volleyball.

596
00:32:21,780 --> 00:32:22,780
 Tristan Johnson's here.

597
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654
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 Welcome back down to Lost Pizza Shoals for you in a football night, fall sports edition.

655
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,300
 I have to think about that every single time.

656
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,720
 But coach, an unbelievable start for your program so far.

657
00:36:08,860 --> 00:36:12,020
 You played three matches in the first six days.

658
00:36:12,060 --> 00:36:14,720
 This week, you got to just play one on Saturday.

659
00:36:14,860 --> 00:36:18,220
 What have you made to the way this team has started, what, four and one in league play so far?

660
00:36:18,540 --> 00:36:20,560
 Yeah, no, it's been good.

661
00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:22,380
 Really, really pleased with where we're at.

662
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:28,280
 Travel's been tough the first four matches, but it's been good.

663
00:36:28,380 --> 00:36:30,120
 I think we've kind of settled in a little bit.

664
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,800
 It's good to, it was good to be home, first off.

665
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:37,620
 It was really good to be home and back sleeping in our own beds and being where we want to be

666
00:36:37,620 --> 00:36:38,920
 and then playing in front of a home crowd.

667
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,440
 So, yeah, it's been good.

668
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:43,180
 Really pleased with where the girls are at and just how hard they've been working

669
00:36:43,180 --> 00:36:46,120
 and kind of the rhythm that we found after the non-conference schedule.

670
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,400
 Yeah, really big win over Abilene Christian to kind of open that play

671
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,280
 and then a tough loss at Tarleton.

672
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,380
 But then you come back, you beat West Georgia.

673
00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:59,080
 And then Central Arkansas, a team that's way better than their record, comes to town.

674
00:36:59,460 --> 00:37:01,200
 They played a really, really hard schedule.

675
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:02,580
 They were motivated to get a win.

676
00:37:02,900 --> 00:37:03,940
 You guys didn't let them, man.

677
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,200
 I mean, it was a great game.

678
00:37:05,300 --> 00:37:06,460
 Bounced back from that set, too.

679
00:37:06,780 --> 00:37:07,540
 Got the next two.

680
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,500
 What was the rhythm like in that Central Arkansas game?

681
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,760
 Yeah, I mean, it was very competitive.

682
00:37:11,900 --> 00:37:14,140
 Central Arkansas, when they come here, is always, I mean, we go there.

683
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:16,120
 It's always a really, really competitive matchup.

684
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,400
 And, you know, they have a lot of returners from last year.

685
00:37:19,460 --> 00:37:22,700
 They won the conference tournament last year and bring back a lot of kids from that season.

686
00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:26,900
 And so, yeah, I mean, I think our girls were really motivated to get out there and get the win.

687
00:37:27,220 --> 00:37:30,200
 Their record does not show their team at all.

688
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,560
 They're really talented and obviously very well coached.

689
00:37:34,380 --> 00:37:38,780
 So, yeah, I mean, I think it was a good win for us being able to get in and win a close one.

690
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:43,720
 I mean, the third set was super tight, and we were able to take it away and, yeah, come out with a win.

691
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:45,800
 So, yeah, just really happy with where we're at.

692
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:49,660
 Loved how we played at West Georgia, you know, coming off the loss at Tarleton.

693
00:37:49,740 --> 00:37:51,200
 That was a really tough trip.

694
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:57,320
 We played at home against Abilene, got done really late, woke up really early, drove to the airport, flew there, played the game, flew back.

695
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:06,240
 And so to turn, and then we got home Sunday pretty late and then turned right around Monday to go to West Georgia and went out and had a really good match against them.

696
00:38:06,340 --> 00:38:08,820
 So, yeah, just really, really like where the girls are at.

697
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:12,020
 Again, I think we found some really good rhythm and just hoping we can keep it going.

698
00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:15,980
 You look up and down this roster, and there's a lot of familiar names.

699
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,140
 In this day and age, you don't see that a lot.

700
00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:29,220
 But what's it like having the players like Kinsley that we're going to talk to here in just a little bit, players that have been around and in this program, what's it mean to you to have them balled in and invested in all of this?

701
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:30,020
 Yeah, it's everything.

702
00:38:30,020 --> 00:38:39,420
 I mean, last season was the first season that every player on the roster were girls that I had recruited, and last spring was the first spring that every player on the roster were girls that we had recruited.

703
00:38:39,580 --> 00:38:46,660
 So I think that's a big piece of what we've got going on is culturally we've got things moving in an amazing place.

704
00:38:46,820 --> 00:38:53,480
 And then, you know, again, to your point, that doesn't happen super often in terms of kids sticking around and doing things.

705
00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:59,640
 And, you know, we've had kids that have had a lot of success like Kins and Reese and people like that that have stuck around after having really good seasons.

