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DITULLIO: HELLO AND WELCOME TO
RIT SPORTSZONE. I'M JOHN
DITULLIO; CLARK: AND I'M EMILY
CLARK. DITULLIO: YOU MIGHT WANT
TO SAY THAT RIT HOCKEY FANS HAVE
BEEN SPOILED OVER THE YEARS. THE
TIGERS HAVE DELIVERED FOUR AHA
REGULAR SEASON TITLES AND HAVE
MADE THREE TRIPS TO THE AHA
CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING THE TITLE
IN 2010 BEFORE ADVANCING TO THE
PROGRAM'S FIRST EVER FROZEN
FOUR. CLARK: BY THOSE STANDARDS
LAST SEASON WAS CERTAINLY A
DISAPPOINTMENT AS THE TIGERS
FINISHED EIGHTH IN THE
CONFERENCE AND MADE AN EARLY
PLAYOFF EXIT. DITULLIO: 19
TIGERS ARE BACK FROM LAST YEAR'S
TEAM AND AS MELISSA BROMLEY
REPORTS THE TIGERS KICKED OFF
THEIR PRESEASON TRAINING WITH
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST TESTS
THEY'LL FACE ALL YEAR. BROMLEY:
THIS SEASON THE RIT MEN'S'
HOCKEY TEAM PUT A UNIQUE TWIST
TO THEIR TEAM BUILDING HERE AT
THE SWAT OBSTACLE COURSE. NEW
SPEAKER: COME ON GUYS YOU'RE ON
THE COURSE! LET'S MOVE IT NOW!
TIME TO PICK UP THE PACE! THIS
WAY! THIS WAY! THIS WAY!
BROMLEY: HOW DID THIS WHOLE
THING WITH THE SWAT TEAM COME
ABOUT? WILSON: IT WAS REALLY
JUST BY CHANCE. LIEUTENANT PAUL
WAS IN THE RINK ONE DAY AND WE
STARTED TALKING AND HE SAID HE
WAS A CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR AT
RIT AND WAS A TACTICAL TRAINER
HERE AND HE SAID WOULD YOU GUYS
BE INTERESTED? SO I CAME OUT IN
THE SUMMER TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE
OBSTACLE COURSE AND I THOUGHT
WE'VE DONE SOME SIMILAR THINGS
IN THE PAST NOT QUITE LIKE THIS
BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD
IDEA AND IT WAS BETTER THAN I
THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE. IT
WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE I THINK
FOR THE GUYS. NEW SPEAKER: TOUCH
THE FIRST ONE TOUCH THE LAST
ONE. DON'T GO TOO FAR. BROMLEY:
HOW CHALLENGING IS THIS COURSE?
NEW SPEAKER: WHEN YOU LOOK AT IF
YOU COME OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME
AND YOU TRY IT AND YOU GO EACH
INDIVIDUAL OBSTACLE ISN'T THAT
DIFFICULT BUT WHEN YOU BREAK IT
DOWN AND ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO IT
IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME IT
BECOMES THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT
AND THEN OF COURSE AFTER DOING
THE EIGHT TO TEN OBSTACLES AND
THE RUN IN BETWEEN IT AT THE
VERY BEGINNING AND YOU FINALLY
FIGURED YOU'RE DONE YOU GET UP
ON THAT WALL AND YOU TAP OUT AND
YOUR TIME STOPS. THEN YOU FORGOT
YOU'VE GOT THREE MORE OBSTACLES
TO CONQUER. ONCE YOU'RE
PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED FROM
RUNNING THE COURSE ITSELF NOW
YOU'VE STILL GOT TO FIND IT
WITHIN YOURSELF TO PHYSICALLY
PULL YOURSELF UP AN EIGHT FOOT
FLAT WALL AND GET YOURSELF OVER
THE TOP. NEW SPEAKER: LET'S GO
GUYS. TIME TO MOVE! TIME TO
MOVE! NEW SPEAKER: KEEP GOING
KEEP GOING KID. NEW SPEAKER:
YOU'RE ON THE CLOCK! LET'S GO!
NEW SPEAKER: THE LAPD SWAT TEAM
PUT TOGETHER THEIR OWN OBSTACLE
COURSE AND WE BASICALLY
PATTERNED OURS AFTER THEIRS
SPECIFICALLY AND WE'VE USED THAT
TO TRAIN AND TEST OUR
CARDIOVASCULAR AND UPPER BODY
AND ALL AROUND CONDITIONING
ABILITY FOR SWAT MEMBERS FOR THE
LAST FIFTEEN TWENTY YEARS. NEW
SPEAKER: DON'T CLIMB OVER IT
THROW IT. THROW IT OVER. GOOD!
