Eye of the Swarm Podcast: Recent Episodes
UW-Superior Yellowjacket Athletics
Welcome to the home of Eye of the Swarm, the official podcast of Yellowjacket Athletics. Join 91.3 FM KUWS sports broadcasters Jon Garver and Matt "The Big Sound" Johnson every week for a deep dive into the world of Yellowjacket sports. Weekly guests will include Yellowjacket coaches and student-athletes as well as leaders from UW-Superior and beyond.
Eye of the Swarm, featuring TJ Oakes, head coach of the Yellowjacket baseball team and Melissa Fracker, head coach of the Yellowjacket softball team. #WeAreSuperior
Sam Romutis, head coach of the Yellowjacket club men's hockey team, joins Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson on the show this week.
Yellowjacket head men's basketball coach Greg Polkowski joins Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson on this episode of Eye of the Swarm.
Bre Simon, head coach of the Yellowjacket women's hockey team, joins the pod this week. #WeAreSuperior
Eye of the Swarm, episode 109, with UW-Superior cross country and track and field head coach Glen Drexler joining Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson. #WeAreSuperior
Yellowjacket head men's soccer coach Joe Mooney joins Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson on this week's episode to talk about the 2025 men's soccer season. There's also a lively discussion about Star Wars to kick things off. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Eveline Parsons, the new head coach of the Yellowjacket women's basketball program joins the show.
This week on Eye of the Swarm Gus Nascimento, head coach of the men's club soccer team, joins Jon Garver and Matt Johnson on the program. #WeAreSuperior
On this Eye of the Swarm Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are joined by Nick Piazza, the new head women's soccer coach at UW-Superior. #WeAreSuperior
The seventh season of Eye of the Swarm debuts with UW-Superior Director of Athletics Nick Bursik joining Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson to discuss the current state of the program, staff updates and another new facility being constructed.
This week on Eye of the Swarm Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson sit down with head coach Melissa Fracker and senior Lily Hanson from the Yellowjacket softball team. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are joined by professor Tom Hansen and his multimedia journalism class to talk about careers in sports and broadcasting. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are joined by head coach TJ Oakes and senior Cole Ondrus of the Yellowjacket baseball team. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson talk with head coach Glen Drexler and Summer Hesseldahl from the Yellowjacket track and field team. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are joined by senior captain Gavin Rasmussen and head coach Rich McKenna of the Yellowjacket men's hockey team that recently won the WIAC regular season title. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are joined by head coach CeeJay Schaffner and Mateo Abarca Pino to talk about the second half of the Yellowjacket tennis season. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are joined by head coach Emily Carpenter and senior guard Elise Besonen to talk about the 2024-25 Yellowjacket women's basketball season. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Veda Roeske and head coach Bre Simon join the show to talk about the start of the 2024-25 season. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are joined by Reid Johnson and head coach Greg Polkowski of the Yellowjacket men's basketball team to talk about the start of the season. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson talk with Corey Borchardt, commissioner of the UMAC. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are joined by senior William Maanstroem and head coach Joe Mooney of the Yellowjacket men's soccer team, which recently punched its ticket to the NCAA tournament. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are joined by Jenna Anderson and Ella Kapus, captains of the Yellowjacket volleyball team.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Zach Reese and head coach Glen Drexler of the Yellowjacket cross country team.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by the dynamic duo of Mya Holmquist and Niya Wilson of the Yellowjacket women's soccer team.
