Final week was an incredible one for American girls enjoying skilled volleyball abroad. A big group of them are coming dwelling with championships of their respective nations as we wrap up our worldwide protection for this season.
Italy
What a end for Individuals Kathryn Plummer, Kelsey Robinson Cook dinner, Khalia Lanier and Madi Bugg as Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano received its sixth Italian league (Lega Pallavolo Femminile Serie A Tigotà) title in a row and seventh general.
Conegliano beat Scandicci and fellow Individuals Haleigh Washington and Lindsey Ruddins 23-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-21 to win the best-of-five sequence 3-1.
Plummer had 17 kills and a block and Robinson-Cook dinner had 10 kills. Bugg didn’t play. Swedish teammate Isabella Haak, who lit Scandicci up all sequence, had 27 kills and two blocks.
Scandicci’s Washington and Ruddins had been subs and had a kill every.
Plummer, Robinson Cook dinner and Washington head to Anaheim to the USA fitness center the place they’re on the 30-player Volleyball Nations League roster.
Leah Hardeman, the previous Coastal Carolina standout, led Cda Volley Talmassons to the A2 Playoff title with a sweep of Futura Giovani Busto Arsizio. She had 15 kills and a block as Talmassons earned a promotion to A1 subsequent season.
Germany
Stuttgart received its third German league title in a row by beating Schwerin in a fifth and deciding match. Former Alabama nice Krystal Rivers had 13 kills and a block and Alexis Hart subbed in and bought a kill. Kayla Haneline, a former center at Northern Iowa who can be on the VNL roster, didn’t play.
Meg Wolowicz (Northern Illinois) was a serving substitute for Schwerin.
France
Paris Saint-Cloud received the primary French league title within the membership’s historical past by upsetting top-seeded Nantes within the closing.
LOVB signee Kaisa Alanko, a setter from Finland, was MVP. Fellow LOVB signee and Iowa State alum Candelaria Herrera of Argentina had a match-high 5 blocks and 4 kills. St. John’s alum and LOVB signee Karin Palgutova of Slovakia had 16 kills and Canadian Emily Maglio, who performed at Hawai’i, added three blocks, two kills and an ace. Emily Thater was injured.
Taylor Mims, the previous Washington State star additionally on the VNL roster, led Nantes with 16 kills. Jaelyn Keene had 9 kills, a block and an ace.
Hungary
Former LSU standout Taylor Bannister and Vasas claimed their third Hungarian league title in a row by sweeping KNRC. Bannister, MVP of the league, had seven kills, three blocks and an ace as Vasas completed the season unbeaten in Hungary.
Switzerland
Tessa Grubbs and Tia Scambray led NUC Viteos to its fifth Swiss league title in a row by defeating Dudingen.
Grubbs, who performed at Tennessee, and Scambray, who performed at Washington, had 21 factors apiece. Grubbs completed with 18 kills and three blocks, whereas Scambray had 15 kills, three blocks and three aces. Madeline Haynes (Cal) added 12 kills, a block and an ace. Jasmine Gross (Pepperdine) had eight kills. Dudingen setter Carinne Gebhardt (North Florida) had three blocks and an ace.
Greece
Sherridan Atkinson and Panathinaikos overcame a 2-0 deficit and rallied to beat Olympiacos for the Greek league title within the fifth and deciding match.
Atkinson, the previous Purdue star, had 18 kills and two blocks as Panathinaikos and was named MVP of the league as her membership received its third title in a row.
Romania
Fifth seeded CSO Voluntari capped its Cinderella run by knocking off two-time defending champions Alba Blaj for the title. Voluntari’s Skyy Howard (North Carolina, Colorado) had three kills and a block within the closing match.
LOVB signee Heidy Casanova of Cuba led Voluntari with 18 kills and a block.
Sweden
Kira Thomsen (Montana State) had 20 kills as Orebro Volley received it first Swedish league title since 2008 by beating Engelholm in 4 units. Setter Natalie Hayward (DePaul, Tennessee) added three kills and a block.
Türkiye
Kuzeyboru took fifth place by beating Galatasaray in 4 units.
Sarah Parsons (Minnesota), who’s on the VNL roster, led with 22 kills (hitting .463) and had two blocks. Former Texas star Logan Eggleston, the two-time VolleyballMag.com nationwide participant of the 12 months, led Galatasaray with 18 kills and a block. Danielle Cuttino (Purdue) had 12 kills and an ace.
Brazil
Minas received its fifth Brazilian league title after defeating Praia Clube in 4 units in a one-off closing. Minas’Jenna Grey (Stanford), who’s certainly one of 5 setters on the USA VNL roster, had a block, and Annie Mitchem (Hawai’i) had a kill.
Poland
Budowlani Lodz fell to Bielsko-Biala in 4 units within the third match of the sequence for third place. Former UCLA nice Mac Could had 5 kills, a block and an ace.