LET'S GO FOR A RUN BOYS! NEW
SPEAKER: IT WAS ACTUALLY HARDER
THAN I THOUGHT. JUST BECAUSE YOU
DID THE FIRST OBSTACLE AND THEN
YOU HAD TO RUN BACK ALL THE WAY
TO DO IT AGAIN SO IT WAS A
LITTLE BIT HARDER ON THE SECOND
TIME AND PRETTY EXHAUSTING BUT
WE'RE USED TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
SO IT WAS NOT BAD. NEW SPEAKER:
OH YEAH MIKEY THERE YOU GO! KEEP
IT GOING! KEEP IT GOING! KEEP
THAT MOMENTUM RIGHT TO THE END.
BROMLEY: NOW IT'S A NEW KIND OF
TEAM BONDING FOR YOUR TEAM. HOW
DO YOU THINK THE TEAM COPED WITH
THAT? NEW SPEAKER: PRETTY WELL.
IT'S COOL JUST TO SEE THAT WE'RE
ATHLETES AND WE HAVE THAT
COMPETITIVE EDGE AND EVEN THOUGH
WE'RE ON ONE TEAM WE GET SPLIT
UP WE ALL WANT TO BE THE BEST.
IT WAS COOL JUST TO SEE HOW WE
CAN PERFORM ON THE ICE TOGETHER
ONE TEAM BUT WHEN WE DO THESE
EVENTS WE'RE STILL PUSHING EACH
OTHER TO OUR LIMITS SO THEN WHEN
WE COME BACK TO THE TEAM I THINK
WE HAVE A GOOD DYNAMICS AND WANT
TO GO AFTER IT ALL TOGETHER AT
ONCE. NEW SPEAKER: WELL THE TEAM
MENTALITY STARTS RIGHT HERE.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IS GOING
TO TAKE A SMALL BITE OUT OF THIS
BAGEL. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PULL
IT OFF. BROMLEY: YOU INTRODUCED
THE BAGEL TO THE TEAM TODAY. CAN
YOU BREAK THAT DOWN FOR US? NEW
SPEAKER: WELL THE BAGEL HAS A
LOT OF VISUAL REPRESENTATION.
FOR GOAL TENDERS THEY ALWAYS
WANT THE SHUT OUT. THE BAGEL NO
GOALS SCORED ON ME. FOR A COACH
IT'S MORE OF A I DON'T WANT ANY
INJURIES FOR THE SEASON. NO
INJURIES THAT WOULD BE MY GOAL
FOR MY TEAM TO STAY HEALTHY. AND
THEN FOR THE TEAM ITSELF YOU
KNOW WHAT? WHY NOT SET A GOAL
WITH IT? NO LOSSES. MY ULTIMATE
TEAM BUILDING EXPERIENCE WE DID
IT ON SWAT I SAID WHY DON'T WE
DO IT FOR THE RIT MEN'S HOCKEY
TEAM? EVERYBODY HAS TO TAKE A
BITE OUT OF THAT BAGEL. BROMLEY:
WHAT DO YOU THINK TODAY IS GOING
TO DO FOR THE REST OF THE
SEASON? NEW SPEAKER: I THINK
IT'S A JUMP START. I THINK THAT
EVERYONE THAT TOOK A BITE OF THE
BAGEL IS OFFICIALLY PART OF THIS
TEAM AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN AND DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN. CLARK: THE TIGERS HAVE
BEEN PICKED TO FINISH FIFTH IN
THE TWELVE TEAM CONFERENCE
BEHIND NIAGARA MERCYHURST AIR
FORCE AND DEFENDING AHA CHAMPION
CONESUS. DITULLIO: WELL THE PUCK
DROPS ON THE NEW HOCKEY SEASON
ON OCTOBER TENTH WHEN THE TIGERS
WELCOME COLGATE TO THE RITTER
ARENA. THAT GAME WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY A SHOWDOWN WITH BIG
TEN'S MICHIGAN. THE WOLVERINES
ARRIVE HERE SATURDAY OCTOBER
TWELFTH AT THE BLUE CROSS ARENA.
