The final of the 2023-2024 Champions League in women's volleyball will be all-Italian. Conegliano has indeed joined Milan in the final act of Europe's top competition, which will be staged on Sunday, May 5. In fact, the Italian champions defeated Eczacibasi Istanbul 3-1 in the return semifinal in the Anatolian metropolis, after they had won the fir...

A recent addition was made to the trophy cases at Hammonton High School, as 2023 graduate Tiffany Paretti was recognized for her achievements on the volleyball court. Paretti was a four-year starter for the Blue Devils, setting a record with 206 career aces. A commemorative volleyball was placed in a trophy case near the gymnasium recently, honorin...

There is an Italy that always wins in sports. An Italy that not only triumphs but is just unbeatable, and that is the Italy of volleyball at both the men's and women's level that finds itself simultaneously champion of Europe with both the major national teams and all the youth national teams from the Under 17 to the Under 22. Something sensational...

Lauren Carlini has long been in love with Madison. And before long she just might be in LOVB with Madison. Carlini, arguably the greatest player in University of Wisconsin volleyball history, has decided to become part of League One Volleyball (LOVB), one of the professional volleyball leagues that plans to begin play in the United States late in...

Sofia DiProfio, a senior at Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark,  joined over 140 female student-athletes on Feb. 12 in celebration of the 37th Anniversary of National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NAGWS).  NAGWS is recognized in all 50 states to honor the success of female athletes and recognize the struggle for equality for women in sports. E...

More and more, it is sports that have Italy being talked about around the world as a winning nation. If 2021 was the magic year ever, with Italian athletes winning in every sports competition in which they participated, 2022 closes with just as many successes in dozens of international events. The first victories in chronological order came earlier...

Early in Rachele Rastelli’s career with St. John’s, the team traveled to Philadelphia to face Big East foe Villanova. Coach Joanne Persico decided it would be fun to take Rastelli and her other Italian player, Erica Di Maulo, to see one of the city’s most famous tourist attractions. No, not the Liberty Bell or Independence Hall. What else would an...

Italy overcame Poland and won 'yet another European gold medal. This is the 6th gold won by the Italian national teams in all six youth European Championships played from July to date: an incredible result, certifying the quality of the great Azzurro volleyball movement. If we add to these successes those centered by men's Italvolley and women's It...

Italy men's volleyball is world champion for the fourth time in its history, 24 years after the last. In the final played Sunday night in Katowice, it beat Poland, the defending national champion for seven years, 3-1 in a comeback, who together with Brazil had shared the last five editions of the World Championships.In the Katowice final, Italy coa...

The Azzurre defeated Serbia 3-2 in a heart-stopping match full of upsets. Coach Marco Mencarelli's girls lost the first set, and in the second set they came back from 20-10 down and managed to win only in the advantages. Dominance in the third set gave hope, but the Balkans won the fourth set and everything was decided at the tie-break. Down 7-10 a...