706
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,220
 And so, yeah, I mean, it's everything, right?

707
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:07,500
 I mean, us being able to connect as a group, grow as a group, be close, play for each other.

708
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:17,880
 You know, I've felt over the last few years that we've had a lot of really good talent, but I feel like this is the first year that we've had really good leadership in the locker room to match that talent and a group that's bought into playing for each other.

709
00:39:18,220 --> 00:39:19,480
 Yeah, great group indeed.

710
00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:28,900
 And a lot of the people that get talked about, Reese Ricketts, obviously, with her 200 kills, Kinsley with what she's done with her assist, and Ava and all of that.

711
00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:32,420
 But one person I want to highlight is a true freshman, Anna Hoffmeyer, man.

712
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:37,660
 She is hitting at a high, and this is really good, over 100 kills for her this season.

713
00:39:37,780 --> 00:39:42,600
 And she's still hitting 344 for a percentage, and she leads the team in blocks for a true freshman.

714
00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:43,280
 It's pretty amazing.

715
00:39:43,660 --> 00:39:46,580
 Yeah, and I knew coming into the season that she was going to have a chance to have a great year.

716
00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:52,240
 I mean, she was one of those kids that when we recruited her, you know, we were her only Division I offer at the time.

717
00:39:52,460 --> 00:39:55,100
 And she's not, you know, you watch some of the teams that we play.

718
00:39:55,180 --> 00:39:57,340
 They've got middle blockers that are 6'3", 6'4".

719
00:39:57,540 --> 00:39:59,080
 She's not the tallest kid in the gym.

720
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:04,860
 She doesn't jump necessarily the highest in the gym, but I'll challenge you to find someone that works harder in the gym.

721
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,180
 And that was one of the things that really stood out when we were recruiting her.

722
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:12,280
 We were actually, she's from Ocean Springs, but she played club ball down in Mobile.

723
00:40:12,820 --> 00:40:16,920
 And the head coach at McGill-Tulin runs that club, and I had texted her, and I was like,

724
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:18,240
 hey, can you tell me a little bit about Anna?

725
00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:21,640
 And she picked up the phone and called me while she was teaching in class at McGill

726
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:26,720
 and said, if I could have every kid at our club and in my school team be like one person,

727
00:40:26,780 --> 00:40:27,680
 I would choose Anna Hoffmeyer.

728
00:40:27,820 --> 00:40:31,740
 And so in that moment with a McGill-Tulin head coach who's won countless state championships,

729
00:40:32,140 --> 00:40:33,540
 I knew that she was something pretty special.

730
00:40:34,020 --> 00:40:37,560
 And then Reese Ricketts leads the league and kills Kinsley McGowan,

731
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,780
 who we're going to talk to here in just a second, leads the league and assists.

732
00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:42,160
 You go up and down through here.

733
00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:43,740
 I mean, Ava Martindale, we're going to hear from her.

734
00:40:43,780 --> 00:40:46,040
 She's right there second in the league in digs.

735
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:50,100
 What's it like seeing all these players that have been in this program that we were just talking about,

736
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,380
 not just impacting your program, but setting the tone for the rest of the league?

737
00:40:53,540 --> 00:40:54,520
 Yeah, it's been exciting.

738
00:40:54,700 --> 00:40:58,220
 I mean, you know, to your point, Reese has, you know, it's amazing to me.

739
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,840
 She's led the league and kills per set every week, every day since we started the season

740
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:06,060
 and has not got player of the week, which has been something that's bugged me pretty bad.

741
00:41:06,180 --> 00:41:08,820
 But, you know, I think with where Kinsley's been,

742
00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:11,900
 and she's been at the top of the leaderboard in assists per set the whole season,

743
00:41:11,980 --> 00:41:16,440
 she had 55 assists, I think, in four sets in the last match, which is just a crazy number.

744
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,740
 And then Ava, I mean, I think, you know, what she's done this year,

745
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:22,340
 she worked her tail off over the spring.

746
00:41:22,420 --> 00:41:23,300
 I had to watch myself there.

747
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:28,060
 She worked her tail off in the spring to really, if any of you that know me know,

748
00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:28,960
 I had to think about that one.

749
00:41:29,060 --> 00:41:36,240
 But she worked so hard to really grow in her confidence and grow in her position in serve-receive,

750
00:41:36,260 --> 00:41:37,720
 and her defense has always been phenomenal.

751
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:42,180
 So I'm just really happy for her that, I mean, this is her third Defensive Player of the Week award

752
00:41:42,180 --> 00:41:43,860
 when she won it the first two times.

753
00:41:44,420 --> 00:41:46,760
 And then she got all-tournament team when we were at Troy.

754
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,440
 I mean, she's just done such a phenomenal job.

755
00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:49,340
 Couldn't be more proud of her.

