Settling in with Amber Igiede and Jess Mruzik

02/10/25 • 40 min

Khat and Tiffany recap last week’s matches and preview this weekend’s LOVB Classic, an in-season tournament where all six teams will compete alongside Triple Crown NIT, the premier junior tournament in the nation. Tiffany also sat down with LOVB Houston’s Amber Igiede and Jess Mruzik. Both new to professional volleyball – Jess is a rookie and Amber is in her second pro year – the two discuss their transition out of college volleyball, the close relationships on LOVB Houston, how they’ve experienced the season so far, and more.

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

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

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Taking the Lead with Kelsey Cook

Tiffany and Khat begin the latest episode of Serving Pancakes by recapping week four and LOVB Atlanta taking the top spot of the league standings. They also welcome LOVB Atlanta outside hitter and founding athlete Kelsey Cook to the podcast. The trio chats about Kelsey being a leader on the team and in the league as a whole, her life abroad, the four-match win streak that Atlanta is currently on, and Kelsey’s love of traveling and documenting her travels.

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Host: Tiffany Oshinsky
Co-host: Khat Bell
Senior Producer: Anya Alvarez
Executive Producers: Carrie Stett, Tamara Deike, and Lindsay Hoffman
Theme Music: Pancakes by Eric W. Mast, Jr.
Sound Designer: Daniel Gonzalez

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With LOVB Houston’s win at the LOVB Classic fresh in mind, Tiffany recaps the on-court action while Khat chats with a few of her fellow athletes about the environment in Kansas City. Later, Tiffany catches up with LOVB Omaha outside hitters Jaali Winters and Madi Kubik-Banks. The two share about the tight-knit team culture in Omaha, their shared experiences of junior volleyball in Iowa, advice to junior athletes and more.

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

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Serving Pancakes - Settling in with Amber Igiede and Jess Mruzik

Transcript

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Hi, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky and I'm Kato, and this is serving pancakes with League one Volleyball.

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The inaugural season is finally here.

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Each episode will be going over the matches from the week to keep you up to date on everything League one Volleyball. Then stick around after the analysis for interviews with some amazing people in and around