SPORTSZONE'S LIVE COVERAGE OF
RIT AND MICHIGAN BEGINS AT SIX
THIRTY WITH PREGAME LIVE ON TIME
WARNER CABLE SPORTS CHANNEL. FOR
A COMPLETE BROADCAST SCHEDULE
VISIT RITSZ.COM. NEW SPEAKER:
WELCOME BACK TO SPORTSZONE. IT
WILL BE A FIRST WHEN THE RIT
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAMS
LEAVE THE FRIENDLY CONFINES OF
THE RITTER ARENA TO PLAY OUTSIDE
IN THE ELEMENTS LATER THIS
SEASON. AS OUR VERY OWN EMILY
CLARK REPORTS THE TIGERS
RECENTLY GOT AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT
WHERE THEY'LL BE HEADLINING IN
DECEMBER. CLARK: THE BASEBALL
SEASON IS WINDING DOWN HERE IN
ROCHESTER WHICH MEANS HOCKEY IS
JUST AROUND THE CORNER. IN FOUR
MONTHS THE RIT MEN'S AND WOMEN'S
TEAMS WILL STEP ONTO THE ICE ON
THIS FIELD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
VERY FIRST FROZEN FRONTIER. NEW
SPEAKER: WITH US TONIGHT YOU CAN
SEE THE MEMBERS OF THE MEN'S AND
WOMEN'S RIT HOCKEY TEAMS. CLARK:
SO NOW THAT IT'S THE START OF A
NEW SEASON THE WHOLE TEAM IS
HERE DOES IT FEEL LIKE THE GAME
IS A LITTLE MORE REAL? NEW
SPEAKER: YEAH ABSOLUTELY. NOW
THAT WE'RE IN THE PARK AND YOU
HAVE THE POSTERS AND THE GIRLS
HERE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS WITH THE
GUYS AND SEEING GARBO UP THERE
WITH THE NEW JERSEY ON IT'S VERY
REAL NOW. NEW SPEAKER: IT'S
STARTING TO FEEL REAL ESPECIALLY
THIS WEEK COMING INTO SCHOOL
MEETING ALL THE NEW FRESHMAN.
IT'S EXCITING TO GET TO
EXPERIENCE MY LAST YEAR AND KNOW
THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD
ONE. NEW SPEAKER: IT'S A DREAM
COME TRUE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY IN
OUR HOME TOWN FOR RIT ALUMNI FOR
RIT HOCKEY FANS. WE CAN'T WAIT
TO SEE THE STADIUM FILLED WITH
ORANGE! CLARK: DID YOU GET A
GOOD IDEA OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO
LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S FILLED WITH
TIGER FANS FOR THE GAME? NEW
SPEAKER: EVERYONE WHO WAS OUT
THERE FROM THE TEAM SAW THE VIEW
FROM THE FIELD AND IT WAS SOVIEW
EXCITING TO SEE THAT. ONCE WE
GET THE ORANGE IN THERE IT'S
GOING TO BE SUCH A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY AND LIKE IT'S GOING
TO BE A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE SO
WE'RE ALL REAL EXCITED FOR IT TO
COME. CLARK: SO AFTER SEEING
MATT COME OUT IN THE JERSEY WHAT
ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THEM? NEW
SPEAKER: I REALLY LIKE THE
JERSEY. I'VE BEEN TELLING JEFF
FOR MY LAST THREE YEARS HERE
THAT WE NEED TO GET A THIRD
JERSEY WITH A TIE UP SWEATER AT
THE FRONT AND HE'S FINALLY COME
THROUGH WITH THAT. I LIKE THE
COLORS. EVERYTHING JUST SEEMS TO
FLOW TOGETHER AND IT'S GOING TO
BE REALLY NICE SEEING US OUT
THERE ON THE FIELD WITH THE NEW
JERSEYS ON. CLARK: SO CAN YOU
PICTURE WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK
LIKE WITH A RINK OUT THERE? NEW
SPEAKER: UM NOT REALLY NOT YET
BECAUSE IT'S NOT WINTER BUT I
DON'T KNOW. IT WILL DEFINITELY
BE NEAT TO SEE WHAT THEY COME UP
WITH. NEW SPEAKER: I THINK WHEN
WE WERE STANDING UP THERE AS A
TEAM WE WERE LOOKING OUT AT THE
FIELD AND WE WERE JUST LIKE WOW!