756
00:41:49,900 --> 00:41:50,200
 All right.

757
00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:53,740
 So we did this with Coach Walker, and we usually do it with Coach Dierman.

758
00:41:53,860 --> 00:41:54,680
 Sprint Dierman trivia.

759
00:41:54,900 --> 00:41:55,880
 We had Chris Walker trivia.

760
00:41:56,340 --> 00:41:58,020
 How about Tristan Johnson trivia?

761
00:41:58,080 --> 00:41:58,980
 Have I spoiled anything?

762
00:41:59,120 --> 00:41:59,720
 I almost spoiled.

763
00:41:59,820 --> 00:42:00,080
 Sorry.

764
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:00,880
 Coach Walker's.

765
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:02,880
 I think you're good with where you're at.

766
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:03,840
 Just don't scroll.

767
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:04,320
 We'll just.

768
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:05,420
 Yeah, that's better.

769
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:05,740
 Okay.

770
00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:06,260
 Okay.

771
00:42:06,460 --> 00:42:07,160
 Are you ready?

772
00:42:08,620 --> 00:42:10,420
 Do I get the topic, or do I just get the questions?

773
00:42:10,460 --> 00:42:11,120
 You get the topic.

774
00:42:11,300 --> 00:42:11,860
 Okay, let's hear it.

775
00:42:11,940 --> 00:42:14,060
 It's going to require some league knowledge.

776
00:42:14,100 --> 00:42:14,560
 How about that?

777
00:42:14,660 --> 00:42:15,140
 Oh, God.

778
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:16,620
 Because it's not just about your team.

779
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:17,000
 Okay.

780
00:42:17,260 --> 00:42:19,740
 So that's what makes it a little harder than Chris's question.

781
00:42:20,180 --> 00:42:20,900
 All right, here we go.

782
00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:27,120
 Question is, there are seven teams in the UAC that have over 300 errors,

783
00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:28,400
 but we've been very efficient.

784
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:29,820
 We've had under 300.

785
00:42:30,100 --> 00:42:32,420
 So we are one of the two teams, so I'll give you that one.

786
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:36,720
 But who is the other team in the UAC that joins us with less than 300 errors?

787
00:42:37,220 --> 00:42:38,420
 We're talking total errors?

788
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:38,940
 Yes.

789
00:42:39,660 --> 00:42:40,260
 Oh, man.

790
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:41,240
 We lead.

791
00:42:41,340 --> 00:42:44,400
 We have 242, and there's another team that has 284.

792
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:48,500
 The obvious choice would be Eastern Kentucky because they've had such a good season,

793
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:50,460
 but I'm going to guess that you're going to tell me I'm wrong there.

794
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:53,900
 You are wrong there, so I won't accept that as your answer.

795
00:42:54,060 --> 00:42:55,260
 That's a trick question.

796
00:42:55,340 --> 00:42:56,080
 That's a trap, Mike.

797
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:56,980
 I don't appreciate that.

798
00:42:58,340 --> 00:42:59,380
 Let's think here.

799
00:42:59,380 --> 00:43:04,840
 I'm going to go with Austin Peay as one of them.

800
00:43:05,740 --> 00:43:07,060
 No, not Austin Peay.

801
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:08,820
 They're a really good defensive team.

802
00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:12,080
 They're like top ten in the nation in defense right now, so that was one guess.

803
00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:14,020
 Oh, my gosh.

804
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:14,820
 I'll give you one more.

805
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:15,140
 Okay.

806
00:43:15,900 --> 00:43:16,540
 Abilene Christian.

807
00:43:17,740 --> 00:43:18,680
 Man, you're 0 for 3.

808
00:43:19,060 --> 00:43:19,880
 It was Little Rock.

809
00:43:20,300 --> 00:43:20,780
 Oh, okay.

810
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:21,940
 And you haven't seen them yet.

811
00:43:22,260 --> 00:43:23,120
 No, there you go.

812
00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:26,440
 Yeah, it's a team you hadn't seen yet, but they had 284.

813
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:29,420
 But what's impressive to me is just how efficient your attack has been.

814
00:43:29,820 --> 00:43:31,140
 Nobody's even close to that.

815
00:43:31,140 --> 00:43:40,080
 I mean, 242 in the amount of sets we've played, I mean, I think it just says a lot about the efficiency, and I know I've harped on that a lot, but do you see it that way as well from your perspective?

816
00:43:40,260 --> 00:43:41,000
 Oh, 100%.

817
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:49,280
 Yeah, I mean, we played a drill when we were 10-0, and we had won 24 sets in a row.

818
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:50,140
 I guess that's eight, right?

819
00:43:50,380 --> 00:43:51,200
 And then we were 10-0.

820
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:59,080
 We played a game every single day, and the entire premise of the drill is points that you earn versus points that you error and give away.