On the season premiere of Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Nick Bursik, the director of athletics at UW-Superior.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and The Big Sound Matt Johnson sit down with Dan Laughlin for a career retrospective with the recently retired Yellowjacket women's hockey coach. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by CeeJay Schaffner, head tennis coach, to talk about the upcoming UMAC Championships after both the Yellowjacket men and women clinched the UMAC North Division.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down with Randy Barker from the Pruitt Center for Mindfulness and Well-Being at UW-Superior to talk about mental health and some of the stresses and challenges currently faced by college student-athletes. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson host the Communications 330 class, taught by Tom Hansen for an interactive episode. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson chat baseball with head coach TJ Oakes and junior Payton Steiner of the Yellowjacket baseball team. #WeAreSuperior
This week Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down and have a chat about the state of the UMAC with conference commissioner Corey Borchardt. #WeAreSuperior
It's softball week on Eye of the Swarm, as we head to the diamond with head coach Melissa Fracker and junior Ellie Machal of the Yellowjacket softball program. #WeAreSuperior
On this week's Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by CeeJay Schaffner and Brooke Wilfong of the Yellowjacket tennis team. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by head coach Glen Drexler and senior Ethan Westimayer of the Yellowjacket track and field team. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by sophomore defenseman Liam Whitehouse and head coach Rich McKenna of the Yellowjacket men's hockey team. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Craig Morrissey of the iFan Sports Network. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined on the show by head coach Emily Carpenter and senior Erika Mattson from the Yellowjacket women's basketball team. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson talk a little Yellowjacket women's hockey, as they are joined by head coach Dan Laughlin and senior defender Jada LeBlanc. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down and talk with head coach Greg Polkowski and senior J'Vaun Walker of the red-hot Yellowjacket men's basketball team. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson chat with Joe Mooney, head coach of the UMAC champion Yellowjacket men's soccer team as his crew heads to the national tournament for the sixth time. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by head coach Glen Drexler and Halle Barker of the Yellowjacket cross country teams to talk about the season to date and the upcoming conference championships.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are joined by Paul Eberhardt, head coach of the Yellowjacket golf teams to talk about the 2023 fall season and his team's fifth conference title.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Jenna Anderson, captain of the Yellowjacket volleyball team and also president of the UW-Superior Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
On the season five premier of Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by UW-Superior Director of Athletics Nick Bursik to get an update on all the happenings in the athletics department at UW-Superior. #WeAreSuperior
This week on Eye of the Swarm we try something new - TWO COACHES! Our first-ever crossover event includes Allison DeGroot from women's soccer and Melissa Fracker from softball. Oh, and Tom Hansen's COMM 110 class stopped by, too.
It's probably snowing outside, but we're still talking baseball! This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Isaac Fugere and head coach TJ Oakes from the Yellowjacket baseball team.
It's time to talk softball! This week on the show, Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are joined by pitcher Tayler Kraemer and head coach Melissa Fracker from the Yellowjacket softball team to talk about the start to their season.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and the Big Sound Matt Johnson are talking with the hottest team on campus, the Yellowjacket men's tennis team, with head coach CeeJay Schaffner and Jacob Zacharias.
On this week's episode, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Yellowjacket men's and women's track and field head coach Glen Drexler as well as sophomore Garrett Lynch to talk about the indoor season and the upcoming championships.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Commissioner Corey Borchardt to get his update of the league as winter sports near the post-season tournament.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down and talk hockey with Yellowjacket women's hockey head coach Dan Laughlin, and team captain C.C. Hayes.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson step outside the world of Yellowjacket sports and spend some time chatting with Olympic gold medalist John Shuster.
This week on Eye of the Swarm Jon Garver and Matt Johnson talk a little hockey with head coach Rich McKenna and sophomore forward Reed Stark of the Yellowjacket men's hockey team. The 'Jackets are currently 7-3-0 and lead the WIAC.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined in studio by Holden Law of UW-Superior marketing and communications to talk about his start in the field and how he and his team continue to make groundbreaking contest for Yellowjacket Athletics.
This episode of Eye of the Swarm is a little different, with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson having Tom Hansen and his Communications 203 class in the studio, including a Q & A segment at the end for the students.
On this week's Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Yellowjacket men's basketball coach Greg Polkowski and junior Josef Fahrenholtz to talk about the coming season and the recent exhibition contest against Minnesota Duluth.
This week Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined on the show by Emily Carpenter, the interim head coach of the Yellowjacket women's basketball team, to talk about the whirlwind that was her hiring and the early stages of the 22-23 season.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson open with a brief discussion on mental health, then talk soccer with Brandon Conklin and head coach Joe Mooney of the Yellowjacket men's team, including their dramatic, come-from-behind win over Twin Ports rival St. Scholastica.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down and talk with sophomore Michael Butterfield and head coach Glen Drexler of the Yellowjacket men's cross country team, as they prepare for their final tuneup race leading into the 2022 UMAC Championships.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down and talk soccer with head coach Allison DeGroot, and sophomore goalkeeper Jenna Lang of the Yellowjacket women's hockey team, which currently sits in first place in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference.
