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The Central Indiana Sports 10-Minute Report ... with Aaron Pitman (2.255.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: We are just two days away from the fever season opener, three days away from the NBA Draft lottery and just 17 days away from the 100th Indianapolis 500.
• 0:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: The cubs come from behind to walk off the reds again.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And so much more coming up on the Central Indiana Sports Report's 10-minute daily report.
• 0:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: 10 minutes tailored specifically for Central Indiana Sports fans.
• 0:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm your host Greg Mengell and I love Central Indiana Sports.
• 0:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: Today is Thursday, May 7th, 2020, 6th happy birthday to my man Thomas.
• 0:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: And we start as we do every day with headlines.
• 0:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Cubs won their eighth on a row, their 14th consecutive game at Wrigley Field, on another walk-off win over the Reds.
• 0:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: Taylor and Indiana Wesley and our two of Seventeen's Rindiana headed to the NAI Base All National Tournament.
• 0:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Nix and Spurs earn game 2 wins in the NBA playoffs.
• 1:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Indiana fever cut their roster down to 12, they had a Saturday season opening against the Dallas wings.
• 1:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: Purdue eliminated from the Big Ten Softball tournament.
• 1:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: IU and Butler get underway in conference tournaments today.
• 1:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Indiana ignite began their MLV playoffs with a semi-final matchup against the Omaha Super Nova's in Frisco, Texas, tonight, and I'll be joined by Ignite P.A.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: guy Aaron Pittman to preview it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: All that plus to look ahead to the night in CIC Baseball and Softball, and a look at local and national news and notes.
• 1:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: Before we get to all of that, we'll let you know what's going on at the Central Indiana Sports Report.
• 1:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: It released this week's Indie Car Report with Elijah Poe this morning previewing Saturdays Indie Grand Prix.
• 1:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: the indie car report won't be and it's regularly scheduled.
• 1:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thursday morning slot beginning next week for the rest of May.
• 1:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's because we'll have one pretty much every day starting Saturday with our reaction to the road course race.
• 1:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: Also, later tonight, Jake and I will be joined by Purdue Baseball announcer Kyle Charters to talk a little Purdue Baseball on this week's Purdue Report, that'll be out sometime this evening.
• 2:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: Plus, fever and patient's reports coming Friday, and this show will be back tomorrow between one and three in the afternoon, and Saturday and Sunday first thing in the morning.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for joining us, your 10-minute report begins now.
• 2:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: Reds jumped out to another early lead on Wednesday and ging three of their series against the Cubs at Riggly Field.
• 2:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: As they did in the first two games, the Cubs responded with a third straight come from behind walkoff when their eighth consecutive win, their 14th in a row at Riggly Field.
• 2:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: that is tied for the second longest streak in the franchises of the long history.
• 2:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: And they now lead second-place St. Louis by three and a half games at the top of the NL Central after the Cardinals lost 6th to 2 to the Brewers.
• 2:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: Down 4 to 2 in the night, the red scored twice on a Spencer Steer Silla home run and at J. J.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Blood A, RBI, single with two outs.
• 2:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: But again, the red failed to score in the 10th and the Cubs didn't.
• 3:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: Michael Bush, the hero again, Wester, drawing a base-is-loaded walk off Brockburg.
• 3:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: after Graham Ashcraft to blue the save in the bottom of the night.
• 3:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: The series finale is at 220 today and it's one that Cincinnati really, really needs before things start to spiral out of control.
• 3:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: Also in the announced central late Wednesday, Paul schemes pitched the pirate stool one nothing went over the diamond backs he allowed just two hits in eight innings.
• 3:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: 17 from the Hoosier State will play in the NEI National Baseball Tournament
• 3:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: The 10 regional champions from the double elimination tournaments will advance to the NAI World Series in Lewis, and Iowa, starting two weeks from tomorrow.
• 3:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: Combrake Taylor drew a first round by and will face either Mount Mercy, Iowa, or Shani State, Ohio in the third game on Monday in Upland, Indiana Tech will make the short trip to Upland and will face Abraham Baldwin from Georgia in Game 2 on Monday.
• 4:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: Crossroads runner-up Indiana Wesleyan opens play Monday at King's Port Tennessee against William Wood's Missouri.
• 4:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Huntington and IU Southeast will play in Bellevue, Nevada, Oakland cities in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Marion goes to Lawrenceville, Georgia.