821
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:05,580
 And, again, the whole premise of the drill is learning how to balance going for it with errors but also going for it with points.

822
00:44:05,580 --> 00:44:08,220
 You can lose the game, and you can win the game at the same time.

823
00:44:08,300 --> 00:44:11,740
 So you can lose the game and the game be over, and the other team not have even won the game yet.

824
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:21,200
 So you're balancing those two things out, and I think one of the things that taught our group a lot was how to manage the game, how to manage when to go for it, how to manage when to be aggressive, how to manage when to go for the win.

825
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:28,420
 If you need one point to win the game and you've got four or five errors left to give away, the other team doesn't get anything for that.

826
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:29,540
 You just lose those points.

827
00:44:29,540 --> 00:44:37,280
 So you just go for it, and then if you risk it and you get the win, you get the win, and if you don't, then you still have some things to give there.

828
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:39,500
 So I think this team's done a really good job of that.

829
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:46,040
 And if you look at our attack errors, I mean, there were a few matches there where, I mean, we were, you know, five less attack errors.

830
00:44:46,220 --> 00:44:52,280
 When we played at West Georgia in the second set, I think we were 20 kills, no errors, which is just an insane, insane number.

831
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,360
 So, you know, and all that's a credit to Kins.

832
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:55,560
 I mean, she's done such a good job.

833
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:58,080
 She's worked so hard to really be good.

834
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:02,880
 And she made a couple of sets against Central Arkansas that are some of the best sets that I've ever seen in my coaching career.

835
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:09,480
 She back set a ball from zone two, which is over by the ref stand, and back set it all the way across the court to Dylan.

836
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:12,520
 And it was a perfectly tempoed set where it needed to be.

837
00:45:12,660 --> 00:45:20,120
 And for anyone that's never done that before, that is shoot a basket with your eyes closed with the lights off from half court and see if you can make it.

838
00:45:20,180 --> 00:45:21,760
 I mean, it's a really, really tough thing to do.

839
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:27,640
 So, you know, I think it's not surprising to me to hear you say that because of the work that she's put in and that our hitters have put in.

840
00:45:28,060 --> 00:45:31,280
 Well, Coach, you're on the road this week, Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky.

841
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:34,800
 Then next week, UT Arlington and Austin Peay at home.

842
00:45:34,860 --> 00:45:35,960
 We appreciate you swinging by.

843
00:45:36,020 --> 00:45:37,700
 We're going to talk to your players of the week next.

844
00:45:37,820 --> 00:45:38,260
 Thanks, guys.

845
00:45:38,300 --> 00:45:38,740
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846
00:45:38,820 --> 00:45:39,960
 That's Tristan Johnson.

847
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:41,560
 Let's get around those cables right there.

848
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:42,280
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 We got your United Athletic Conference Players of the Week, Defensive Player of the Week, Ava Martindale, a senior from College Station, Texas, her second year at North Alabama.

887
00:49:12,380 --> 00:49:19,240
 And then we've got Kinsley McGowan, the setter of the week from Cleveland, Tennessee, leading the league in assists.

888
00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:21,200
 Ava is second in the league in digs.

889
00:49:21,260 --> 00:49:22,800
 We appreciate both of you joining us.

890
00:49:23,180 --> 00:49:28,940
 Kinsley, you're the longest-tenured lion, I guess, up here with us tonight.

891
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:30,780
 I mean, your third year at North Alabama.

892
00:49:30,900 --> 00:49:32,620
 How can you sum up the way this season has gone?

893
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:35,680
 Best start in program history, great start to league play.

894
00:49:35,900 --> 00:49:37,220
 How are things going so far?

895
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:39,040
 I mean, I think they're going well.

896
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:43,440
 This is definitely the best it's felt, being here as well.

897
00:49:43,580 --> 00:49:44,740
 I mean, we're all super close.

898
00:49:45,100 --> 00:49:46,360
 So, it's super fun every day.

899
00:49:47,580 --> 00:49:47,840
 Yeah.

900
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:55,680
 And, you know, something that I really like, Kinsley, is that we were all talking, and me and Ava, we were a little surprised you had never looked at the stats pages and things.

901
00:49:56,220 --> 00:50:03,060
 Obviously, you've accomplished so many things on the stats side and the milestone you got at Abilene Christian, what, 2000 career assists.

902
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:05,480
 I mean, obviously, you don't keep up with that stuff.

903
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,520
 So, it seems like the team is more important to you and those type of things.

904
00:50:09,060 --> 00:50:14,180
 So, I guess, how much of your focus is on just that side and not so much the stats side?

905
00:50:14,300 --> 00:50:15,500
 Yeah, I would definitely say all of it.

906
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:18,800
 I mean, yeah, I've never really looked at most of this.

