Italy - Serie A1 2014/15


    Participating teams:



    1. Nordmeccanica Rebecchi Volley Piacenza - Champions League 2014/15

    2. Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio - Champions League 2014/15

    3. Imoco Volley Conegliano - CEV Cup 2014/15

    4. Foppapedretti Bergamo - refused CEV Cup


    5. Igor Gorgonzola Novara - CEV Cup 2014/15

    6. Liu•Jo Modena

    7. Pomì Casalmaggiore

    8. Robur Tiboni Urbino

    9. Volley 2002 Forlì     - replaces Ornavasso


    10. Savino Del Bene Scandicci - $ title acquired from Frosinone


    11. Metalleghe Sanitars Montichiari - Winner of Serie A2 2013/14

    12. Il Bisonte Firenze - Winner of Serie A2 Playoff 2013/14

    Nordmeccanica Rebecchi Volley Piacenza



    Head Coach:
    Marco Gaspari
    Alessandro Chiappini


    Setter:
    Frauke Dirickx
    Valeria Caracuta


    Opposite:
    Margareta Kozuch
    Lise Van Hecke
    Natalia Brussa


    Outside Hitter:
    Chiara Di Iulio
    Indre Sorokaite (also OPP)
    Veronica Angeloni
    Federica Valeriano


    Middle Blocker:
    Manuela Leggeri
    Annerys Vargas Valdez
    Arielle Wilson
    Chiara Borgogno


    Libero:
    Paola Cardullo
    Luna Carocci
    Virginia Poggi

    Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio


    Head Coach:
    Carlo Parisi


    Setter:
    Joanna Wolosz
    Letizia Camera


    Opposite:
    Valentina Diouf


    Outside Hitter:
    Helena Havelkova
    Francesca Marcon
    Rebecca Perry (also OPP)
    Valentina Rania
    Alice Degradi


    Middle Blocker:
    Freya Aelbrecht
    Ekaterina Lyubushkina Bogacheva
    Giulia Pisani
    Ciara Michel


    Libero:
    Giulia Leonardi

    Imoco Volley Conegliano



    Head Coach:
    Alessandro Chiappini
    Nicola Negro


    Setter:
    Alisha Glass
    Micha Hancock
    Marina Katic


    Opposite:
    Emiliya Nikolova
    Anna Nicoletti
    Anthi Vasilantonaki (also OH)


    Outside Hitter:
    Neriman Özsoy
    Valentina Fiorin
    Cristina Barcellini
    Sofia Arimattei


    Middle Blocker:
    Jenny Barazza
    Rachael Adams
    Eleonora Furlan


    Libero:
    Monica De Gennaro
    Martina Boscoscuro

    Foppapedretti Bergamo



    Head Coach:
    Stefano Lavarini


    Setter:
    Milena Radecka
    Eva Mori


    Opposite:
    Celeste Plak (also OH)


    Outside Hitter:
    Jelena Blagojevic
    Sara Loda
    Miriam Sylla (also OPP)
    Benedetta Mambelli


    Middle Blocker:
    Paola Paggi
    Alesha Deesing
    Laura Melandri
    Federica Tasca


    Libero:
    Enrica Merlo

    Igor Gorgonzola Novara



    Head Coach:
    Luciano Pedullà


    Setter:
    Noemi Signorile
    Mi-Na Kim


    Opposite:
    Katarina Barun


    Outside Hitter:
    Alexandra Klineman
    Kimberly Hill
    Laura Partenio
    Elisa Zanette (also OPP)


    Middle Blocker:
    Martina Guiggi
    Cristina Chirichella
    Sara Bonifacio


    Libero:
    Stefania Sansonna
    Valeria Alberti

    Liu•Jo Modena



    Head Coach:
    Alessandro Beltrami


    Setter:
    Francesca Ferretti
    Giulia Rondon
    Elisa Muri


    Opposite:
    Samanta Fabris
    Olivera Kostic


    Outside Hitter:
    Francesca Piccinini
    Helene Rousseaux
    Matea Ikic
    Ilaria Maruotti


    Middle Blocker:
    Raphaela Folie
    Laura Heyrman
    Lucia Crisanti


    Libero:
    Chiara Arcangeli
    Emilia Petrachi

    Pomì Casalmaggiore



    Head Coach:
    Davide Mazzanti


    Setter:
    Katarzyna Skorupa
    Beatrice Agrifoglio


    OPP:
    Valentina Zago
    Marika Bianchini (also OH)


    Outside Hitter:
    Serena Ortolani (also OPP)
    Valentina Tirozzi
    Alessia Gennari


