Unione Sportiva Pro Victoria Pallavolo Monza

Saugella Team Monza
Full name	Unione Sportiva Pro Victoria Pallavolo
Founded	1981
Ground	Palazzetto dello Sport, Monza, Italy; (Capacity: 4,500)
Chairman	Carlo Rigaldo
Head coach
League	FIPAV Women's Serie A1
2016–17	10th (Playoff first round)
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home	Away
	2017–18

Unione Sportiva Pro Victoria Pallavolo is the volleyball department of Italian sports club U.S. Pro Victoria and is based in Monza. It has male and female teams and is better known for its women's team which currently plays in the Serie A1.

Previous names[]

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

Pro Victoria Pallavolo (1981–2008)
Saugella Team Monza (2008–present)

History[]

Early years[]

Unione Sportiva Pro Victoria volleyball department was created in 1981 to provide the local community with a regular and organized sports activity. In few years the club becomes more professionally structured with the men's team playing in the regional league and the creation of a women's team. When the men's team reached the national Serie B, the club lack of economic resources to remain professional forced it to focus on the youth teams. In 2002 the club created a technical department providing better support for its teams.^[1]

Vero Volley[]

On 9 September 2008, Pro Victoria Pallavolo was one of the seven volleyball clubs from the Lombardy region which formed a consortium called based in Monza. The consortium was designed to provide supporting structure to its members through organisational strategies to offer the region physical activity and sport socialization, with focus on young people.^[2]

Pro Victoria teams grew and developed under the consortium, when the men's team gained promotion to Serie A2 in 2010, Pro Victoria sold its professional men's team assets and licence to Volley Milano, another member of the Vero Volley consortium.^[3] That allowed Pro Victoria to focus on the women's team and youth teams (men and women).^[1] In 2013 the women's team was promoted to Serie A2, eventually reaching the Serie A1 in 2016.^[4]

Team[]

Season 2017–2018, as of September 2017.^[5]^[6]

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
1	Serena Ortolani	Opposite	1.87	70	(1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 34)
2	Hanna Orthmann	Outside Hitter	1.88	69	(1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 23)
3	Chiara Arcangeli	Libero	1.67	57	(1983-02-14) 14 February 1983 (age 38)
5		Setter	1.80	70	(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 30)
6	Tori Dixon	Middle Blocker	1.91	83	(1992-08-04) 4 August 1992 (age 29)
7		Middle Blocker	1.86		(1986-11-13) 13 November 1986 (age 35)
8		Middle Blocker	1.87		(1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 28)
10		Opposite	1.85	65	(1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 29)
11		Outside Hitter	1.65		(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 24)
12	Micha Hancock	Setter	1.80	76	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 29)
16	Helena Havelková	Outside Hitter	1.88	64	(1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 33)
17		Outside Hitter	1.78	67	(1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 (age 31)
18		Opposite	1.92		(1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 (age 22)

2016–2017 Team^[7]^[8]
Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
3	Chiara Arcangeli	Libero	1.67		(1983-02-14) 14 February 1983 (age 38)
5		Setter	1.80		(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 30)
6	Berenika Tomsia	Outside hitter	1.89		(1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 (age 33)
7		Middle blocker	1.86		(1986-11-13) 13 November 1986 (age 35)
8		Middle blocker	1.87		(1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 28)
9	Freya Aelbrecht	Middle blocker	1.89		(1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 (age 31)
10		Outside hitter	1.85		(1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 29)
11		Libero	1.69		(1988-10-30) 30 October 1988 (age 33)
13		Setter	1.75		(1984-11-22) 22 November 1984 (age 37)
15		Outside hitter	1.89		(1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 25)
16		Outside hitter	1.85		(1992-06-10) 10 June 1992 (age 29)
17		Outside hitter	1.82		(1991-12-27) 27 December 1991 (age 30)
18	Haley Eckerman	Outside hitter	1.90		(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 29)

Honours[]

National competitions[]

International competitions[]

CEV Challenge Cup: 1

2018-19

CEV Cup: 1

2020-21

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Presentazione". Pro Victoria Pallavolo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ "Storia". Consorzio Vero Volley (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ "La nostra storia". Pro Victoria Pallavolo (in Italian). Consorzio Vero Volley. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ "Saugella Team Monza". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ "Team". Consorzio Vero Volley (in Italian). Retrieved 6 September 2017.
^ "Saugella Team Monza - 2017-18 Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 September 2017.
^ "2016-17 Team". Consorzio Vero Volley (in Italian). Retrieved 6 September 2017.
^ "Saugella Team Monza - Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 February 2017.

External links[]

Vero Volley official website (in Italian) - Professional team info
Official website (in Italian) - Youth teams info

[Pro-1] "Presentazione". Pro Victoria Pallavolo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[2] "Storia". Consorzio Vero Volley (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[3] "La nostra storia". Pro Victoria Pallavolo (in Italian). Consorzio Vero Volley. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[4] "Saugella Team Monza". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[5] "Team". Consorzio Vero Volley (in Italian). Retrieved 6 September 2017.

[6] "Saugella Team Monza - 2017-18 Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 September 2017.

[7] "2016-17 Team". Consorzio Vero Volley (in Italian). Retrieved 6 September 2017.

[8] "Saugella Team Monza - Team". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 February 2017.

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