• 4:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Indiana Wesleyan received an out-large bid, one of the six teams from Indiana and the 48 team, NAA, a softball field, the wild basketball, traveled to Columbia, Kentucky and will face Missouri Baptist on Monday.
• 4:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Nixon spurs were game 2 winners on Thursday night, the Nixon beating Philly 108102 at MSG to take a 2-nothing series lead spurs dominated in a 133-95 win over Minnesota even that western conference in my final series at a Game of Peace.
• 4:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: For the nicks, it's their fifth straight wins since they lost back to back 1 point games to the Hawks.
• 4:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: Games 2 and 3 last round and we thought they might be a big trouble.
• 4:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: Philly was up 99, 96 before jail and Brunson took over late in the fourth and the next got huge buckets from Josh Hart and McHale Bridges New York closed on a 12 to 3 run.
• 5:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Unfortunately, the nicks are playing really really well right now, and it's going to be tougher anybody to beat him.
• 5:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: Brunson scored 26 former IU star OG and an OB-24, Carl Anthony Towns 20, Bridges 18 for the nicks.
• 5:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Former Pacer Paul George had a nice start to the game, but struggled in the second half and finished with 19.6 rebounds and for assists.
• 5:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's going to have to be way better in game-free on Friday, but they're going to get swept.
• 5:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: After dropping game 1 in San Antonio, the spurs made sure that wasn't going to happen again as the series now heads to Minneapolis, but the series tied one.
• 5:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: At game was over somewhere in the middle of the second quarter.
• 5:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: The spurs led by as many as 35 points in the fourth quarter and held the wolfs to 29.8% shooting in the first half.
• 5:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: The 38 point when the largest in franchise playoff history, and they've had a lot of playoff wits.
• 6:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: We took a look at the playoffs, particularly the teams the Pacers are going to have to be in the future on this week's Pacers report with Mike Rich and guest Matt Powell and Michelle Garmin.
• 6:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Plus, how we're feeling about Sundays NBA draft lottery, that'll be out tomorrow evening by the way.
• 6:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: On this state 31 years ago, Reggie Miller scored 8 points and 8.9 seconds to lead the Pacers to a 105-107 game one victory in the Eastern Conference Finals at Madison Square Garden.
• 6:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Indian fevers 12 player roster is set ahead of Saturdays one o'clock season opener at the fieldhouse against the ballast wings.
• 6:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: The fever made their final cuts Wednesday including third round pick Jessica Timmins, TJ McConnell, sister Megan and Kionna Taylor.
• 6:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: Also second round draft pick, justine Pesso, has signed one of the franchises to newly implemented player development roster spots.
• 6:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: One remains open.
• 6:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: John Robertson and Michelle Garmin will preview the 2026 Indiana fever season on the fever report first thing Friday.
• 7:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: They WMBACs have begins Friday with three games, Sun at Liberty, Mystics at Timpo and Balkyries at Storm all on Ion.
• 7:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: more on fever and wings tomorrow on the show.
• 7:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: In the final Stanley Cup conference in my final to get underway, Buffalo rode the momentum of two early goals to a 4-2 win over Montreal to take an early series lead, game to his Friday.
• 7:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: Great goal-tending on both sides in the west in my final between the ducks and knights.
• 7:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: And a high and finally got a shot past Carter Hart on their 17th shot, then added two more late goals in a 3-1 game to win in Vegas.
• 7:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: The series is now tied at a Game of Peace after Lucas Dostal's Masterful Performance and Goal.
• 7:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: Game 3 is Friday and Anaheim.
• 7:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Just one game tonight, the hurricane's looking for a 3-0 series lead against the flyers in Philly.
• 7:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's it, 8 o'clock on TNT.
• 7:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: a couple of national news and notes as I said on Sunday's 10-minute report there will be no trouble crown winner this year in horse racing.
• 8:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: Wednesday that was made official Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will skip the Prick Mistakes next Saturday and focus on the June 6th film on.
• 8:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: As of this morning, crude velocity is a huge favorite in Baltimore at 4-1.
• 8:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: The P.J.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: is in South Carolina this weekend for the Murdoch Beach Classic, starting today.
• 8:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: The ATP and WTA are in Rome.
• 8:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Ascar is in Watkins-Glin starting with practice Friday at 9.30am.