    Middle Blocker:
    Jovana Stevanovic
    Lauren Gibbemeyer
    Vera Klimovich


    Libero:
    Imma Sirressi
    Geraldina Quiligotti

    Zeta Sistem Urbino Volley



    Head Coach:
    Jan De Brandt


    Setter:
    Giulia Agostinetto
    Lisa Zecchin


    Opposite:
    Lucia Fresco
    Hayley Spelman


    Outside Hitter:
    Kyla Richey
    Alice Santini
    Monica Lestini


    Middle Blocker:
    Jessica Walker
    Kiesha Leggs
    Marianna Vujko


    Libero:
    Eleonora Bruno
    Veronica Giacomel

    Volley 2002 Forlì



    Head Coach:
    Angelo Vercesi
    Biagio Marone


    Setter:
    Femke Stoltenborg
    Elisa Lancellotti


    Opposite:
    Elena Koleva


    Outside Hitter:
    Taismary Agüero
    Monika Potokar
    Marija Prsa
    Alessandra Ventura
    Alessandra Guasti
    Michela Rossi


    Middle Blocker:
    Anna Nazarenko (Kudakova)
    Silvia Segalina
    Sara Ceron
    Camilla Neriotti


    Libero:
    Paola Cardullo
    Mariya Filipova
    Teresa Ferrara

    Savino Del Bene Scandicci



    Head Coach:
    Massimo Bellano


    Setter:
    Pavla Vincourova
    Chiara Scacchetti


    Opposite:
    Daiana Muresan


    Outside Hitter:
    Senna Usic
    Tina Lipicer Samec
    Tereza Vanzurova
    Elena Perinelli


    Middle Blocker:
    Ilaria Garzaro
    Federica Stufi
    Sara Menghi


    Libero:
    Jole Ruzzini
    Silvia Lussana

    Metalleghe Sanitars Montichiari



    Head Coach:
    Leonardo Barbieri


    Setter:
    Ludovica Dalia
    Serena Milani


    Opposite:
    Berenika Tomsia
    Camilla Mingardi


    Outside Hitter:
    Maren Brinker
    Liesbet Vindevoghel
    Natalia Serena
    Laura Saccomani


    Middle Blocker:
    Simona Gioli
    Rossella Olivotto
    Sara Alberti


    Libero:
    Alessia Ghilardi
    Luna Carocci
    Patrizia Zampedri

    Il Bisonte Firenze



    Head Coach:
    Francesca Vannini


    Setter:
    Alessandra Petrucci
    Giorgia Vingaretti


    Opposite:
    Carmen Turlea


    Outside Hitter:
    Chiara Negrini
    Rita Liliom
    Giulia Pascucci (also OPP)
    Giulia Pietrelli
    Adele Poggi


    Middle Blocker:
    Raffaella Calloni
    Floriana Bertone
    Federica Mastrodicasa


    Libero:
    Beatrice Parrocchiale
    Letizia Savelli

    http://www.volleyball.it/notizie.asp?s=118&n=81764&l=0


    Maren Brinker at the official press conference presentation in Montichiari: "After one year in Poland I'm very happy to come back to Italy: the level in Italy is higher than in Poland and I think I can improve more here. I think I can help Montichiari and make the difference here. My best skill is spike, but I want to try to improve also my reception".
    From what she declared it seems she has quite a big self-esteem :whistling:

    Quote from Toguttt

    http://www.volleyball.it/notizie.asp?s=118&n=81764&l=0


    Maren Brinker at the official press conference presentation in Montichiari: "After one year in Poland I'm very happy to come back to Italy: the level in Italy is higher than in Poland and I think I can improve more here. I think I can help Montichiari and make the difference here. My best skill is spike, but I want to try to improve also my reception".
    From what she declared it seems she has quite a big self-esteem :whistling:


    I love Maren as a player but I disagree with her on that.. She is not a good spiker.. her best skill should be serve..

    Quote from USAvolleyfan

    I love Maren as a player but I disagree with her on that.. She is not a good spiker.. her best skill should be serve..

    Maren proved her "spiking skills" in Poland :lol: in wing-spikers ranking in terms of spiking she's only 22th with 33,64%. Meanwhile leader Małgorzata Glinka-Mogentale has 40,72% and ex-teammates of Brinker from Impel have: Bogumiła Pyziołek 36,97% (6th) and Katarzyna Mroczkowska 35,24% (14th)...

    Gold medal - World League 2013 Prediction Game
    Bronze medal - World League 2012 Prediction Game

    I did not see her play in Poland, but in Busto she was much too weak in attack. She seems quite confident indeed. :whistle:


    Though, for Montichiari she is strong player in general.

    You always need to see the context. Probably a journalist asked her "what is your strongest element?" and she could hardly answer "I'm really bad at everything" :lol:
    Compared to her reception, her attack is indeed her strength...and I think for a team that aims for 5th-8th place in Italy she is a good player.