907
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:20,860
 I'm not sure what a lot of it is either.

908
00:50:21,540 --> 00:50:23,960
 But, yeah, I think I just put all my focus into them.

909
00:50:24,020 --> 00:50:26,660
 They pour a lot into my cup, so I try to do my best to pour more into theirs.

910
00:50:27,340 --> 00:50:34,480
 Ava, your second season at North Alabama, what's it like playing with this group where so many of you have been together two, three, maybe even four years in some instances?

911
00:50:35,460 --> 00:50:36,880
 It's just been super fun.

912
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:43,300
 I think that that's kind of what's made us so special this year is that we just love being with each other, love practicing every day.

913
00:50:43,300 --> 00:50:47,240
 And, like, you get so much more out of it when you just enjoy the company you're in.

914
00:50:47,980 --> 00:50:54,940
 And the mark of a good volleyball team for both of you, I think when you have a good tandem at Libero and Setter, you're in good shape.

915
00:50:55,100 --> 00:50:56,220
 And you can rely on her.

916
00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:57,120
 She can rely on you.

917
00:50:57,460 --> 00:51:00,280
 So, Ava, what does that mean to you to know that you've got her as a setter?

918
00:51:00,460 --> 00:51:01,920
 And, Kinsley, same to you about Ava.

919
00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:03,640
 I mean, it's great.

920
00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:04,620
 I was joking with her earlier.

921
00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:07,520
 I was like, I'm going to tell them, like, I mean, she just makes me look good.

922
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:09,700
 Like, I just have to get the ball up, and we're good.

923
00:51:09,820 --> 00:51:12,380
 So, it's super, like, fun playing with her.

924
00:51:12,540 --> 00:51:14,100
 She really makes me look good.

925
00:51:14,100 --> 00:51:19,260
 So, yeah, when we were talking earlier, I was talking, I was like, I mean, I can't do it without you.

926
00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:20,920
 You got to dig the ball for me to set it.

927
00:51:21,340 --> 00:51:23,240
 But, yeah, we have a lot of fun on the court.

928
00:51:24,540 --> 00:51:29,920
 And it's nice to have someone that you know is in your corner and always has your back out there, someone you can really count on.

929
00:51:30,500 --> 00:51:32,660
 And this is kind of an interesting perspective.

930
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:35,740
 We have three of the top ten hitters in the league.

931
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:37,500
 Reese Ricketts leads the league in kills.

932
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:39,280
 Dylan Garner is fourth.

933
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:41,440
 Phoebe is tenth in the league.

934
00:51:41,620 --> 00:51:43,420
 And then there's others as well that you could throw out there.

935
00:51:43,420 --> 00:51:44,380
 Maybe I want to start with you.

936
00:51:44,820 --> 00:51:48,680
 What's it like in practice when you're going up against these heavy hitters?

937
00:51:49,060 --> 00:51:53,580
 I mean, I think it's what makes us such a good defensive team.

938
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:56,440
 I know y'all are kind of talking about that.

939
00:51:56,440 --> 00:52:05,860
 But when we have to play against that every day where I have to, I can't just not worry about anybody, it makes games a lot easier just because I have to do it every day.

940
00:52:06,500 --> 00:52:10,380
 And then, Kinsley, for you, I mean, what's it like when you're trying to spread the wealth amongst all these hitters?

941
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:12,620
 It honestly feels like you can never really go wrong.

942
00:52:12,740 --> 00:52:16,920
 I think there's a lot that goes into the IQ of a setter and making the right decision.

943
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:21,060
 But a lot of time it feels like there's really not a wrong decision.

944
00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:26,980
 Last thing for me, and it's a question for both of you, because I think Coach Johnson kind of alluded to this.

945
00:52:27,060 --> 00:52:35,600
 For you, Kinsley, there was a play you had in the Central Arkansas game where you basically had to set it across court to get it to, I think it was Dylan who put it away.

946
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:40,540
 And then, Ava, for you, I've seen you make some pancake-type saves.

947
00:52:41,260 --> 00:52:46,460
 If you could pick a play of the year for each of you, what's been your favorite play that you've made this year?

948
00:52:47,780 --> 00:52:49,760
 Oh, there's so many.

949
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:51,200
 Sorry to put you on the spot.

950
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:53,160
 And it could be a rally, too.

951
00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:54,580
 I mean, we've had some really good rallies.

952
00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:57,820
 I remember ACU, there was a really good rally in the fourth set.

953
00:52:57,860 --> 00:52:58,480
 I think it was.

954
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:10,620
 I think for me, it was game point of fifth set against Abilene Christian, just because it was, like, first conference game, and, like, it was just a huge win.

955
00:53:10,620 --> 00:53:13,200
 And I set Dylan out of system.

