If my memory is right, she played a few months for TVC Amstelveen - together with Judith Pietersen and Quinta Steenbergen - in the beginning of last season (2010-2011). After the winterbreak she left, because the club couldn't pay her anymore. She came from a university-team, somewhere in the USA.
She was playing for Oregon and Florida State University in NCAA and in 2010/11 in Finland. She won best server awards in some Youth and Junior NT competitions.
If my memory is right, she played a few months for TVC Amstelveen - together with Judith Pietersen and Quinta Steenbergen - in the beginning of last season (2010-2011). After the winterbreak she left, because the club couldn't pay her anymore. She came from a university-team, somewhere in the USA.
Mira played for the University of Oregon and Florida State University, before she joined Amstelveen, where - beside the above mentioned - she also played with Femke Stoltenberg.
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Matthias, you beat me to it
she also played with Femke Stoltenberg
How could I forget 
Femke Stoltenborg was indeed in the team as well.
now that Mesa is injured, though as I read fortunately her injury is not so serious (muscle tear in the leg).
Liana will be out for three weeks.
If my memory is right, she played a few months for TVC Amstelveen - together with Judith Pietersen and Quinta Steenbergen - in the beginning of last season (2010-2011). After the winterbreak she left, because the club couldn't pay her anymore. She came from a university-team, somewhere in the USA.
Yeah,she played for TVC Amstelveen last year, and is great Op, but also great person. Always nice to fans and other people, can remember her in a snowballfight with us after match in Amstelveen,was fun..:D
19. Januar 2012
Wiesbaden - Dresden 2:3 (21:25 / 25:10 / 24:26 / 25:23 / 9:15)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2011/Women/&2081.pdf
MVP: Lucia Kaiser / Judith Pietersen
Wow De Kruijf as MB attacked 30 balls 
Dutch girls are on fire, I hope they can show it in NT too this year.
Wow, Lucia Kaiser was MVP again. Her sister is one of the setter in our 2nd league team.
Interview with Alicja Leszczyńska (use translator) http://aktualnosci.siatka.org/…lam-ryzyko-ale-nie-zaluje
She is surprised by high level of German league, likes Berlin, likes the fans, seems to be happy.
22. Januar 2012
Sinsheim - Wiesbaden 1:3 (18-25, 25-20, 18-25, 23-25) http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2011/Women/&2109.pdf
25. Januar 2012, 19.00h Schweriner SC - Dresdner SC
22. Januar 2012
Dresden - Köpenick 3:0 (25:18 / 25:14 / 25:20)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2011/Women/&2111.pdf
MVP: Kerstin Tzscherlich / Sandra Sell
Sinsheim - Wiesbaden 1:3 (18:25 / 25:20 / 18:25 / 23:25)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2011/Women/&2109.pdf
MVP: Rebecca Schäperklaus / Lucia Kaiser (yet again!)
Ranking:
1 Vilsbiburg 16 28 : 4 44 : 14
2 Dresden 16 28 : 4 43 : 15
3 Schwerin 16 26 : 6 42 : 17
4 Münster 16 24 : 8 39 : 21
5 Hamburg 16 20 : 12 36 : 24
6 Suhl 16 20 : 12 36 : 27
7 Wiesbaden 16 18 : 14 32 : 28
8 Stuttgart 16 16 : 16 33 : 29
9 Köpenick 16 14 : 18 28 : 36
10 Aachen 16 12 : 20 28 : 33
11 Potsdam 16 8 : 24 23 : 37
12 Sinsheim 16 6 : 26 15 : 45
13 VCO Berlin 16 2 : 30 9 : 45
14 Leverkusen 16 2 : 30 8 : 45
Wiesbaden was leading 24:13 in 4th set and let Sinsheim come back to 24:23 before they finally made the last point 
As flyingdutchman said, next Wednesday we get the absolute top match 
Both teams are almost complete, Dresden misses Frieda Thieme (broken foot) and the long-term injured Stephanie Kestner, Nicole Schröber and Anna Cmaylo, Schwerin misses Krystle Esdelle (ill). Anne Buijs had a small surgery on her leg last week and now is back. There won't be live broadcast of the match but it should be uploaded 1-2 days later on http://sport.inschwerin.de
I'm happy my prediction before the season (Schwerin, Dresden and Rote Raben too strong for other teams) has become true meanwhile 
I think the gap between those 3 and others will become even bigger. Their deep rosters make the difference.
Münster is struggling during last rounds (like Matthias already said: they are in the hands of only two players: Sloetjes and Cutura). Hamburg is too instanble as well.
I hope it will be a great match on Wednesday !! I think the absence of Thieme and Esdelle will not harm the teams, since they both were substitutes recently.
I hope/think Schwerin will win, but it will depend on the shape of Topic and Buijs and Hanke-Thormann. If Dresdner succeeds in causing troubles for Schweriner reception, they will probably win. In my opinion Dresdner is better in blocking and defense. Schwerin has better wing-spikers; Dresden has better MBs.
Display MoreYup, I agree with most of what you say. But it's also true the other way round, if Schwerin can put Dresden so much under pressure with serves that Apitz has to use the OHs all the time, Schwerin certainly has an advantage. I would say:
Apitz = Hanke
Tzscherlich > Thomsen (but not much)
Matthes+Schwabe < Topic+Buijs
De Kruijf+Karg > Kauffeldt+Brandt/Aas
Thormann and Pietersen are impossible to compare because they play a completely different style at Opp.
For me the chances are 60-40 for Schwerin if both teams play normally.
I agree. I didn't consider it from Schweriner's serve-position yet 
One thing: Thomsen makes a better impression to me, than Tzscherlich. It seems to me Tzscherlich is a little 'aufgebrannt'. (already in the fall of her career).