2019 FIVB VNL: USA v. Italy - Wed, May 29, 2:00 PM EST

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— Pool 5 —

#3 United States (4-0, 12 pts) vs. #8 Italy (4-0, 11 pts)

Wed. May 29, 2019 | 2:00 p.m. EST | Zoppas Arena | Conegliano Veneto, Italy

Live Stream:	FloVolleyball
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Live Stats:	Match Centre
Rosters:	United States		Italy
	S    Micha Hancock		S    Ofelia Malinov
	S    Jordyn Poulter		S    Alessia Orro
	L    Megan Courtney		L    Monica DeGennaro
	L    Mary Lake		L    Beatrice Parrocchiale
	MB   Chiaka Ogbogu		MB   Anna Danesi
	MB   Dana Rettke		MB   Christina Chirichella
	MB   Hannah Tapp		MB   Raphaela Folie
	MB   Haleigh Washington		MB   Sara Alberti
	OH   Sarah Wilhite-Parsons		OH   Miryam Sylla
	OH   Madi Kingdon-Rishel		OH   Lucia Bosetti
	OH   Simone Lee		OH   Caterina Bosetti
	OPP  Jordan Thompson		OH   Indre Sorokaite
	OPP  Annie Drews		OH   Elena Pietrini
			OPP  Paola Egonu

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[ToddyJ]

I am anxious to see if their full lineup will start. I know all of their top players will be present but I have a feeling our team will push them but I do think Italy will come out on top.

[volleyguy]

May 25, 2019 8:55:56 GMT -5 ToddyJ said:

I am anxious to see if their full lineup will start. I know all of their top players will be present but I have a feeling our team will push them but I do think Italy will come out on top.

[trojansc]

Italy will be at full strength?

[rainbowbadger]

Our players are gonna have to figure out how to dig Egonu eventually. Now seems like as good of a time as any.

[vup]

That poll. How dare you.

[ToddyJ]

Haha all the young bucks and Larson. Hopefully Lee will start in this match...I feel like she could be the second most terminal on the left. I doubt Parsons or Rishel will have any impact out there. I would have been more comfy with another vet OH joining alongside Larson and sending one of Parsons/Rishel home.

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May 25, 2019 12:32:26 GMT -5 trojansc said:

Italy will be at full strength?

This is Italy`s A team.

They are missing some players from the WCH (Cambi, Farh, Lubian, Ortolani, Nwakalor)

but now they got back Folie and C.Bosetti ( injured during the WCH). I think Ortolani has retired from the NT, so Sorokaite has replaced her.....Orro was not at the WCH, but now she`s back to A team instead of Cambi. 

[Millennium]

May 25, 2019 19:04:16 GMT -5 ToddyJ said:

Haha all the young bucks and Larson. Hopefully Lee will start in this match...I feel like she could be the second most terminal on the left. I doubt Parsons or Rishel will have any impact out there. I would have been more comfy with another vet OH joining alongside Larson and sending one of Parsons/Rishel home.

There is no question who should stay and who should go to make room for Larson.
Parsons has been better than Rishel in almost every statistical category.

[ToddyJ]

Will Foecke just be out this week? Or will she also miss the Lincoln leg? I would think she would want to play there because she just graduated from Nebraska.

Yeah if she returns next week I would leave Kingdon off. Hopefully Lee doesn’t get the axe 😳

[ndodge]

They’re not replacing Foecke for week 2 so no Larson

[hanson]

Beat Italy 3:2. Thompson slays all game and actually got an offer onsite to go pro

[Millennium]

Comparison of Rosters - Age, Size, Athleticism, and Experience.

Italy with the older and much more experienced roster.
USA with slight height and significant block touch advantage.
Italy with slight spike touch advantage.


USA

N°	NAME	DOB	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	SPIKE	BLOCK	WORLD CH.	OLYMPICS	OTHER	TOTAL
1	Micha Hancock C	11/10/92	180	76	305	297	12	0	49	61
2	Jordyn Poulter	07/31/97	188	77	306	295	0	0	6	6
9	Madison Kingdon Rishel	04/20/93	183	78	307	298	0	0	42	42
11	Andrea Drews	12/25/93	191	77	316	312	0	0	41	41
12	Jordan Thompson	05/05/97	193	70	320	314	0	0	0	0
13	Sarah Wilhite	07/30/95	185	75	305	300	12	0	34	46
17	Megan Courtney	10/27/93	185	61	314	300	12	0	38	50
19	Hannah Tapp	06/21/95	191	77	297	290	0	0	12	12
20	Dana Rettke	01/21/99	203	80	315	308	0	0	0	0
21	Simone Lee	10/07/96	186	70	310	305	0	0	10	10
22	Haleigh Washington	09/22/95	190	82	307	295	0	0	6	6
24	Chiaka Ogbogu	04/15/95	188	73	318	307	0	0	10	10
27	Mary Lake	09/16/98	170	63	263	257	0	0	0	0
	AVERAGES	23.6  Yrs	187.15	73.77	306.38	298.31	2.77	0	19.08	21.85

Italy

N°	NAME	DOB	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	SPIKE	BLOCK	WORLD CH.	OLYMPICS	OTHER	TOTAL
1	Indre Sorokaite	07/02/88	188	80	303	280	0	0	90	90
2	Sara Alberti	01/03/93	185	72	310	300	0	0	5	5
5	Ofelia Malinov	02/29/96	185	70	304	285	13	0	118	131
6	Monica De Gennaro	01/08/87	174	67	292	217	23	11	207	241
7	Raphaela Folie	03/07/91	187	73	324	300	13	0	115	128
8	Alessia Orro	07/18/98	180	74	308	231	0	5	70	75
9	Caterina Bosetti	02/02/94	179	59	299	281	13	6	124	143
10	Cristina Chirichella C	02/10/94	194	79	322	306	26	5	145	176
11	Anna Danesi	04/20/96	198	78	312	294	13	5	80	98
14	Elena Pietrini	03/17/00	190	73	330	306	13	0	26	39
16	Lucia Bosetti	08/09/89	178	63	310	292	23	6	241	270
17	Miryam Fatime Sylla	01/08/95	184	80	320	240	13	5	86	104
18	Paola Ogechi Egonu	12/18/98	193	80	344	321	13	5	98	116
20	Beatrice Parrocchiale	12/26/95	168	59	286	258	13	0	81	94
	AVERAGES	25.21 Yrs	184.5	71.93	311.71	279.36	12.57	3.43	106.14	122.14

[vup]

I kind of liked Lee better with short hair.

[trojansc]

USA is 4-0 and Italy is the only other undefeated team at 3-0

Italy takes on DR today shortly and should they win that’ll set up for a big time matchup tomorrow vs. USA