Posts by VolleyOrange

    Pia Kästner needed surgery on her thumb after an injury she sustained during club season. She's out for the whole VNL but hopes to be ready for ECH.


    Mette Pfeffer is in NT training, today I saw her in some picture with other players.

    I feel like Kästner has been injured more than she was healthy for some years now

    What's the libero situation? is there a better option this time?

    Best option would be Hester Jasper if she's healthy again. But:

    - She needs to develop and train more to be comfortable on libero position

    - Needs to fully commit and be motivated (which potentially is not the case since she has always been OH)


    Pippa Molenaar is a talent playing in the Bundesliga. I hope to see her making some VNL minutes this year

    Did Dagmar play in the Dutch league this spring?


    I thought she was an interesting player in the ncaa


    not better than like Jansen, but interesting nonetheless

    Jup she returned to her former team Dynamo Apeldoorn. She said in an interview that going to the states was worth the risk, but on second thought it wasn't really her thing. She couldn't really settle there and missed her family and friends.


    She was/is a big prospect here, but I guess Felix wants to see more of her

    The 2026 longlist looks like this


    Nika DaalderopOHImoco Volley Conegliano (Ita)
    Marrit JasperOHKS DevelopRes Rzeszów (Pol)
    Laura JansenOH
    KS DevelopRes Rzeszów (Pol)
    Jolien KnollemaOHAzzurra Volley Firenze (Ita)
    Jet KokOHSSC Palmberg Schwerin (Dui)
    Pip Kok OHDraisma Dynamo
    Jette KuipersOHDresdner SC (Dui)
    Nova Marring OHCuneo Grande Volley (Ita)
    Pleun van der Pijl OHVC Wiesbaden (Dui)
    Fleur SavelkoelOHMarcq en Baroeul (Fra)
    Iris Vos OHSSC Palmberg Schwerin (Dui)
    Elles Dambrink OPPChieri '76 (Ita)
    Yfke Jelsma OPPDraisma Dynamo
    Nicole van de VosseOPPCSO Voluntari (Roe)
    Indy BaijensMBIgor Gorgonzola Novara (Ita)
    Susan Dambrink MBDraisma Dynamo
    Suus GerritsenMBSSC Palmberg Schwerin (Dui)
    Marije Ten Brinke MBSSC Palmberg Schwerin (Dui)
    Eline Timmerman MBGalatasaray (Tur)
    Britte Stuut MBSSC Palmberg Schwerin (Dui)
    Roos WesselsMBApollo 8
    Hester Jasper LPAOK Volley (Gri)
    Saar MeijerLDraisma Dynamo
    Pippa MolenaarLUSC Münster (Dui)
    Florien Reesink LSSC Palmberg Schwerin (Dui)
    Sarah van Aalen SChieri '76 (Ita)
    Britt BongaertsSGalatasaray (Tur)
    Sanne KonijnenbergSVC Wiesbaden (Dui)
    Luna StrikwerdaSDraisma Dynamo
    Marit ZanderSLadies in Black Aachen (Dui)



    Missing players as opposed to earlier years:

    S: Lyklema (seems to be injured)

    OH: Buijs (retired from NT)

    OPP: Scholten (unknown), Plak (not available)

    MB: Polder (unknown, probably done with NT), Lohuis (done?)

    L: Brokking (was never in senior NT, but is starter in French league)


    Our pool of opposites is rather thin. Van de Vosse had a good season in Romania (champion). Dambrink was a bench warmer but seems to aim to be a starter in the Polish league.

    New year, new thread :)


    Let's start with the bad news: Nika is walking with crutches in a video I saw on Conegliano's IG. She sustained the injury in the last point of the 4th set in Saturday's CL semifinal. I hope it won't affect her summer with the national team too much