Serving Pancakes

Tiffany and Khat recap the final week of the regular season and preview this weekend’s LOVB Finals, the tournament that will decide League One Volleyball’s inaugural champion. Afterward, Tiffany chats with LOVB Madison outside hitter Claire Chaussee, and the two talk about Madison’s rebound in the second half of the season, finishing the LOVB season back in Louisville, Claire's love of photography and more.

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Tiffany and Khat recap week 12 of the inaugural League One Volleyball season, including some of the incredible individual performances and milestones LOVB athletes reached. Khat also shares her thoughts on staying energized through a late five-setter and the loud LOVB Austin crowd. Finally, the two make their picks for match of the week in week 13. 

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Host: Tiffany Oshinsky
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Tiffany and Khat recap week 11 of the inaugural League One Volleyball season where LOVB Madison, LOVB Austin, LOVB Atlanta and LOVB Houston each picked up big wins. Khat shares what it was like to come in off the bench for Austin against LOVB Omaha and energize her team to victory, and the two make their picks for match of the week in week 12. 

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After a brief recap of week 10, LOVB Salt Lake youngsters Sophie Fischer and Skylar Fields join the show. They talk about their experiences so far with LOVB, including the teammates who’ve been most helpful with the transition to professional volleyball for Sophie and to opposite hitter for Skylar. They also discuss what it’s like playing for Tama Miyashiro and Bruno Chateau, LOVB Salt Lake’s coaches, and interact...

Khat and Tiffany open the show by recapping week nine, and Khat shares what it’s like to face friends and former teammates in a match. Afterward, Tiffany chats with LOVB Madison opposite hitter Temi Thomas-Ailara on a range of topics, including: 

• Madison’s hot streak and the steak dinner that fueled it, 
• Temi’s Nigerian heritage,
• A lovb of bad...

Tiffany and Khat recap an eventful week eight of League One Volleyball action, including two big wins for LOVB Madison and LOVB Salt Lake spoiling LOVB Houston’s homecoming. Khat also talks through what she is looking for when she’s reading an opposing setter and gives insight to what it’s like playing in long rallies. 

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Host: Tiffany Oshinsky
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After recapping week seven of the League One Volleyball season – including plenty of focus on Khat’s 11-kill performance Thursday night against LOVB Salt Lake – both Khat and Tiffany talk with LOVB broadcaster Anne Marie Anderson. The trio talk about the LOVB season so far, the moment women’s sports is currently having, and being a woman in sports broadcasting in addition to lessons from her recent book, Cul...

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.&nbs...

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 tran...

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 travelin...

Another exciting week of League One Volleyball action has come and gone. Host Tiffany Oshinsky and Co-host/LOVB Austin opposite Khat Bell break down all four matches of week three with the lovb and insight you’d expect from the duo. 

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Host: Tiffany Oshinsky
Senior Producer: Anya Alvarez
Executive Producers: Carrie Stett, Tamara Deike, and Lindsay Hoffman
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In this special episode recorded at League One Volleyball’s First Serve celebration in Atlanta, women’s sports advocates Ari Chambers and Jenny Nguyen join Serving Pancakes senior producer Anya Alvarez to discuss the moment that women’s sports is having right now. Both Ari and Jenny have created spaces dedicated to platforming and growing women’s sports – Ari in the digital sphere as a host and analyst...

The League One Volleyball season has started! LOVB Austin opposite Khat Bell joins Tiffany as co-host, and the two break down what’s happened so far in the season with insights only an athlete who played in those matches can provide. The pair also chat with Khat’s teammate and LOVB Austin Founding Athlete Chiaka Ogbogu and LOVB Madison rookie Sarah Franklin, who joined the league as part of the LOVB 6 in December.

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Madi Bugg and Molly McCage have been friends for over half their lives thanks to volleyball. Hailing from different parts of the country – Madi from North Carolina, Molly from Texas – they met through the U.S. Youth National Team. While at tryouts, training camps and competitions, they were drawn in by each other’s nerdiness plus love of reading and giggling. Now in their 30s, they’ve maintained...

You cannot find someone more determined on the volleyball court than Khat Bell. The opposite hitter from Mesquite, Texas, has nothing but out-battled friends and opponents alike ever since finding volleyball in the seventh grade. In school, she beat out her friend for the final spot on the A team. At Texas, she gritted through a bulging disk to deliver an NCAA title. In South Korea, she finally beat down a seemi...

After missing her grandfather’s funeral while playing overseas, Mariena Hayden was ready to come home. The outside hitter from Belle Plaine, Minnesota, had settled in with Greece’s ASP Thetis, but she couldn’t miss any more big moments. Luckily, League One Volleyball called with a roster spot four hours away from home with LOVB Madison. She jumped at the chance. Since, Mariena’s enjoyed life as ...

So far on Serving Pancakes, we’ve highlighted American players coming home to play professional volleyball for the first time. Alternatively, there are 27 international athletes coming to the U.S. for professional volleyball, including German opposite Kimberly Drewniok. Kimberly has played professionally in Germany, Italy, France, Türkiye and Serbia. She’s won four domestic titles in her career, including the 2019 Ge...

Fresh out of college, Anita Anwusi is making her pro debut this season in her hometown with LOVB Houston Volleyball. A first-generation college graduate, the middle blocker hails from a Nigerian family that was originally skeptical of her athletic career. After Anita’s initial success in high school and reassurance from LSU coaches, Anita’s parents trusted Anita to venture down the elite volleyball pathway. While Anita...

The preseason is here! League One Volleyball athletes are now arriving in their new homes, and one of those athletes is opposite hitter Audriana Fitzmorris. The Overland Park, Kansas, native has played professionally overseas for three seasons. Before her pro career, Audriana attended Stanford University and led the Cardinal to three NCAA titles in four years. In addition to massive success on the court at Stanford, sh...