Italy - Serie A1 2020/21

    qualification to quarter finals

    Scandicci (5) – Bergamo (12)

    Chieri (6) – Casalmaggiore (11)

    Cuneo (7) – Perugia (10)

    Trento (8) – Firenze (9)

    Individual stats - Regular Season 2020/21


    TOP SCORERS:

    1. Mingardi 424

    2. Rosamaria 408

    3. Gray 374

    4. Egonu 369

    5. Van Hecke 366

    6. Grobelna 359

    7. Nwakalor 352

    8. Stysiak 339

    9. Piani 328

    10. Herbots 327



    SPIKERS (OH/OPP)*:

    1. Egonu 58.4 %

    2. Sylla 49.4 %

    3. Herbots 46.3 %

    4. Gray 45.9 %

    5. Adams 44.9 %

    6. Angelina 44.3 %

    7. C.Bosetti 43.8 %

    8. Stysiak 42.8 %

    9. Gicquel 42.7 %

    10. Nwakalor 42.5 %

    10. Frantti 42.5 %


    12. Grobelna 41.8 %

    13. Hill 41.6 %

    14. Van Hecke 39.9 %

    15. Begic 39.3 %

    16. Smarzek 38.9 %

    16. Villani 38.9 %

    16. Pietrini 38.9 %

    19. Vasileva 38.8 %

    20. Rosamaria 38.5 %


    21. Partenio 38.1 %

    22. Piani 38.0 %

    23. Guerra 37.9 %

    24. Orthmann 37.6 %

    25. Degradi 37.5 %

    26. Bajema 37.2 %

    27. Courtney 37.1 %

    28. Loda 36.9 %

    28. Carcaces 36.9 %

    30. Havelkova 36.8 %

    30. Cvetnic 36.8 %

    32. Ungureanu 36.7 %

    33. Lanier 36.6 %

    34. Perinelli 36.3 %

    35. Drewniok 36.2 %

    36. Mingardi 36.1 %

    37. Gennari 35.7 %

    38. Enright 35.0 %

    39. Jasper 34.9 %

    40. Enweonwu 34.5 %

    41. Meijners 34.2 %

    42. Nicoletti 33.8 %

    43. Melli 33.7 %

    44. Ortolani 33.2 %

    44. Kosareva 33.2 %

    46. Bici 33.1 %

    46. Van Gestel 33.1 %

    48. Faucette 33.0 %

    49. Giovannini 32.8 %

    50. D'Odorico 32.1 %

    51. Angeloni 31.6 %


    *Only players with at least 200 spike attempts are listed



    SPIKERS (MB)**:

    1. Fahr 64.0 %

    2. De Kruijf 63.0 %

    3. Washington 59.2 %

    4. Mazzaro 57.8 %

    5. Melandri 53.0 %

    6. Bonifacio 52.5 %

    7. Zakchaiou 52.1 %

    7. Heyrman 52.1 %

    9. Danesi 51.5 %

    10. Alhassan 51.3 %


    11. Olivotto 51.0 %

    12. Stufi 48.9 %

    13. Chirichella 48.8 %

    14. Lubian 48.5 %

    15. Stevanovic 48.2 %

    16. Berti 46.8 %

    17. Koolhaas 46.7 %

    18. Mio Bertolo 46.3 %

    19. Candi 45.8 %

    19. Belien 45.8 %

    19. Fondriest 45.8 %

    22. Alberti 44.7 %

    23. Furlan 44.4 %

    24. Zambelli 43.9 %

    25. Popovic 42.5 %

    26. Aelbrecht 40.6 %

    27. Moretto 40.4 %

    28. Dumancic 38.6 %

    28. Veglia 38.6 %

    30. Pizzolato 35.3 %


    **Only players with at least 100 spike attempts are listed



    BEST BLOCKERS:

