Logan Eggleston and Asjia O’Neal: LOVB in Paris

08/01/24 • 39 min

U.S. National Team and LOVB Austin Volleyball athletes Logan Eggleston and Asjia O’Neal were teammates at the University of Texas – successfully, too, winning the 2022 national title – and they’ll reunite this winter as members of LOVB Austin Volleyball. The two friends sat down with host Tiffany Oshinsky to talk Texas volleyball, U.S. vs. Serbia, and more.

Topics include:

Budding Friendship at Texas
Lowdown on Longhorn Volleyball
College vs. international volleyball
U.S.-Serbia breakdown
Fine line between smart and aggressive
Mentality of fighting until the end
How Logan and Asjia watch U.S. matches
Excitement for LOVB and LOVB Austin
LOVB trivia

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Host: Tiffany Oshinsky

Senior Producer: Anya Alvarez is our Senior Producer

Executive Producers: Carrie Stett, Tamara Deike, and Lindsay Hoffman

Theme Music: Pancakes by Eric W. Mast, Jr

Sound Designer: Max Lorenzen

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Topics include:

Budding Friendship at Texas
Lowdown on Longhorn Volleyball
College vs. international volleyball
U.S.-Serbia breakdown
Fine line between smart and aggressive
Mentality of fighting until the end
How Logan and Asjia watch U.S. matches
Excitement for LOVB and LOVB Austin
LOVB trivia

Follow Logan on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly Twitter).

Follow Asjia on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly Twitter).

Become a LOVB Insider to stay up-to-date on when tickets will go on sale, team info, venue announcements and more!

Host: Tiffany Oshinsky

Senior Producer: Anya Alvarez is our Senior Producer

Executive Producers: Carrie Stett, Tamara Deike, and Lindsay Hoffman

Theme Music: Pancakes by Eric W. Mast, Jr

Sound Designer: Max Lorenzen

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Previous Episode

Carli Lloyd and Courtney Thompson: LOVB in Paris

Former U.S. National Team setters Carli Lloyd and Courtney Thompson join Tiffany to discuss the U.S.’ comeback attempt that fell just short against China on Monday. The bronze medalists also reminisce about their Olympic experience together in Rio, how the team rebounded from a tough semifinal loss to earn a spot on the podium, and also test their knowledge about this year’s U.S. squad. Topics include:

Carli and Courtney’s Opening Ceremony memories
Life for athletes at the Games
First Match jitters on the biggest stage
U.S. vs. China recap
Using the double sub
The Governor: Always a leader
Setter Jordyn Poulter
Game changers off the bench
Key moments and key players
Flashbacks to Rio
Who Said That?

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Host: Tiffany Oshinsky
Senior Producer: Anya Alvarez is our Senior Producer
Executive Producers: Carrie Stett, Tamara Deike, and Lindsay Hoffman
Theme Music: Pancakes by Eric W. Mast, Jr
Sound Designer: Max Lorenzen

Serving Pancakes is an iHeart Women's Sports Production, in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Next Episode

Sticking with the Game: Juliann Faucette and Emily Ehman | LOVB in Paris

Volleyball is a lifelong sport, and no one knows this better than our two guests today. After an outstanding career at the University of Texas, Juliann Faucette played professionally overseas but twice decided to pause her career to start and grow her family. She’ll restart it again this winter as a member of LOVB Austin Volleyball. A former libero at Northwestern, Emily Ehman has remained in volleyball as a broadcaster, becoming the face of volleyball on the Big Ten Network and also working NCAA Division I Championships, Volleyball Nations League and other renowned tournaments. The two talk a life of volleyball, U.S. versus France, what to look for in the Olympic knockout stage, and more with host Tiffany Oshinsky. Topics include:

Juliann’s progression as an athlete to athlete-mom
The growth of volleyball
U.S. vs. everybody
Veterans 🤝 next gen
How hard is it to make an Olympic roster?
Once a Longhorn, always a Longhorn
Takeaways from pool play
Playoff prognostication
Bringing it home with LOVB
Leaving the game but not leaving the game

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Serving Pancakes - Logan Eggleston and Asjia O’Neal: LOVB in Paris

Transcript

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Hi, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky, and this is serving pancakes with League One Volleyball. Over the next few episodes, we're going to follow Team USA's quest for gold at the Paris Olympics while also talking with talented people in and around volleyball and women's sports. Today's episode features two players who are the future of Team USA, Logan Eggleston and Asia O'Neill. Logan is an outside hitter from Tennessee and Asia is a middle from Texas, but th