IT'S GOING TO LOOK SO COOL! THE
RINK'S SUPPOSED TO GO FROM FIRST
TO THIRD SO IT'S JUST GOING TO
TAKE UP A GOOD MAJORITY OF THE
INFIELD AND IT'S GOING TO LOOK
GREAT. CLARK: WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN YOU
FIRST WALK OUT THERE? YOU'RE IN
A DIFFERENT PLACE AND YOU'RE
PLAYING IN FRONT OF ALL THE
TIGER FANS. NEW SPEAKER: IT'S
GOING TO BE JAW DROPPING. THAT'S
ALL I CAN THINK. RUNNING OUT OF
THE DUGOUT ONTO THE FIELD AND
THEN RIGHT ONTO THE ICE I THINK
NOTHING'S GOING TO BE BETTER AND
THEN JUST SKATING AROUND WITH
THE WIND IN YOUR HAIR IT'S GOING
TO BE SO EXCITING I THINK! NEW
SPEAKER: SEEING HOW MANY PEOPLE
WE CAN GET TO FILL THE SEATS
SEEING THE ICE IT'S GOING TO BE
A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE BUT IT'S
GOING TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCES
AND TO BE SKATING OUT THERE AND
KNOWING WE'RE OUTSIDE JUST
PLAYING LIKE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD
IT'S GOING TO BE FUN. CLARK: DO
YOU THINK THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO BE ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE
MEMORIES AT RIT? NEW SPEAKER: I
THINK IT ALREADY IS! I AM SO
EXCITED FOR THIS GAME AND I KNOW
THE GIRLS ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE RIGHT
NEAR THE TOP. NEW SPEAKER: ONE
OF THE BEST MEMORIES YES. THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IS HARD TO
BEAT BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY
GOING TO BE A REAL EXCITING
EVENT FOR US AND ESPECIALLY WITH
ALL OF THE NEW PLAYERS COMING IN
JUST EACH YEAR EVERYTHING
GETTING MORE EXCITING. IT'S
ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITING TO DO.
NEW SPEAKER: I DEFINITELY THINK
IT COULD BE. I DON'T THINK I'VE
PLAYED A COMPETITIVE GAME
OUTSIDE BEFORE SO IT WILL
DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING NEW AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. NEW
SPEAKER: IT'S UP THERE FOR SURE
BECAUSE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET
TO PLAY AN OUTDOOR GAME SO I
THINK EVERYONE INCLUDING MYSELF
ARE SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE JUST
NOT GOING TO FORGET IT. CLARK:
GROWING UP DID YOU EVER PLAY
OUTDOOR HOCKEY? NEW SPEAKER:
PLAYING A GAME NO IT'S SOMETHING
THAT NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE GET TO
EXPERIENCE IN THEIR LIVES SO I
KNOW OUR WHOLE TEAM BOTH MEN'S
AND WOMEN'S TEAMS ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT AND IT'S GOING TO
BE A GOOD TURNOUT SO HOPEFULLY
WE HAVE LOTS OF FANS THERE AND
WE'LL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT OF
WEATHER. CLARK: WHAT DO YOU
THINK FANS CAN EXPECT FROM THE
GAME? NEW SPEAKER: FANS CAN
EXPECT A GOOD HARD FOUGHT GAME.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO THINK THAT OH
IT'S OUTSIDE WE'RE GOING TO BE
SLOWER OR COLDER OR ANYTHING.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT GAME
AND LOTS OF FUN FOR EVERYBODY.
NEW SPEAKER: FANS CAN DEFINITELY
EXPECT A GOOD GAME. WE PLAY
CLARKSON WHO'S A GOOD TEAM AND I
THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE A GREAT
TEAM THIS YEAR ALSO SO IT'S
GOING TO BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE
AND THE GAME I HOPE IT'S CLOSE
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL PULL THE WIN
OUT. DITULLIO: THE RIT WOMEN
WILL SQUARE OFF AGAINST CLARKSON
AT NOON ON SATURDAY DECEMBER
FOURTEENTH AND THE MEN TAKE THE
ICE THAT NIGHT VERSUS NIAGARA.
START TIME IS SEVEN O'CLOCK. NEW
THE FALL SPORTS SEASON IS
UNDERWAY AND THAT INCLUDES MEN'S
SOCCER. DITULLIO: THE TIGERS
HOSTING ELMIRA COLLEGE IN A NON
CONFERENCE MATCHUP. IT DIDN'T
TAKE LONG FOR RIT TO GET THINGS
GOING. JUST ONE MINUTE AND THREE
SECONDS IN RUBEN MARQUEZ NETS
HIS FIRST OF THE SEASON TO GIVE
THE TIGERS A ONE NOTHING LEAD.
