Italian Professional League

[VolleyTX]

The season is winding down. The little bit that I have had a chance to follow has been interesting.

Play Radio Foppapedretti Bg won the European champions league, yet they are out in the first round of the Italian league play offs.

Pesaro (Berg's team) tore up Cheri (Joines team) in two straight matches. Joines has been playing very well for a rookie.

Bown, who plays for Jesi, has been virtually unstoppable all season offensively. She is hitting almost 60% on the season. She has 50 more kills than any other middle blocker in the league. Her last match in the quarter finals, she blasted 17 kills on 21 swings with zero errors; and she racked up 4 blocks. She was the leading scorer for her team.... as a middle hitter. That doesn't happen very often. Great job Heather.

[chierifan]

I'm a Chieri supporter (Joines' team) and I agree with you. Jennifer has been playing very well for a rookie during all the season. She is also a wonderful person.

[Murina]

chierifan said:

I'm a Chieri supporter (Joines' team) and I agree with you. Jennifer has been playing very well for a rookie during all the season. She is also a wonderful person.

I've been a Chieri fan, mainly because Guidetti seems to get a lot out of the available talent. They seem to play very hard even though they are usually out gunned. Wouldn't it be nice to have Mammadova from the beginning of the season?

The semi-finals are set. Novara v. Perugia and Jesi v. Pesaro.

Jesi v. Pesaro begins Saturday at 8:30 local. I don't know if RAI Sport is broadcasting online anymore, but all of the playoffs from here on out should be on live or slightly delayed.

Should be entertaining, but I expect Jesi to win the series. Ze Roberto will over rely on Mari and Shelia and Jesi will be able to deal with them.

Novara v. Perugia starts at 6:30 local on Sunday and should also be on RAI Sport. I can't pick a winner in this one. Both teams have been playing pretty well lately. If Aguero isn't at full speed, then Perugia obviously would have the advantage. This will be more of a boring high ball series...

[Murina]

I just noticed that www.legavolleyfemminile.it went live with the english version of the site yesterday. It seems to be a complete translation of the site.

[chierifan]

murina said:

Wouldn't it be nice to have Mammadova from the beginning of the season?

Yes, it would be very nice.