Conqu'ring Heroes 34 - Halle O'Neill & Anna Spieker
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
The Varsity Podcast Network
4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
We focus on Michigan's unbeaten field hockey team this week, as Jon catches up with captains Halle O'Neill and Anna Spieker. O'Neill discusses the team's strong start to the season (2:30) and reflects on her time at Michigan as a student and an athlete (11:00). Then, Spieker talks about her role as a captain and a leader (14:30) and managing the expectations of being one of the top teams in the nation (18:00).
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| 0:00.0 | Michigan field hockey is 9-0 coming off a big win against Ohio State. |
| 0:05.2 | They are ready to take on Northwestern in Louisville this coming weekend. |
| 0:09.1 | Stay here on Conquering Heroes because I'm going to get a chance to talk to the two captains, |
| 0:13.3 | Hallie O'Neill and Annaw Speaker. |
| 0:16.3 | Defense wins championships, and that is the goal. |
| 0:19.7 | We'll get a chance to talk to them coming up next on Conquering Heroes. |
| 0:26.4 | Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things Michigan Athletics. |
| 0:31.2 | Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way. |
| 0:36.5 | This is Conquering Heroes. |
| 0:38.5 | Here's your host, John Jansen. |
| 0:41.3 | Well, we had a chance to talk to the head coach of Michigan's field hockey program |
| 0:46.6 | earlier in the season, and today we get a chance to talk to two of the players. |
| 0:50.6 | The first one I'm going to get a chance to talk with is Hallie O'Neill, two-time captain, |
| 0:56.5 | All-American last year, on our way to be in another All-American this year. And Halley, |
| 1:01.2 | thanks for joining us. How exciting is it right now to be undefeated? Yeah, thanks for having |
| 1:07.5 | me. It's extremely exhilarating. |
| 1:11.3 | I think everyone is really soaking it all in. |
| 1:14.6 | But with that, comes having a big target on our back and something we're all well aware of. |
| 1:21.4 | Well, you mentioned the target. |
| 1:23.2 | And I know last year didn't end the way you guys wanted to, but you had a chance to open up with |
| 1:27.7 | North Carolina. They were ranked number one in the country, and right now you're in a string of |
| 1:33.0 | games where you've taken care of business with number 25 Michigan State, number 23 Kent State, |
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