April 2011

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    Sean & Paul Made It!

    Happy! Yippee! Yehey! Our American BBs made it to the Playoff Round of the Serie A which starts on April 7th. The Italian club teams of Americans Sean Rooney & Paul Lotman have qualified for the Playoffs of the prestigious Italian League. Sean Rooney & Team Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza finished 4th while Lotman, American […]

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    France’s New Squad

    We’re not surprised a few veterans are not on the team for this year. Coach Blain went through a lot of challenges during and after the 2010 World Championship. Like Ngapeth’s suspension from the team due to his poor behavior during the World Champs, the retirement of captain Oliver Keiffer & libero Henno and just […]

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    Fans Behaving Badly

    Unnecessary. Fans can sometimes get aggressive and we completely understand but when fans start to get physical and start punching each other then it’s definitely WRONG & UNACCEPTABLE. Loud boos & whistles are considered normal but to FIGHT especially during a match needs to be resolved immediately. For example… Some Tianjin Fans are known to […]

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    Parodi is Injured!

    A devastating injury during a league match has ended Simone Parodi’s hope of playing in upcoming Italian League Playoffs with Team Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo. Parodi has improved so much since the 2010 World Championship and was one of Cuneo’s top spikers and scorers. This injury is very devastating for his team & fans.

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    A Teary Evergrande Finale

    Tianjin Bridgestone came from a 0-2 deficit to WIN the 2010/2011 Chinese League Title against Coach Jenny Lang Ping’s squad. The #1 ranked Guangdong Evergrande rallied to win the first 2 sets but fell apart when the Tianjin squad started to play a better game in sets 3 and 4 and eventually won the tiebreak […]

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    Miljkovic’s Team Lost…

    Again? Yup! Yup! Yup! Ivan Miljkovic and Team Fenerbahce lost a heartbreaking 5-set match against Arkas Izmir for the 2011 Turkish Cup title. Yikes! Despite the presence of world superstars like Ivan, Marshall and Geric, Fenerbahce has failed to win a major title this season. They have one more shot to go and that is […]

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    Japan’s 2011 Squad

    The Japanese Volleyball Federation has released its Women’s Roster for 2011. Coach Manabe has pretty much kept the same roster from last year with the addition of a few young players seeking to experience world class volleyball. Japan won the BRONZE at the 2010 World Championship after beating the USA and their solid performance throughout […]

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