>> Eric: STILL NEED SOMETHING TO DO FOR MOTHER'S DAY?

HOW ABOUT A MINNESOTA AURORA EXHIBITION MATCH, FROST PLAYOFF GAME.

MARIELLE MOHS IS A SPORTS REPORTER AT WCCO AND AND THE HOST OF A WEEKLY DIGITAL SEGMENT CALLED WOMN.

>> M-N. A PLAY ON THE INITIALS.

>> Eric: WOMEN'S SPORTS HAS JUST BEEN EXPLODING.

>> I FEEL LIKE I GOT ON THE TRAIN RIGHT AS IT LEFT THE STATION AND I'M HAVING A GREAT RIDE.

>> Cathy: WHAT'S BEHIND THIS INTEREST?

>> I THINK IT'S MORE EXPOSURE THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN AND PARTICULAR ATHLETES HAVE ESCALATED THAT, PAIGE BUECKERS, TAYLOR HEISE WITH THE FROST.

WE'VE SEEN THIS IN EVERY SPORT.

INDIVIDUALS WITH PLAYING A ROLE, GREAT STORIES ARE PLAYING A ROLE AND WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE PAYING ATTENTION.

>> Cathy: GLAD YOU BROUGHT THE FROST UP.

OKAY, I WAS A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT THE FIRST GAME.

ARE THEY IN TORONTO TONIGHT?

>> THEY'RE PLAYING AS WE SPEAK.

>> Cathy: I DON'T KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WHAT DO YOUR SOURCES SAY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM GOING ALL THE WAY?

>> THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW LAST PLAYOFF WHERE THEY TOOK IT ALL THE WAY TO THE WALTER CUP.

FACED TORONTO AND LOST THE FIRST TWO GAMES IN SHUTOUTS AND SENT IT HOME FOR THE FINAL THREE GAMES AND THEY MOVED ON.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE UP 3-2, SO SECOND PERIOD, STILL A LOT OF GAME LEFT, WE'LL SEE.

BUT I'M REALLY HOPEFUL CONSIDERING WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR AND THE FROST, THEY'RE ALL FIGHTERS.

THEY'VE PLAYED FOR OLYMPIC LEVEL TEAMS, THEY'VE PLAY FORD THE GOPHERS SO THEY KNOW HOW TO COME BACK FROM BEHIND.

>> Eric: WHAT'S THE SITUATION WITH THE AURORA?

SORT OF NON-PARAPROFESSIONAL LEGAL, I GUESS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE TO JOIN?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, THEY'RE REALLY FIGHTING FOR IT.

I KNOW THEIR STAFF IS, I'VE TALKED PERSONALLY TO ANDREA YAK WHO'S ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN BIDS TO TRY TO GET A PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE HERE AND I'M SUPER HOPEFUL THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE WE'VE PROVEN WITH AURORA WE'RE A GREAT MARKET FOR SOCCER.

THEY'RE SELLING OUT THEIR GAMES ON A VERY CONSISTENT BASIS AND I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS UPCOMING SEASON BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN EVERY SEASON SO FAR THEY HAVE UNDEFEATED YEARS AND THEN THEY GET TO THE PLAYOFFS AND THEY LOSE.

AND THAT NARRATIVE, THEY'RE HOPING TO SHUT DOWN THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING THOSE PLAYOFF TEAMS THAT THEY LOSE TO AND THEY'RE PUTTING THEM IN THE PRESEASON.

>> Eric: WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL AT THE U.

>> YEAH, OH, MY GOSH, ANOTHER TEAM.

>> Eric: BIG DEAL.

>> IT REALLY IS AND THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF HOMEGROWN PLAYERS TOO WHICH CARRIES THAT HIGH SCHOOL CROWD INTO THE COLLEGE CROWD.

AND THEY'RE SELLING OUT THE PAV ALSO ON A REGULAR BASIS.

>> Eric: WERE YOU A JOCK IN SCHOOL?

>> I WAS ACTUALLY A COMPETITIVE DANCER WHICH I ARGUE IS A SPORT.

I DID DANCE LINE.

>> Eric: YOU DID THE REPORT ON IT.