FIFTY FIFTH MINUTE SENIOR JOHN
CATO TUCKS IT INSIDE THE FAR
POST. RIT LED TWO ZIP. THEN JUST
A MINUTE AND TWENTY SEVEN
SECONDS LATER IT'S CATO AGAIN
FOR HIS SECOND ON THE DAY AND
HIS FOURTH GOAL OF THE SEASON.
RIT SHUTS OUT ELMIRA THREE ZIP.
HOW ABOUT THE RIT WOMEN'S SOCCER
TEAM? THE WOMEN FACING ST. JOHN
FISHER. THE FIFTY SECOND MINUTE
OF A SCORELESS MATCH SIERRA KISS
HAS HER SHOT BLOCKED BUT IT
COMES RIGHT BACK TO HER AND SHE
PUTS IT IN TO GIVE RIT A ONE
GOAL LEAD. TWENTY SECONDS
REMAINING FISHER WITH A CHANCE
TO TIE BUT AMANDA MURRAY MADE
THE STOP. SHE GETS HER FOURTH
SHUTOUT OF THE SEASON AS RIT
WINS ONE NOTHING. CLARK: OVER
THE LAST THREE SEASONS THE RIT
WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM HAS EMERGED
INTO ONE OF THE BEST IN THE
NORTHEAST. LAST YEAR THE TIGERS
EARNED THE SCHOOL'S FIRST NCAA
TOURNAMENT BID AND EARLIER THIS
SEASON THEY BROKE INTO THE
NATIONAL RANKINGS FOR THE VERY
FIRST TIME. AS COURTNEY TENANT
REPORTS SINCE ARRIVING ON CAMPUS
HEAD COACH LIZ MASTERSON HAS
DONE A MASTERFUL JOB. MASTERSON:
WHEN YOU GET THAT BALL YOU NEED
TO BE FLYING DOWN THE LINE ON
THE RUN. TENANT: COMING INTO RIT
FOUR YEARS AGO WHAT WERE YOUR
EXPECTATIONS WITH THIS PROGRAM?
MASTERSON: FOUR YEARS AGO WE
REALLY WERE JUST SETTING THE
STAGE FOR OUR TEAM CULTURE AND
WE WERE DOING ALL OF THE LITTLE
THINGS TO BUILD US UP. SO THE
FOUNDATION OF WHERE WE ARE NOW
WAS REALLY STARTED IN THAT YEAR
WITH THE PLAYERS THAT WE HAD
THEN AND THE LEADERS THAT WE HAD
THEN AND EVEN FOUR YEARS AGO WE
HAD SUCH BUY IN FROM EVERYBODY
IN THE PROGRAM THAT FROM OUR
FRESHMAN TO OUR SENIORS WHO
REALLY WANTED TO CHANGE THE TEAM
CULTURE AND SO IN THAT YEAR IT
WAS ALL ABOUT JUST CHANGING
EXPECTATIONS HAVING VERY HIGH
EXPECTATIONS AND THEN EACH YEAR
WE'VE JUST SORT OF BUILT ON WHAT
WE DID THE YEAR BEFORE. SO STEPH
COULD READ IT. THAT'S WHAT YOU
WANTED TO DO? THEN THE BALL
SHOULD REALLY PRECEDE THE RUN
THERE OTHERWISE IT'S JUST NOT
GOING TO BE THERE. TENANT:
COMING IN AS A FRESHMAN COACH
MASTERSON WAS NEW TO YOU NEW TO
THE PROGRAM. HOW'S THE PROGRAM
DIFFERENT TODAY FROM WHEN YOU
STARTED? NEW SPEAKER: I THINK
THAT SINCE WE WERE FRESHMAN
WE'VE MADE LEAPS AND BOUNDS IN
OUR PROGRAM. I REMEMBER COMING
IN AND JUST HEARING ABOUT THE
SWITCH UP OF A COACH AND NOT
REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT. I
DON'T THINK WE KNEW WHAT TO
EXPECT AT ALL WHEN WE CAME HERE.