    1. Zakchaiou 83

    2. Danesi 77

    3. Mazzaro 68

    4. Heyrman 65

    5. Furlan 63

    6. Berti 58

    6. Melandri 58

    8. Koolhaas 55

    9. Popovic 54

    10. Olivotto 53



    RECEIVERS:

    1. De Gennaro 60.4 %

    2. Merlo 52.7 %

    3. Courtney 50.7 %

    4. Leonardi 49.3 %

    5. Panetoni 48.2 %

    6. De Bortoli 47.3 %

    7. Parrocchiale 47.1 %

    8. Hill 46.5 %

    9. Moro 45.4 %

    10. C.Bosetti 45.3 %


    11. Cecchetto 44.1 %

    11. Begic 44.1 %

    13. Fersino 43.6 %

    14. Meijners 43.2 %

    15. Zannoni 42.9 %

    16. Sylla 42.8 %

    17. Pietrini 42.3 %

    18. Angeloni 41.3 %

    19. Sansonna 41.1 %

    20. Havelkova 40.5 %

    20. Venturi 40.5 %

    22. Perinelli 39.8 %

    23. Sirressi 38.3 %

    23. Frantti 38.3 %

    25. D'Odorico 38.0 %

    26. Giovannini 37.3 %

    27. Vasileva 37.2 %

    28. Adams 36.2 %

    29. Orthmann 35.6 %

    30. Ungureanu 34.3 %

    31. Gennari 33.6 %

    32. Villani 33.5 %

    33. Jasper 33.3 %

    34. Parlangeli 32.7 %

    35. Guerra 32.4 %

    35. Van Gestel 32.4 %

    37. Loda 31.8 %

    38. Degradi 31.7 %

    39. Carcaces 31.1 %

    40. Melli 30.4 %

    41. Cvetnic 30.1 %

    42. Herbots 28.9%

    43. Angelina 28.1 %

    44. Kosareva 25.8 %

    45. Enright 25.3 %

    46. Gray 23.9 %

    47. Bajema 19.4 %



    BEST SERVERS (aces):

    1. Hancock 52

    2. Egonu 31

    3. D'Odorico 30

    4. Orthmann 29

    5. Stysiak 26

    6. Van Hecke 24

    7. C.Bosetti 22

    7. Mingardi 22

    9. Bosio 21

    10. Fahr 20

    10. Guerra 20

    Egonu with 58.4 % in attack :sos::sos:


    And Pietrini better at reception than many OHs who are defense players...


    I think Hancock has break the record with the most serving aces in regular part of season :/.

    Novara next season with their serving squad :sos:

    Ebrar-Herbots-Hancock great jump servers and great float servers as C.Bosetti, Washnigton and Christina.

    Now that we arrived to the end of regular season,I gonna talk about the performance of some players

    (Not the ones that we know as folie,Egonu,herbotts,etc)


    The good ones

    1 part


    -Degradi:She was amazing this seaaon,I followed her since he was in Firenze and she had a big potential but wasted on bench.

    Now as starter she performed really good but unfortunately an injury came and I hope she return better in next season


    Signorile:amazing comeback for her after being some years out of Italy,she arrive to Cuneo and make them play really good,specially with their MB,a pity that they had so many covid breaks and injuries bcz they could be better at final place


    Zachkaiou:Even when Italy has players from minor countries I doubt when I heard about a player from Cyprus,then since day 1 she keep my mouth shout with her wonderful display,leading in blocks and attacks,a pleasure to watch


    -Gicquel:The first games she showed a really low volleyball level that I couldn't think she were in Imoco and then she rise her level and finish to being a decent back up piece for Imoco when Egonu isn't there


    -Mckenzie Adams:Biggest revelation and unlike the other she had a really big responsability,she start the 1st game replacing Hill and did an outstanding job,even if later there were some upd and downs it was a good season in overall

    Finals are gone be one match or two with need of golden set if the score is 1-1 or that is the rule for the matches of quart and Semi finals ?

