Did she come in with this, um, like, puck-handling ability? What, what is it about her daily approach that people probably don't see on the outside?

She's tremendously dedicated over her time, uh, you know, a- always coming to the rink, doing extra work, a lot of extra goalie sessions with our assistant coach, Casey Hanrahan, uh, watching video.

Like, like any player that wants to be great, finding ways to get incrementally better every day, every year in some capacity.

Um, and then during that time, I think maturing, maturing from a, you know, let's say a young freshman to a senior, uh, captain, y- you're taking on more responsibility in that area.

Just seeing that growth really, I think, and then the culmination of this season for her, it's just you've seen a, you've seen a person grow and get better, and I think if we all look back at how we were at a certain age and then five years later we're different, you'd see a lot of growth there for anybody, let alone Tia.

Let's, let's talk a little bit about that, I mean, that doesn't happen often, and talk about her leadership a little bit more.

I think, um, you know, some coaches will say we'll never want a captain, a goalie to be a captain.

They'll, they'll say that and, and I've had people say that to me, and I think one thing we do, and maybe, maybe programs, other programs do this, we, we have our players vote on captains.