956
00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:14,260
 I think you dug the ball.

957
00:53:14,540 --> 00:53:19,740
 And it wasn't even super, like, flashy, but just, like, the excitement at the end of the fifth set was, like, insane.

958
00:53:20,660 --> 00:53:32,100
 I think there's not really a specific play that comes to mind, but there's a few that I've had with each of our hitters where the vibes are so high,

959
00:53:32,140 --> 00:53:38,840
 and it feels super electric when it's pretty close, and they get a kill, and they're electric.

960
00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:39,820
 It makes me pretty electric.

961
00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:43,360
 But, I mean, I guess I could say the one coach brought up earlier.

962
00:53:43,500 --> 00:53:44,520
 I forgot about that.

963
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:45,920
 I forgot I did that.

964
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:49,080
 Well, we appreciate both of you joining us.

965
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:53,440
 These are your UAC Players of the Week, Ava Martindale and Kinsley McGowan.

966
00:53:53,580 --> 00:53:56,260
 Best of luck on the road, and we'll see you guys at home next Thursday.

967
00:53:56,380 --> 00:53:57,100
 Thank you for joining us.

968
00:53:57,100 --> 00:53:57,400
 Thank you for having us.

969
00:53:57,620 --> 00:53:59,580
 We're going to wrap it up with some cross-country talk.

970
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:03,100
 When we return, this is UNA Fall Sports Night at Lost Pizza Shoals.

971
00:54:03,940 --> 00:54:07,600
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972
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974
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976
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977
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978
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979
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981
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982
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983
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984
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985
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988
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990
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991
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994
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995
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996
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997
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:08,840
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998
00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:11,920
 There are a few things we love more than a good Saturday in the South,

999
00:56:12,040 --> 00:56:14,360
 and football season is officially back at the carriage.

1000
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:18,560
 All season long, we'll have the games rolling with plenty of cold drinks, good food,

1001
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:22,740
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1002
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:28,340
 Game day Saturdays get $5 craft drafts, $2 off wine slushies, perhaps some mimosas,

1003
00:56:28,580 --> 00:56:30,020
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1004
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:34,140
 Stock up in our markets before kickoff with plenty of snacks, dips, cheeses,

1005
00:56:34,580 --> 00:56:37,160
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1006
00:56:37,580 --> 00:56:42,180
 Football season looks pretty good from the carriage on East Mobile Street in historic downtown Florence.

1007
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1008
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1013
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1015
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1016
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1017
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1018
00:57:20,620 --> 00:57:25,780
 Wrapping up this special fall sports edition at Lost Pizza Shoals of UNA Football Night.

1019
00:57:25,860 --> 00:57:27,140
 Benjamin Ray, Mike Ezekiel.

1020
00:57:27,200 --> 00:57:29,080
 And we've got our largest set ever.

1021
00:57:29,160 --> 00:57:30,280
 We've got five people up here.

1022
00:57:30,300 --> 00:57:33,140
 We're talking cross country with third-year head coach Connor Callahan.

1023
00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:36,700
 He's got Nathan Buckridge up here and Lily Meeks as well.

1024
00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:39,800
 And Coach Callahan, you guys are heading down to Tallahassee this weekend.

1025
00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:43,060
 Just sum up how the season's been going for the men and the women this year.

1026
00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:43,880
 It goes quick.

1027
00:57:44,020 --> 00:57:48,780
 I mean, that's the biggest thing about it is we go from, you know, we haven't raced in a couple weeks.

1028
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:52,000
 So you go to Huntsville a couple weeks ago, which was a good race for us.

1029
00:57:52,100 --> 00:57:56,060
 Gives us a chance to run in the heat, but not too far away.

1030
00:57:56,280 --> 00:57:58,500
 And both the men and the women ran well.

1031
00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:01,180
 Nathan got to run his first race of the season over there in Huntsville.

1032
00:58:02,500 --> 00:58:06,380
 Lily got to go back home a little bit and run over in Huntsville as well.

1033
00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:08,820
 So a good chance for both of them to race.

1034
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:12,840
 Looking forward to Tallahassee this weekend, just getting down there.

1035
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:14,140
 It's a regional course.

1036
00:58:14,300 --> 00:58:16,980
 It's a good course, true cross country course.

1037
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:18,540
 Yeah, and you finally get to do it.

1038
00:58:18,580 --> 00:58:21,820
 I think it was two years ago we were supposed to go and it got canceled your first season.

1039
00:58:22,280 --> 00:58:23,520
 Now I actually get to go.

1040
00:58:23,640 --> 00:58:24,800
 It's a good thing.

1041
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:27,000
 And we will talk about that in a moment.

1042
00:58:27,140 --> 00:58:31,360
 But as you've probably already heard, we've done Tristan Johnson trivia.