    continue with the list

    Good 2 part

    Silvia Nwakalor:even if last year she had the chance to play as starter in a Seria A team,this year she shined and carry her team through the season and she made record of points for this season


    Francesca Bosio:Wow this season she really impresionate everyone,she was very efficient and big responsable of chieri's success,the season of their lifes


    Maria Luisa Cumino:I loved her,she guided this young and unexperienced team of Trento and make them being the revelation


    Vittoria Piani: In under ages categories she was ao good,kinda like Egonu,I fall in love in her,then I knew she was bench in Busto but last year go to A2 and rules that league and now in A1 she was good with all teams even with Imoco


    Mazzaro: Last year I liked her and this year she was chieri's Mb owner,most regular of them with realy good fast tempo and in.blocks she make a good work


    Gray: she was unlucky the last season,she was ding a good job and was removed without reason and then moves to scandicci and covid came

    This season she was imo top 3 Best OH of the league,main weapon of Busto.even with best teams at world she was merciless


    De bortoli:I love this girl,she is really really good

    She's called to replace Moki when she retires

    Young and mature she also have a big part on chieri's success this season

    To fi ish with good

    Frantti: she came and was a good backup and even achieved to get the starting position in chieri,so many power and fire,so spicy

    Fahr: even if she did a good job in Firenze and Nt this year she has the charge to replace Folie and did amazing leqding best spikers list and helping Imoco


    Mentions(venturi,furlan,fondriest,candi)


    Bad or dissapointing

    Smarzek: biggest flop of season,we all expected Novara in semis of CL and 2 in regular season and they did but it could have not been done and she would be the one to blame,a team really harmonic and with all players fine,she's the weakest link of her team and preventing Novara to go further.


    Giulia Angelina:she was the revelqtion last year shining in minor team but this season she couldn' t do the same,at bench almost all season and when enters,nothing good every time


    Bonifacio: she was a good back up to Chirichella,she did kinda good but nothing outstanding or memorable and that's why when christina was healthy recovered her position easily.

    She was like NT material but now she isn't,is like stuck at her level


    Meijners: I love her a lot but this season not,i tought she had injuries but she wasn't playing as we know she can

    Maybe the age is the reason

    Second time in a short amount of time that I'm here supporting/defending Carli Lloyd! Is this the world that we are living now? :tzz:

    Great text tho and kudos to Carli for speaking up :heart:

    And i still remember people were quick to dismiss Chirichella :tzz:

    Quote from yudeko

    And i still remember people were quick to dismiss Chirichella

    And nothing has changed regarding Chirichella: she's very good middle blocker in her top shape, but because of few reasons, she's very inconsistent. Two years ago she was very subpar, last season Cristina was really good, this season she has shown only flashes of a very good level in CL because of injury. But she's also a vocal point of a locker room both in the club and the national team, so it looks like she has kinda guaranteed spot in both teams, and she's one of the highest-paid Italian players in a league thanks to that.


    But considering how outstanding Danesi, Mazzaro and Fahr all have been this season, I truly don't think Chirichella will be an important part of the Italian NT after Tokyo Olympics.

    Quote from Realista

    And nothing has changed regarding Chirichella: she's very good middle blocker in her top shape, but because of few reasons, she's very inconsistent. Two years ago she was very subpar, last season Cristina was really good, this season she has shown only flashes of a very good level in CL because of injury. But she's also a vocal point of a locker room both in the club and the national team, so it looks like she has kinda guaranteed spot in both teams, and she's one of the highest-paid Italian players in a league thanks to that.


    But considering how outstanding Danesi, Mazzaro and Fahr all have been this season, I truly don't think Chirichella will be an important part of the Italian NT after Tokyo Olympics.

    After Tokyo, she might lose her spot but currently she is one of the best Italian MBs. For sure, Fahr, Mazzaro and others are the future though.

    I hate that italian league organization when all teams play almost at same time

    We can't never watch a match properly