• 8:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: Some local news and notes I.U.
• 8:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: and Purdue began a crucial 3 game baseball series Friday in West Luffy-Eat.
• 8:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: Start times our 6 o'clock Friday 2 o'clock Saturday and 1 o'clock Sunday.
• 8:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: Really a crucial series for both teams, Purdue trying to get to the NCAA tournament.
• 8:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: Who's your trying to get to the 12th team?
• 8:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: Big 10 tournament.
• 8:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: Jake Dunn and I spoke with Purdue baseball announcer Kyle Charters for a rundown of Purdue baseball's outstanding 20-26 season so far, that'll be on the Purdue Report later tonight.
• 9:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: J.R. Halhoe resigned as Zion's Ville's boys basketball coach earlier this week is joining former Fisher's Head Coach Gary Wyninger on the staff at Iowa United Prep.
• 9:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: Lawrence North Star running back Zay Moore has signed with Miami Vohio, he chose the Red
• 9:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: Redhocks were getting a good one.
• 9:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: And ahead of this weekend's Men's volleyball final, four in Los Angeles, Ball State's Patrick Rogers was named AVC8 First Team All-American, and Lucas Machado was named to the second team.
• 9:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Cardinals faced UC Irvine Saturday at 6.30 in the first national semi-final at Polypavilion in Los Angeles, with the winner advancing to the National Championship against either Long Beach State or Hawaii, or on that tomorrow show.
• 9:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: Purdue was eliminated by Wisconsin and the first round of the Big Ten Softball Tournament Wednesday in college park Maryland.
• 9:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: The badges beat the boilermakers four to three on Jacqueline Showwalder's three round homer in the sixth and Hannah Congress walk off single in the seventh.
• 10:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: IU is currently playing Washington right this very moment in the first quarter final after the Huskies beat Minnesota four to two on Wednesday.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: will have results for you on tomorrow's show.
• 10:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: If the Hoosiers win, they'll take on either top-seed Nebraska or Michigan, which shut out Ohio State 9 to nothing wins day.
• 10:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: All the games are on the Big Ten Network.
• 10:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Big East Softball tournament gets underway today, a 14-W elimination tournament in Rosemot, Illinois, the features McKinna Alexander and the Butler Bulldogs, Billface regular season, Co-Champion Providence, today at 1.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The Champion will be crowned Saturday.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: the winner advances to the NCAA tournament, all the big East softball tournament games are on ESPN Plus.
• 10:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's another CIC night and both high school baseball and softball, huge win in baseball number two Eastbrook against number four O'Kill at Eastbrook
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  [SPEAKER_01]: two of the three unbeaten teams in the lead.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The other unbeaten is Alexander, the 16 and four Tigers host six and eight L Wood.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Also, Mrs. Sinowalsett, Blackford and Madison Grant is at Frinkton.
• 11:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: The big ones in softball, 10 and 3 L Wood, unbeaten now, Alexander and 12 and 3 O kill at 8 and 5.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Eastbrook, love results for you on tomorrow's show.
• 11:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: And the MLV playoffs get underway tonight with the semi finals and 1st go Texas.
• 11:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Indie Ignite are one of 14's playing for women's pro volleyball supremacy.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The Ignite faced the Omaha Supernovas at 7.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's followed by the Dallas Pulse against the San Diego Mojo and the 2nd semi finals with the winners playing at 3 o'clock on Saturday for the league title.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Here's my friend and Ignite PA announcer Aaron Pittman with a previous
• 11:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome in Aaron Pippman, very familiar with the indie ignite and Aaron big night tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Playoffs begin tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Final four teams in the league.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The indie ignite coming off a 23 and five regular season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It is the most wins by any team in the young history, but still a record breaking season in terms of 23 wins in the regular season 23 and five overall 13
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  [SPEAKER_00]: at the Fisher's Event Center, they go in as the number one seed tonight where they'll take on the Omaha Supernova's 7pm on Ion.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: What a regular season.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Not only did they get the number one seed, it wasn't even really close.
• 12:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, a couple of times it was maybe closer than what it felt like, but it really didn't seem and doubt at any point.
• 12:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: You knew this team was just going to continue to stay steady and stay the course, if you will.
• 12:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's got it within one game at one point.