This week on Eye of the Swarm it's all about golf as Jon Garver and Matt Johnson talk about the 2022 season with McKenzie Tuura and Taylor Burger. The Yellowjacket golf teams will be competing in the 2022 UMAC Championships October 6-8.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Alexie Pryd and Cassy Teff, seniors on the Yellowjacket volleyball team. They talk about the volleyball season to date, what the future holds, and more. There's also a breakdown of the recently completed NorthShore Inline Marathon. And a very Happy Birthday to our production engineer, Adam!
Welcome to the first episode of Eye of the Swarm, Season 4. This week hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by UW-Superior Director of Athletics Nick Bursik to talk about the state of the Yellowjacket athletics program and the construction of the new multi-purpose stadium on campus.
This week Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined on the show by head coach Melissa Fracker and junior Tiffany Kirk of the Yellowjacket softball team to talk about the season in advance of the spring trip to Florida.
This week on the Swarm, Jon and Matt are joined by head coach Greg Polkowski and freshman guard Andrew Kunelius to talk a little basketball, including the wrap up to the 2021-22 season.
This week on the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down and talk a little hockey with Rich McKenna, head coach and senior forward Troy MacTavish of the Yellowjacket men's hockey team.
This week on the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined to PJ Piotrowski, the new head strength and conditioning coach at UW-Superior to talk about him becoming part of the Yellowjacket Athletics staff as well as the different aspects of training and preparation.
Hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Yellowjacket head cross country and track and field coach Glen Drexler along with senior Nicole Koski to talk about the indoor season and some of the finer points of running and preparation.
This episode hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down with head coach Allison DeGroot and leading scorer Annah Schussman of the Yellowjacket women's soccer team on the eve of the program's first-ever NCAA tournament appearance.
Join hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson each week for an in-depth look at what's going on with Yellowjacket Athletics. This week, freshman women's golfer Bryce Burris and head golf coach Paul Eberhardt join the show.
This week Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Ken Olson, the longtime sports writer for the Superior Telegram to talk a little about the history of Yellowjacket sports and some of the great events he covered in his 40+ year career at the paper.
This week hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down with UW-Superior head men's soccer coach Joe Mooney and senior Blake Perry, who last week set the program's all-time scoring record.
On this episode, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down with new Yellowjacket baseball coach TJ Oakes and get his thoughts on his new team and how he plans to build the program during his first head coaching job at the college level.
We open our third season of Eye of the Swarm by sitting down with Director of Athletic Nick Bursik to talk about Yellowjacket Athletics heading into the 2021-22 season. Listen to the end - there's a pretty good nugget in here!
This week hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined on the show by Sam Albrecht and Joey Cummings of the UMAC champion Yellowjacket men's golf team to talk about the conference title and the upcoming trip to nationals.
Softball coach Melissa Fracker and senior Olivia Bancroft-Hart join Jon Garver and Matt Johnson on this week's Eye of the Swarm Podcast.
This week on the podcast Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by head coach Allison DeGroot and senior Emma Street from the Yellowjacket women's soccer team to talk about their impressive and record-setting start to the 2021 spring season.
This week hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Joe Mooney and Archie Gjerdrum of the Yellowjacket men's soccer team to talk about the start to their spring season.
This week Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined on the show by Frank Pufall head coach of the Yellowjacket baseball team and lefthander Dante Bender, on the heels of the team's six-game winning streak.
This week on the show Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Yellowjacket head men's hockey coach Rich McKenna and senior defenseman Lawson McDonald as they look back on the 2021 season that ended with the Yellowjackets winning the WIAC Championship.
On the show this week hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Dan Laughlin, head coach of the Yellowjacket women's hockey team to talk about their season and their upcoming playoff game against UW-Eau Claire.
This week, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined on the pod by Glen Drexler, head men's track and field coach and junior Tyler Finger in advance of the 2021 UMAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.
On this week's episode, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down with Yellowjacket men's basketball coach Greg Polkowski and freshman Josh Reinertsen to talk about the season to date, including all the stops and starts due to COVID-19.