I THINK THAT NOW THAT COACH HAS
COME IN AND REALLY ESTABLISHED
GOALS FOR OUR TEAMS AND HAD US
TALK ABOUT TEAM CULTURE A LOT
REALLY JUST LIKE MENTALLY
PREPARING IT'S JUST COMPLETELY
EXCEEDED ALL MY EXPECTATIONS
COMING IN. TENANT: WHAT IS THE
CULTURE OF RIT WOMEN'S SOCCER
THAT COACH MASTERSON HAS REALLY
BUILT IN FOUR YEARS HERE? NEW
SPEAKER: A LOT OF WHAT OUR TEAM
CULTURE HAS TO DO WITH IS JUST
BEING REALLY OPEN WITH EACH
OTHER BEING RESPONSIBLE AND JUST
BEING A GOOD TEAM MATE ON AND
OFF THE FIELD. WE TALK A LOT
ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH
EACH OTHER YOU KNOW WE TRY NOT
TO BE NEGATIVE EVERYTHING TO BE
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND ALSO
TO KNOW THAT WHATEVER'S SAID ON
THE FIELD IS MEANT TO HELP EACH
OTHER AND YOURSELF AND JUST TO
LEAVE IT ALL ON THE FIELD AND
NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING TO HEART.
COACH REALLY TRIES HARD TO MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ON THE
SAME PAGE AND I THINK THAT'S
JUST A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT WHEN
WE ALL HAVE ONE MINDSET AND WE
ALL HAVE ONE GOAL BECAUSE YOU
CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING TOGETHER IF
YOU'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER AND
YOU BUY INTO THE PROGRAM YOU BUY
INTO OUR GOALS AND WHAT WE WANT
TO DO. TENANT: WHAT WAS IT LIKE
TO MAKE THE NCAA PLAYOFFS LAST
YEAR? NEW SPEAKER: IT WAS
PROBABLY THE GREATEST FEELING
SITTING IN A ROOM TOGETHER AND
HEARING OUR NAME CALLED ON THE
SELECTION SHOW BECAUSE WE
WEREN'T AUTOMATICALLY IN THERE.
WE RECEIVED AN AT LARGE BID AND
I JUST FROM THAT MOMENT ON I
WANTED EVERY SINGLE PLAYER WHO
COMES INTO THIS PROGRAM TO HAVE
THAT FEELING. YOU KNOW HEARING
YOUR NAME BEING CALLED. THERE'S
NOTHING LIKE IT. TENANT: THIS
TEAM HAS MADE IT INTO THE
NATIONAL RANKINGS FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
TO YOU AS A COACH AND WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN FOR YOU AND THE
PROGRAM? MASTERSON: IT WASN'T
EARTH SHATTERING FOR US REALLY.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE EXPECT
TO BE. AND IT DOESN'T PLAY MUCH
OF A ROLE IN HOW WE GO OUT AND
PREPARE FOR A GAME OR HOW WE
PREPARE FOR PRACTICE. WE KNOW
THAT IT REQUIRES US TO TAKE CARE
OF ALL THE LITTLE STEPS ALONG
THE WAY AND THAT THE SEASON IS
REALLY LONG AND THAT WE DON'T
LOOK FAR INTO THE FUTURE. WE
HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF TODAY'S
TRAINING AND TODAY'S GAME RATHER
THAN WORRYING ABOUT NATIONAL
RANKINGS OR YOU KNOW POST SEASON
PLAY. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
BEFORE THAT. TENANT: WHEN YOUR
PLAYING CAREERS ARE DONE AT RIT
WHAT DO YOU HOPE THAT YOU'VE
LEFT BEHIND? NEW SPEAKER: I WANT
OUR TEAMMATES AND THE FRESHMAN
COMING IN TO REALIZE THAT WE
HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE AND
WE SHOULD CHERISH IT AND WE WANT
TO LEAVE A LEGACY AND YOU KNOW
THIS IS HOW OUR TEAM SHOULD BE
FROM NOW ON AND OUR MENTALITY.
KEEP GROWING OUR CULTURE. THAT'S
BEEN HUGE SINCE FRESHMAN YEAR.
EVERYONE JUST BEING ON THE SAME
PAGE AND JUST EXPECTING THE BEST
OUT OF OURSELVES BECAUSE THERE'S
NO REASON WE CAN'T MAKE IT TO
THE NCAA'S. THERE'S NO REASON WE
CAN'T WIN A LIBERTY LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP. TENANT: WHERE DO
YOU SEE THIS PROGRAM MOVING
FORWARD DOWN THE LINE?
MASTERSON: RIT IS SUCH A SPECIAL
PLACE ACADEMICALLY ATHLETICALLY
THERE'S NO REASON THAT WE
SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE A
NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE
NATIONALLY RANKED PROGRAM
COMPETING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP
EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND ESPECIALLY
WITH THE FOUNDATION THAT PLAYERS
LIKE ALEXA AND JAMIE HAVE BUILT
ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHER
PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE OVER
THE PAST FOUR YEARS WE REALLY
HAVE SUCH A SOLID FOUNDATION AND
TEAM CULTURE THAT WE CAN ONLY
CONTINUE TO GROW. NEW SPEAKER:
KAYLA WHEELER AND LINDSAY QUANDT
HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE
FRESHMAN YEAR WHEN THEY LIVED ON
THE SAME FLOOR IN GIBSON HALL.