• 12:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: They were 13 and $5 was Indie was 14 and four, but to close out the season, Indie wins nine out of 10.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: earlier season winning streak of eight matches in a row as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So Andy really just took control.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They actually swept the season series against Dallas, Florida zero, including going 12 sets to two against the Dallas pulse of this year, which was the number two seed.
• 13:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: So you get an idea just how dominant this indie ignite team was in the regular season.
• 13:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: But
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But now you go into a one and done situation, I'm not the biggest fan of a one and done situation when you're talking about the playoffs, but that's where we're at.
• 13:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: You've got to be on top of your game these next two nights if you want to take on the championship Thursday and Saturday.
• 13:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: They're going to have tough competition and an Omaha team that they saw last year in the playoffs and went five sets with before defeating them three sets to two.
• 13:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: but that same Omaha team was the champion just two years ago.
• 13:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: So they've certainly got the work cut out for them, but man, it's been a fun season for the ignite we've had just outstanding crowds and this team has just been special to watch.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And the truth of it is, in a league this small, there is a lot of talent on every single team, especially teams that made the postseason.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So despite it being a one versus four matchup, the two teams split to two this year, the ignite one handily in the last matchup though.
• 14:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The ignite did lose to them in the first home matchup of the season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They lost them three sets to one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then they lost to Omaha.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Three sets to two in Omaha.
• 14:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: But that was in front of a record crowd for a United States professional volleyball match of over 16,000 people to imagine that Omaha was loud that night.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And
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  [SPEAKER_00]: that's a tough environment for anyone to go into.
• 14:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: So certainly that's probably played a factor, but they just waited in the season.
• 14:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: They they went for sets at Fisher's Event Center and defeated them and then in Omaha just a month ago they actually had a three set sweep where they were the
• 15:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: the victors.
• 15:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: So I think things are certainly trending in the right direction for the ignite.
• 15:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: The supernovas have battled through some some illnesses and injuries as well.
• 15:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: They actually earlier in the season.
• 15:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: They took their their all-star libera Morgan Henson traded her off to Grand Rapids in a shocking move.
• 15:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: But certainly Omaha is very much capable of winning as is any of these
• 15:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, you're getting the top 112 players across the United States and the world really coming in to play.
• 15:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: So a lot of talent across the board, one through four is the margin is razor thin.
• 15:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm really thinking this could go to any of the four teams.
• 15:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: But I certainly believe the ignite is the favorite team up for a reason.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Again, one of the regular season by three games.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're definitely the favorite as we head into the weekend.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: All right, Aaron for those who are unfamiliar and are kind of hearing about the ignite for the first time.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Tell us a little bit about the makeup of the team starting with the, uh,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: the general manager in the head coach if you don't mind.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So MK Hughes is the general manager and president of the indignite.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's really has been the architect in building the brand and
• 16:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: and getting the top tier talent into the city of Indianapolis and to officers in Indiana, she's been great from day one.
• 16:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: We've had just outstanding teams.
• 16:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, we were in the championship match in our inaugural season last year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, her vision and determination to turn this into a dominant franchise has really paid off over these past two years.
• 16:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's been incredible.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Lauren Bertalachi, who's actually the head coach of the Swiss national team, is the head coach of the Ignite season her first season and her offense has really energized the ending night team of this past year.
• 17:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, really you think about where they're at, they're leading in points per set in Major League volleyball and they were just
• 17:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: entirely dominant considering how few sets the night plate over the year you have to really think about it.
• 17:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: They didn't really go five sets many times over the course of the year.
• 17:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: They were winning matches in three or four sets.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So
• 17:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: ultimately for them to be the league leaders and points and then points per set is just really incredible.
• 17:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: But Lauren has come in and done a great job at this team has built a contender all the way around.
• 17:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, this is a 8-0.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Deep, deep team as well.
• 17:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: Most people wouldn't believe me unless you saw it online, but I'll tell you now.
• 18:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: This team had four First teamers in Major League volleyball four out of seven were from the indignite and that just chose the the type of talent that they have brought in and they have developed over the the course of the year
• 18:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: Aaron, thank you so much for your time.
• 18:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: I appreciate it.
• 18:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: Hopefully we get to talk to you after a championship on Saturday.
• 18:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely, and go ignite.
• 18:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much to Aaron Pittman and to you for listening.
• 18:36
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• 19:14
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I'll see you soon.