>> I DID, I WAS THE FIRST LOCAL NEWS REPORTER TO EVER COVER THE NATIONAL DANCE COMPETITION IN FLORIDA.

THE MOST DECORATED DANCE TEAM AND TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IS THE DANCE TEAM.

THEY DESERVE THE ATTENTION.

>> Cathy: IT'S AMAZING.

LYNX.

THEY HAVE A PRESEASON GAME THIS WEEKEND.

I LOVE THE LYNX.

>> SAME.

HUGE FAN.

>> Cathy: YEAH, WHAT DO YOU THINK MIGHT HAPPEN THIS SEASON?

>> WELL, THE TERM "REVENGE TOUR" HAS BEEN PASSED AROUND AT THE DRAFT PARTY BUT I ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED COACH REEVE LAST WEEK AND ASKED HER ABOUT THAT, IS THAT A TERM YOU'RE EMBRACING?

AND SHE SAID I'M NOT A VERY LONGFUL PERSON, THIS IS A FRESH START.

BUT WE'RE BRINGING BACK A VERY VETERAN ROSTER AND THEY HAVE A CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER.

>> Eric: OFFICIATING IN THE FINAL AGAINST NEW YORK WAS I THOUGHT A LITTLE -- >> ATROCIOUS.

>> Eric: OF COURSE AND IT'S A MINNESOTA THING TO BLAME THE OFFICIALS BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS FAIR.

>> IT WASN'T FAIR AT ALL.

WE SAW BRITTANY STEWART VERY CLEARLY TRAVEL.

WE ALSO SAW THAT FINAL FOUL CALL WHERE ALANA SMITH WAS ALL BALL.

SHE DIDN'T TOUCH STEWART AT ALL AND THAT SENT HER TO THE LINE AND TIED UP THE GAME.

AND THEN TO SEE THE COMMISSIONER SAY THE TROPHY'S BACK WHERE IT BELONGS AT HOME, AND TO WHERE THE NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE.

I MEAN, IT WAS PRETTY -- THE BIAS WAS HORRIBLE, THE ELITE BIAS.

>> Eric: THERE A CAITLIN CLARK FACTOR IN GETTING GROWTH IN WOMEN'S SPORTS OR JUST BASKETBALL MAYBE ALONE?

>> YEAH, I THINK WE WANT TO -- I THINK IT'S FAIR TO GIVE CAITLIN CLARK A LOT OF CREDIT.

SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB IN BRINGING THE NUMBERS.

AND WHEN THE CROWD SHOWS UP, THE INVESTORS SHOW UP, THE TV DEALS SHOW UP AND WE SHOW UP, MEDIA SHOWS UP.

>> Cathy: WHEN I IRST SAW YOU ON THE AIR YOU WERE A G.A.

REPORTER AND THEN YOU MADE THE LEAP TO SPORTS.

SO I'M SO HAPPY.

I MEAN, ARE YOU KIND OF LIVING A DREAM IN A SENSE?

>> HAPPY AND FULLY LEAVE LIVING A DREAM RIGHT NOW.

I'LL ADMIT IT, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LEFT THE BUSINESS BY NOW IF I STAYED IN NEWS JUST BECAUSE I WAS BURNT OUT.

I WENT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND COVERING CIVIL UNRESTS HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND I'D DONE IT FOR TEN YEARS AND I FELT, OKAY, TIME FOR A NEW CHAPTER AND THEN I GOT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SWITCH TO SPORTS, AND IT GAVE ME A NEW LIFELINE IN THIS, IN JOURNALISM.

>> Cathy: HOW DO YOU SEE -- HAPPY TO EE YOUR DIGITAL SEGMENT.

>> Eric: WHERE DO I FIND IT IN >> ?

>> OUR DIGITAL SEGMENT IS EVERY FRIDAY, RIGHT NOW AT 7:00 P.M. [ LAUGHTER ] COMPETING WITH "ALMANAC."

WE PULL MOSTLY LOCAL HEADLINES OF WOMEN'S SPORTS BUT NATIONAL HEADLINES AS WELL.

>> Cathy: CCO.COM.