This week on Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined for an entertaining round table discussion by Ceejay Schaffner, head coach of the Yellowjacket tennis teams and Maya Callaway of the Yellowjacket women's tennis team.
This week, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson talk basketball with Zach Otto-Fisher, head coach of the Yellowjacket women's basketball team, and team member, sophomore guard Mady Sanders, following the team's 2-0 start in 2021.
This week, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson talk about a return to sports for the Yellowjackets, and in the second segment they're joined by Rich McKenna, the head coach of the Yellowjacket men's hockey team. The Yellowjacket hockey teams will be the first UW-Superior teams to face outside competition in 2021.
This week, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson talk about the passing of Minnesota high school basketball coaching legend Bob McDonald and are then joined by Yellowjacket head men's basketball coach Greg Polkowski to talk about the roles of coaches and the impact they have on student-athletes.
This week, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson enjoy a great conversation with Melissa Fracker, the new softball coach at UW-Superior. Learn about how coach arrived here, how she and her team are navigating the pandemic, and catch a great round of Rapid Fire.
It's been a while, but we're back with Season 2 of Eye of the Swarm! This week hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down with UW-Superior Director of Athletics Nick Bursik to talk about the wild ride that has been the past six months, and what the future looks like for Yellowjacket Athletics.
We're back with another episode from the basement. This week, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson welcome senior men's golfer Joey Cummings to Eye of the Swarm. A longtime listener of the Swarm, Cummings offers his views on what COVID-19 did to the spring sports season, which was supposed to include the Yellowjackets heading to nationals.
It's been a while, and we're glad to be back, loyal listeners. This week Jon Garver and Matt Johnson return to the air and have a conversation with UW-Superior athletics director Nick Bursik about the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes the cancellation of the spring sports season.
This week join hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson for a deep dive into the conclusion of the season for most of the winter sports on campus. Special guest this week is Yellowjacket women's basketball head coach Zach Otto-Fisher.
SPECIAL GUEST ALERT - on episode 20 of Eye of the Swarm hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson get away from campus and spend a few minutes with Corey Borchardt, the commissioner of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference during UMAC Championship Week.
Episode 19 of Eye of the Swarm has Yellowjacket men's hockey coach Rich McKenna joining hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson to talk hockey and offer a playoff preview, with his team opening WIAC tournament play this weekend.
This week on Episode 18 of Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Vid Milenkovic, a senior on the Yellowjacket men's basketball team. Vid is poised to become the next member of the 1,000-point club at UW-Superior.
On Episode 17 of Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down for a state of the department conversation with Nick Bursik, Director of Athletics at UW-Superior.
On Episode 16 of Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down for a get-to-know conversation with the new head coach of the Yellowjacket men's and women's tennis programs, CeeJay Schaffner.
On Episode 15 of Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Greg Polkowski, head coach of the UMAC-leading Yellowjacket men's basketball season to talk about the year so far, and what to expect down the stretch.
On episode 14 of Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Andrew Durham, a senior on the Yellowjacket men's hockey team, who this week is ranked 11th in the nation.
On episode 13 of Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Eva Reinertsen, a senior on the Yellowjacket women's basketball team, who is poised to become the next 1,000 point scorer in program history.
Episode 11 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring Yellowjacket men's soccer senior Eric Watson.
Episode 11 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring Yellowjacket head women's hockey coach Dan Laughlin.
Episode 10 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring Yellowjacket head men's soccer coach Joe Mooney to talk about his team's upcoming trip to the NCAA tournament.
Episode 9 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring Yellowjacket head men's hockey coach Rich McKenna.
Episode 8 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring Yellowjacket head women's basketball coach Zach Otto-Fisher.
Episode 7 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring Yellowjacket head men's basketball coach Greg Polkowski.
Episode 6 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring Jed Carlson, longtime photographer of the Superior Telegram.
Episode 5 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring UW-Superior baseball head coach Frank Pufall.
Episode 4 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring UW-Superior golf head coach Paul Eberhardt.
Episode 3 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring UW-Superior women's soccer head coach Allison DeGroot.