DITULLIO: SINCE ARRIVING ON
CAMPUS IN 2010 BOTH SHARED A
DESIRE TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL BUT AS
MELISSA BROMLEY DISCOVERED IT
TOOK NEARLY THEIR ENTIRE COLLEGE
CAREER BEFORE THEY FINALLY
DECIDED TO TRY OUT. BROMLEY:
LINDSAY QUANDT PLAYED THREE
YEARS OF VARSITY VOLLEYBALL IN
HER HOMETOWN OF HOUSTON TEXAS.
WHY DID YOU COME TO RIT AND
CHOOSE NOT TO TRY OUT? QUANDT:
FOR SOME REASON I DIDN'T THINK
I'D MAKE IT. I GET REALLY
NERVOUS I GUESS AND LACK
CONFIDENCE SOMETIMES AND I
REMEMBER ACTUALLY I TALKED TO
JIM ABOUT IT. HE'S THE COACH. I
EMAILED HIM WAY BACK AND I
TALKED TO HIM ABOUT MAYBE COMING
AND I GUESS EITHER A COMBINATION
OF HIS RESPONSE OR MY
UNCERTAINTY I JUST DECIDED THAT
VOLLEYBALL WASN'T GOING TO BE
WHAT I NEEDED TO DO IN COLLEGE.
BROMLEY: KAYLA WHEELER HAD NEVER
PLAYED VOLLEYBALL. INSTEAD SHE
DEVOTED HER TIME TO BASKETBALL.
WHEELER: WHEN I WAS IN HIGH
SCHOOL I JUST NEVER PLAYED
BECAUSE I WANTED TO FOCUS ON
BASKETBALL AND THAT'S KIND OF
WHAT I LOVED AT THE TIME. BUT
THEN I CAME HERE AND I MET ALL
THE GIRLS AND I JUST KIND OF
FELL IN LOVE WITH IT I GUESS. WE
HAD TALKED ABOUT PLAYING BECAUSE
WE HAD BOTH SAID SHE PLAYED IN
HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE WAS LIKE I
REALLY WANT TO PLAY BUT I DON'T
THINK I'LL MAKE IT AND I WAS
LIKE WELL I HAVEN'T PLAYED SO
I'M DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO MAKE
IT. AND SO WE JUST KIND OF LIKE
QUANDT: SO WE WERE JUST LIKE NO!
WHEELER: WE SHOULD HAVE!
BROMLEY: THIS YEAR THEY FINALLY
GAVE VOLLEYBALL A SHOT AND IT
DEFINITELY PAID OFF. WHEN THEY
BOTH CAME TO TRY OUT DID YOU SEE
THE POTENTIAL RIGHT AWAY? LODES:
IMMEDIATELY. OBVIOUSLY LINDSAY'S
A GREAT ATHLETE. SHE'S QUICK
SHE'S POWERFUL SHE MOVES WELL
SHE JUMPS WELL SHE HITS WELL FOR
HER SIZE. SHE DOES ALL THOSE
THINGS WHERE SHE'S JUST A REALLY
GOOD COMPLETE ATHLETE. KAYLA'S
ALSO A GREAT ATHLETE BUT SHE'S A
VERY EXCEPTIONAL LEARNER. SHE'S
GOT A QUICK PROCESSING PART TO
HER BODY WHERE SHE JUST SAYS
THAT MAKES SENSE ALL RIGHT I'LL
TRY THAT AND SHE DOES IT.
