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Episode 62: You're All Champions

Pitch Session ·

2025/11/05

The postseason has arrived and Andrew and Kirstin are ready to take a look at each of the 10 conference tournaments taking place this week along with the MPSF Championship Game that we've been waiting all year for. Kirstin picks a winner for each conference and makes an early guess at what eight teams will earn at-large selections to the NCAA Tournament when the field is announced this Sunday night.The 2025 Bracket Spectacular is open for signups! Thank you to this year's sponsor of the bracket

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Episode 61: Sensessational Performance

Pitch Session ·

2025/10/30

Andrew and Kirstin are joined by US Women's National Team athlete and Northwestern Wildcat Ashley Sessa to chat about her big weekend last week that helped propel the Wildcats to the Big Ten Regular Season title.They also preview where each conference stands going into the final weekend of the regular season, look at Kirstin's DIII Corner, her Games to Watch (tm), and have a vital update for our pollsters for next week.

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Episode 60: Two is Better Than One

Pitch Session ·

2025/10/22

Andrew and Kirstin do double duty this week, welcoming the Pitch Session National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week to the pod. First, Kirstin speaks with Indiana Sophomore Goalkeeper Sadie Canelli, and then they're both joined by UNC Junior Forward Charly Bruder. With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, they break down both polls, Kirstin presents her DIII Short Corner and Games to Watch (TM).

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Episode 59: Never Finish Third

Pitch Session ·

2025/10/15

It's a super packed Pitch Session as Andrew and Kirstin welcome UC Davis Head Coach Austin Pile to the show. They explore all things MPSF including how the powerhouse conference came to be, plans for future members, and a preview of the inaugural championship game taking place next month. They also look at the NFHCA Coaches Poll and its inner-workings, while also chatting about UC Davis' 2025 season, what life is like as an almost-independent being a whole country away from most of your opponents,

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Episode 58: No Advice Possible

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2025/10/08

The 2025 season has reached the second half and Andrew and Kirstin are joined by USA Women's National Team members, podcast hosts, and roommates, Jenny Rizzo and Jillian Wolgemuth. The pair are the hosts of their podcast, No Advice Possible, and come on this pod to discuss what's happening with the national team as it begins to ramp up for next summer's World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands. Kirstin, Jenny, and Jillian discuss the chutes and ladders in NCAA action, share their red cards

55:53

Episode 57: Carolina Blues

Pitch Session ·

2025/10/01

Andrew and Kirstin look back at the first loss for the season for North Carolina and other upsets during a topsy-turvy weekend across the country. They breakdown both polls, including Northwestern being #1 in both, and look at inconsistency in how some voted in the coaches poll. Kirstin gives her DIII Corner, put teams on the chute and the ladder, provides a wrap up to Fat Bear Week, and lastly gives her Games to Watch (TM) for the week.

61:32

Episode 56: Bear Necessities

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2025/09/24

Andrew and Kirstin roll into another week discussing who's up and who's down in Chutes and Ladders, breaking down the first round of voting in Fat Bear Week, and discuss the chances of a bear roaming around in suburban Atlanta.Then they're joined by JMU Dukes head coach Christie Morgan. The three discuss Christie's lengthy run as head coach in Harrisonburg, which dates back to 1991, why she took a break from coaching in the 2000s, the biggest changes in coaching today compared to the 90s, and the

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Episode 55: Conference Play Beckons

Pitch Session ·

2025/09/17

Andrew and Kirstin take a look back at the third full weekend of play before breaking down both the NFHCA Coaches Poll and the Pitch Session People's Poll. They then welcome head coach of the undefeated, 5th ranked (in both polls) Harvard Crimson, Tjerk van Herwaarden. In chatting with Tjerk, we learn how he came to give up a banking career in the Netherlands to coach collegiate field hockey in the United States, why his Crimson are off to such a strong start this season and the challenges -- and

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Episode 54: Stick to It

Pitch Session ·

2025/09/11

Andrew and Kirstin look back at the second weekend of the season, the return of the Coaches Poll and another edition of the Pitch Session People's Poll. They're then joined by Syracuse Director of Operations and former 3-time Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year and 2-time Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year Bryn Underwood. They discuss life as a Director of Operations Bryn's budding broadcasting career, and a look around the country and who's off to a good start this season and who's not

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Episode 53: Pitch Session Goes Down Under

Pitch Session ·

2025/09/04

Andrew and Kirstin kick things off by recapping the opening weekend of play across the country (Ivy League, still fashionably late) and unveiling Week Two of the Pitch Session People’s Poll. Then they welcome Louisville head coach Justine Sowry to the pod to discuss so many things.The trio revisit Kirstin’s days as an assistant on Justine’s staff, reflect on how Justine has grown in nearly two decades as a head coach, and dig into the unique scheduling challenges being located a long distance from