1043
00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:33,240
 We've done Chris Walker trivia.

1044
00:58:33,240 --> 00:58:35,340
 But now we're going to do Conor Callahan trivia.

1045
00:58:35,740 --> 00:58:36,320
 I'm nervous.

1046
00:58:36,460 --> 00:58:36,880
 Are you ready?

1047
00:58:37,180 --> 00:58:37,920
 I think.

1048
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:43,760
 Well, a lot of people know this already, but we added a distance-based track program this year, right?

1049
00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:46,400
 So that means the roster may have gotten a little bigger.

1050
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:51,900
 So from last year to this year, men's and women's combined, and I want to thank Grant for doing the research on this.

1051
00:58:52,260 --> 00:58:56,840
 How many, how much of a runner increase have you had from last year to this year?

1052
00:58:57,400 --> 00:58:59,600
 Is it about 25 or 26?

1053
00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:01,540
 Very close.

1054
00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:02,240
 Almost.

1055
00:59:02,560 --> 00:59:03,720
 22 is the final answer.

1056
00:59:03,780 --> 00:59:04,280
 Is that right, Grant?

1057
00:59:04,340 --> 00:59:05,020
 I knew it was something.

1058
00:59:05,280 --> 00:59:05,640
 22.

1059
00:59:05,800 --> 00:59:06,700
 You were right on it.

1060
00:59:06,800 --> 00:59:07,820
 But 46.

1061
00:59:08,660 --> 00:59:09,560
 I mean, that's a lot.

1062
00:59:09,740 --> 00:59:10,580
 That's a big roster.

1063
00:59:10,820 --> 00:59:11,680
 It's a lot to manage.

1064
00:59:11,680 --> 00:59:14,040
 And we were just talking to some recruits today.

1065
00:59:14,340 --> 00:59:22,840
 And Coach Noah does a great job of just kind of being able to kind of pick up my slack a little bit of the day-to-day stuff inside the office and just making those relationships with the kids.

1066
00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:26,140
 Because we tell every recruit, like, relationships are huge for us.

1067
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:28,220
 So I do my best.

1068
00:59:29,100 --> 00:59:30,320
 And we're doing well.

1069
00:59:30,440 --> 00:59:34,700
 But it is one of those that we're a big relationship kind of driven program.

1070
00:59:35,100 --> 00:59:39,220
 Lily, true freshman from Huntsville, Alabama, Whitesburg Christian Academy.

1071
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:41,760
 What's your first year running at North Alabama been like?

1072
00:59:42,040 --> 00:59:43,060
 It's been great so far.

1073
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:45,340
 I mean, the reason I'm here is because of Callahan.

1074
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:47,480
 And he has delivered so far.

1075
00:59:47,580 --> 00:59:51,360
 I think that we've put a couple of good races down.

1076
00:59:51,560 --> 00:59:53,760
 But, you know, we can only go up from here.

1077
00:59:53,820 --> 00:59:54,860
 We've had a lot of great training.

1078
00:59:55,020 --> 00:59:56,840
 So I'm excited for what's to come.

1079
00:59:56,980 --> 00:59:59,140
 What was that first race like when you stepped into the box?

1080
01:00:00,280 --> 01:00:01,140
 Totally nerve-wracking.

1081
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:01,680
 Yeah.

1082
01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:04,120
 I was very, very nervous.

1083
01:00:04,300 --> 01:00:06,000
 But it was nice to have it on the home course.

1084
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:07,200
 You know, we practiced there a lot.

1085
01:00:07,740 --> 01:00:09,860
 So it was really just a great experience.

1086
01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:10,880
 It was kind of a small meet.

1087
01:00:11,020 --> 01:00:15,320
 So it was just me and my teammates out there racing against each other, against the clock.

1088
01:00:15,480 --> 01:00:16,660
 So it was a great experience.

1089
01:00:17,100 --> 01:00:20,540
 And Nathan, for you, originally from England, you make your way here to North Alabama.

1090
01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:22,880
 What ultimately drew you here to Florence, Alabama?

1091
01:00:23,780 --> 01:00:29,120
 I think really the support network that we were going to come and get at North Alabama was huge.

1092
01:00:29,500 --> 01:00:32,300
 That's definitely what I was looking for in a program, and I knew to get the best out of me.

1093
01:00:33,480 --> 01:00:35,060
 I'm really making an impact in the results.

1094
01:00:35,060 --> 01:00:35,720
 So, yeah.

1095
01:00:36,620 --> 01:00:41,500
 So we like to ask our foreign lines that come over, what's been your favorite thing about Florence?

1096
01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:42,540
 What's been the biggest adjustment?

1097
01:00:42,920 --> 01:00:44,220
 God, that's a good question.

1098
01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:46,700
 I think, for me, just the people so far.