BROMLEY: WHAT HAS THE EXPERIENCE
BEEN LIKE FOR YOU LINDSAY? WHAT
WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU MADE THE
TEAM? QUANDT: UNREAL. I DON'T
KNOW, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I
REALLY LOVED DOING IN HIGH
SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING AND
WHENEVER YOU BASE YOUR LIFE
AROUND ATHLETICS BECAUSE I DID
VOLLEYBALL BASKETBALL TRACK I
DID EVERYTHING AND THEN I GOT TO
COLLEGE AND I JUST DROPPED
EVERYTHING ATHLETIC AND WHEN YOU
DO THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO
REEVALUATE WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT
AND WHICH WAS GOOD FOR ME BUT AT
THE SAME TIME I STILL REALLY
MISSED IT SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE
THE CHANCE TO PLAY COMPETITIVELY
FOR SCHOOL AGAIN IS JUST
SOMETHING I DIDN'T EVER THINK
WOULD HAPPEN. BROMLEY: WHEELER
DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN
EITHER ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE
SUFFERED A TOUGH BREAK DURING
TRYOUTS. WHEELER: I MEAN I
REALLY DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING
TO MAKE THE TEAM TO BEGIN WITH
AND THEN I ACTUALLY BROKER MY
HAND THE SECOND DAY OF TRYOUTS
SO IT WAS LIKE THAT'S IT! TRY
AGAIN NEXT YEAR MAYBE BUT YOU
KNOW I TALKED TO JIM ABOUT IT
AND HE WAS LIKE WELL YOU SHOULD
STICK AROUND AND WE'LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS. SO I ENDED UP MAKING
IT. LODES: AS THEIR ARM SLOWS UP
I WANT YOU TO COME UP THE LINE
AND THEN THINK ABOUT
(INAUDIBLE). THAT WAS CRUSHING
FOR ME FOR HER FOR AMY REED I
THINK FOR EVERYBODY. IT WAS LIKE
OH NO! CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? AND
IT WAS FREAK. I'VE BEEN PLAYING
VOLLEYBALL FOR A MILLION YEARS
I'VE BEEN COACHING SINCE HIGH
SCHOOL CLUB COLLEGE WHATEVER
SINCE LIKE 1985 MANY TEAMS. I'VE
HAD KIDS BREAK THEIR HAND BUT
NOT DOING WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
USUALLY IT'S HITTING ANOTHER
PLAYER THE BALL HITTING IT DOING
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SHE WAS
GOING TO THE FLOOR AND IT JUST
BENT AWKWARDLY AND I MEAN IN ALL
THOSE HOURS OF PRACTICE TIME
NEVER HAD IT HAPPEN. BROMLEY:
WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE LIKE FOR
YOU WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET TO
PLAY YOUR FIRST VOLLEYBALL GAME?
WHEELER: IT'S GOING TO BE
AMAZING! LIKE THAT'S MY ONE GOAL
FOR THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY IS JUST
TO GET INTO A GAME. BROMLEY:
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU THE
FIRST TIME PLAYING YOUR FIRST
GAME? QUANDT: OH GOSH I WAS SO
HAPPY. I LOOKED RIDICULOUS. I
DON'T KNOW IF I WENT UP TO YOU
BUT I WAS GOING UP TO EVERYBODY
AND I WAS JUST GRINNING FROM EAR
TO EAR. I FORGOT HOW FUN WARMING
UP BEFORE A GAME WAS AND IT WAS
JUST LIKE EVEN GYM OR WE WERE
WATCHING VIDEO THE OTHER DAY AND
IT WAS THE FIRST GAME AND WE
WERE WATCHING LIKE PART OF THE
WARM UP AND I'M LITERALLY
BOUNCING AROUND THE FLOOR
BECAUSE I WAS SO HAPPY AND
EXCITED. BROMLEY: DO YOU WISH
THAT THE TWO OF THEM HAD TRIED
OUT THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR AND YOU
COULD HAVE LODES: FOR SURE.
THAT'S THE EASIEST QUESTION TO
ANSWER. I LOOK AT WHERE THEY
HAVE BEEN SO FAR AND EVEN WITH
KAYLA'S INJURY AND HOW MUCH TIME
SHE'S MISSED AND SAY IF YOU WERE
HERE AS A FRESHMAN SENIOR NIGHT
THIS YEAR WOULD BE SPECIAL IT
WOULD BE HARD YOU WOULDN'T WANT
TO LOSE THEM AND THEY'D BE AS
GOOD AS THEY ARE THEY'D BE SO
MUCH BETTER BECAUSE NONE OF THAT
LAPSE WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
BROMLEY: IF WE COULD GO BACK IN
TIME BACK TO YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR
WOULD YOU TRY OUT NOW KNOWING
WHAT YOU KNOW? QUANDT: I WOULD
HAVE PLAYED. WHEELER: I DON'T
KNOW BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY
THINGS THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE
EXPERIENCED OTHERWISE. BEING
AWAY FROM SPORTS HELPED ME FOCUS
ON OTHER GOALS AND NOT
NECESSARILY MORE IMPORTANT BUT
MAYBE SOME MORE LASTING ONES
JUST BECAUSE NOT EVERY ATHLETE
GETS TO KEEP DOING IT FOREVER.
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