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Episode 52: Two Sticks, One Star

Pitch Session ·

2025/08/28

Andrew and Kirstin discuss the NFHCA preseason poll and the results of the inaugural Pitch Session People's Poll, taking time to compare and contrast the results from both. Then they're joined by Ohio State graduate student Makenna Webster, a two-sport star for the Buckeyes. The 3rd round pick of the New York Sirens in the PWHL Draft discusses the challenges of playing field and ice hockey at such a high level, how the two sports overlap -- and how they don't. They look ahead to Ohio State's

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Episode 51: Preseason Prediction Spectacular

Pitch Session ·

2025/08/20

Andrew and Kirstin look ahead to the start of the season as Kirstin makes her pick for each DI conference, and who she sees in the final four.

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Episode 50: Victors Valiant and all That

Pitch Session ·

2025/08/13

Andrew and Kirstin move one week closer to the start of the season and are joined by first-year head coach Kristi Gannon Fisher of the Michigan Wolverines. They discuss her transition from player and longtime assistant at Michigan to becoming the head coach of the program, and how preseason is going as her team prepares another run through the always rigorous Big Ten. Remember if you want to vote in this year's weekly Pitch Session Poll where we rank the top Division I teams, send a note to

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Episode 49: Sister Act

Pitch Session ·

2025/08/07

Andrew and Kirstin begin Season Three of Pitch Session as preseason gets underway this week.Then they're joined by Laura Gebhart, first-year head coach of the Fairfield Stags. Laura shares how she's approaching her first preseason at the helm, what it's like collaborating with Lucas the Stag, and her many hats within the NFHCA -- including her push to reform the often-debated coaches poll. We also learn one skill the Gebhart children don't possess terribly well, and discuss a shakeup in Andrew's

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Episode 48: A Brief Hiatus from Hiatus

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2025/04/09

Andrew and Kirstin are back with an offseason edition of Pitch Session where they discuss what's been going on since December both on and off the field.They discuss Saint Francis' move to DIII and what it means for both field hockey and college sports in general. They're then joined by Tara Zollinger, three-time national champion as a head coach (and many more as a player and assistant) and brand new leader of the Delaware Blue Hens and chat about her transition from DII to DI as a head coach and

01:11:05

Episode 47: The 2024 Pitchies

Pitch Session ·

2024/12/13

The Pitchies are finally here as Andrew and Kirstin are joined by Rachel from The Maxi Pod to give out their end-of-season awards to several deserving winners.During The Pitchies, they also discuss important issues in the world of pop culture, current events in the sports world, and welcome Pitchie winners Emma Winther and Gorham, Maine's greatest export Hannah Price to the show.

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Episode 46: Purple Reign

Pitch Session ·

2024/12/04

Andrew and Kirstin put a bow on the 2024 season and are joined by two members of Northwestern's national championship team: Senior midfielder Maddie Zimmer and graduate student goalkeeper Annabel Skubisz. Maddie and Annabel both talk about their experience winning the national championship for Northwestern, how it felt being back in class just a day later, and reflected on their dominant seasons that culminated in a title.Also joining the episode is 2023 Bracket Spectacular Champion Caitlin

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Episode 45: Purple is the New Gold

Pitch Session ·

2024/11/25

Andrew and Kirstin reflect on Final Four weekend and Northwestern winning its second national championship in four years, knocking off Saint Joseph's 5-0 in Sunday's championship.They look at the final Bracket Challenge standings and discuss whether this championship means that Northwestern has surpassed North Carolina as the dominant program at the top of the sport.

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Episode 44: And Then There Were Two

Pitch Session ·

2024/11/23

Andrew and Kirstin file a dispatch from the front lines of frigid Ann Arbor following Friday's national semifinals that saw St. Joe's upset North Carolina in the first game and Northwestern hold off Massachusetts in the second. They talk about what they saw and heard and look ahead to Sunday's National Championship. Remember if you're in Ann Arbor to join us Saturday at 7 p.m. at The Brown Jug located at 1204 S University Ave in Ann Arbor.

01:11:29

Episode 43: The Second Annual Pitch Session Final...

Pitch Session ·

2024/11/20

Andrew and Kirstin prepare for their trip to frigid Michigan this weekend for the Division I Final Four by speaking to all four head coaches involved in Friday's national semifinals. They're joined by St. Joe's Hannah Prince (18:36), Northwestern's Tracey Fuchs,(31:02), North Carolina's Erin Matson (41:06), and Massachusetts' Barb Weinberg (53:53).They also take a look back at last weekend's first and second round games including the bracket busting insanity that was the three games in Storrs

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