1099
01:00:46,800 --> 01:00:51,800
 Everyone's been so welcoming, super friendly, super good at helping me out whenever I need it.

1100
01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:56,160
 And I think that makes a team, that makes the environment so much more than anything else.

1101
01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:57,820
 Well, Coach Callahan, last thing.

1102
01:00:57,860 --> 01:00:59,060
 We'll let you guys get out of here.

1103
01:00:59,780 --> 01:01:05,140
 Looking at the rest of the schedule down to Tallahassee, back home for the Kinnomer Classic, which is awesome.

1104
01:01:05,220 --> 01:01:07,840
 Then the UAC Championships, NCAAs after that.

1105
01:01:07,900 --> 01:01:09,300
 What's the outlook for the rest of the season?

1106
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:10,700
 Continue to get fit.

1107
01:01:10,760 --> 01:01:13,720
 We've got 6 a.m. practice, workout tomorrow, so we'll be over at the track.

1108
01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:15,460
 So we can't let off the gas.

1109
01:01:15,540 --> 01:01:19,360
 I think that's the biggest thing is let's make sure that we're not satisfied with what we've done

1110
01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:22,240
 and continue to kind of go with where we can go.

1111
01:01:22,500 --> 01:01:24,240
 And, hey, it's going to take a lot from these two.

1112
01:01:24,460 --> 01:01:30,280
 I think that's the biggest thing is, you know, putting a little bit of pressure on them to, you know, do what they can do.

1113
01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:32,840
 It's one of those that we're not asking them to do anything they haven't done.

1114
01:01:33,160 --> 01:01:34,680
 But we've got to continue to get better.

1115
01:01:34,860 --> 01:01:39,660
 And I'm excited to go down to Tallahassee this weekend, see a true course, probably get a little bit wet.

1116
01:01:39,660 --> 01:01:42,540
 But, hey, that's what makes cross country cross country.

1117
01:01:43,060 --> 01:01:45,380
 And the last thing, is your son running yet?

1118
01:01:45,880 --> 01:01:47,380
 He's speed walking.

1119
01:01:47,500 --> 01:01:48,060
 Speed walking.

1120
01:01:48,060 --> 01:01:49,280
 To the point that he's speed walking.

1121
01:01:49,740 --> 01:01:51,140
 He runs away with the TV remote.

1122
01:01:51,380 --> 01:01:52,460
 So that's his go-to.

1123
01:01:53,100 --> 01:01:53,640
 There you go.

1124
01:01:53,880 --> 01:01:55,460
 He'll be out there on the course soon enough, right?

1125
01:01:55,460 --> 01:01:56,340
 Yes, exactly.

1126
01:01:56,520 --> 01:01:58,100
 Well, we appreciate you all joining us.

1127
01:01:58,200 --> 01:02:00,060
 And best of luck down at Tallahassee this weekend.

1128
01:02:00,180 --> 01:02:00,480
 Thank you.

1129
01:02:00,540 --> 01:02:00,720
 Thank you.

1130
01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:01,180
 Royal Lions.

1131
01:02:01,320 --> 01:02:03,260
 That's Connor Callahan and UNA cross country.

1132
01:02:03,340 --> 01:02:07,080
 That's going to do it for us on this UNA fall sports night at Lost Pizza Shoals.

1133
01:02:07,080 --> 01:02:11,780
 Thank you to Coach Walker, Coach Johnson, Coach Callahan, all their student athletes for coming out.

1134
01:02:11,860 --> 01:02:14,860
 Thank you all for coming out yet again to Lost Pizza Shoals.

1135
01:02:14,920 --> 01:02:17,620
 We'll be back with you next week with more UNA football coverage.

1136
01:02:17,760 --> 01:02:22,600
 Brent Dierman and Company will be getting set for a game against Abilene Christian at Bank Independence Stadium.

1137
01:02:22,700 --> 01:02:24,240
 We can't wait to see you all there.

1138
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:30,000
 So for Mike, Ty, a lot of people, Braden, Grant, Zach in the house as well.

1139
01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:31,320
 For Blair back at the station.

1140
01:02:31,480 --> 01:02:33,000
 For Chuck and Greg Thornton over there.

1141
01:02:33,080 --> 01:02:34,720
 I'm Benjamin Wright, San Roar Lions.

1142
01:02:34,720 --> 01:02:42,420
 You've been listening to UNA football night from Lost Pizza.

1143
01:02:43,060 --> 01:02:47,120
 Tonight's show is brought to you by Lost Pizza Shoals.

1144
01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:49,200
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1145
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1146
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1147
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1148
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1149
01:02:58,420 --> 01:02:59,820
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1150
01:03:00,560 --> 01:03:01,600
 Thanks for listening.

1151
01:03:02,200 --> 01:03:03,400
 And Roar Lions!