Volley Millenium Brescia
| Full name | Volley Millenium Brescia | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | ||
| Ground | PalaGeorge, Montichiari, Italy (Capacity: 4,000) | ||
| Chairman | Roberto Catania | ||
| Head coach | Enrico Mazzola | ||
| League | SuperLega | ||
| 2018–19 | 7th (Promotion playoff quarterfinalists) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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2017–18Volley Millenium Brescia is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Brescia and currently playing in the SuperLega.
Previous names[]
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
- Millenium Brescia (1999–2017)
- Savallese Millenium Brescia (2017–present)
History[]
The club was established in 1999 and its teams (girls, youth, junior and senior) started participating in local and regional competitions. After a restructure process in 2006, the club adopted a more professional oriented model that allowed the first team to move from regional to national competitions. It reached Serie D (in 2008), Serie C (in 2010), Serie B2 (in 2011) and Serie B1 (in 2013). The club won the 2015–16 Serie B1 promotion playoff and made its debut in the Serie A2 on the following season.[1][2]
Venue[]
The club played its home matches at the (in Bagnolo Mella) until 2017, when ahead of the 2017–18 season it moved to the PalaGeorge (in Montichiari), which has a 4,000 spectators capacity.[3]
Team[]
Season 2018–2019, as of December 2018.[4]
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 
|
Hitter | 1.78 | 19 December 1988 | |
| 4 | 
|
Hitter | 1.81 | 15 March 1995 | |
| 5 |
|
Libero | 1.73 | 11 September 1998 | |
| 6 |
|
Setter | 1.77 | 18 July 1998 | |
| 7 |
|
Setter | 1.75 | 26 November 1991 | |
| 8 |  Judith Pietersen
|
Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 3 July 1989 | |
| 9 |
|
Outside Hitter | 1.87 | 30 May 1995 | |
| 10 |
|
Libero | 1.64 | 23 February 1990 | |
| 11 |  Haleigh Washington
|
Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 11 September 1995 | |
| 14 |
|
Hitter | 1.87 | 5 September 1998 | |
| 15 |
|
Opposite | 1.89 | 70 | 3 January 1996 |
| 16 |
|
Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 13 September 1992 | |
| 18 | 
|
Middle Blocker | 23 May 2000 |
| 2016–2017 Team[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 |
|
Middle blocker | 1.83 | 27 September 1985 | |
| 2 |
|
Opposite | 1.85 | 31 May 1993 | |
| 3 |
|
Outside hitter | 1.85 | 28 December 1989 | |
| 5 |
|
Outside hitter | 1.80 | 65 | 24 November 1979 |
| 6 |
|
Libero | 1.67 | 19 June 1987 | |
| 7 |
|
Outside hitter | 1.78 | 19 December 1988 | |
| 9 |
|
Middle blocker | 1.85 | 23 March 1993 | |
| 10 |
|
Outside hitter | 1.89 | 66 | 8 October 1991 |
| 11 |
|
Setter | 1.80 | 4 November 1994 | |
| 13 |
|
Libero | 1.65 | 13 March 1993 | |
| 15 |
|
Middle blocker | 1.86 | 10 December 1997 | |
| 17 |
|
Setter | 1.77 | 9 November 1994 | |
| 18 |
|
Middle blocker | 1.82 | 3 March 1991 | |
References[]
- ^ "Storia". Volley Millenium Brescia (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Albo d'oro". Volley Millenium Brescia (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Millenium la prossima stagione giocherà al PalaGeorge!". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). 28 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Savallese Millenium Brescia 2018-2019". milleniumbs.com (in Italian). Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Millenium Brescia 2016-2017". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
External links[]
- Official website (in Italian)
| 2016–17 teams | |
|---|---|
| Former teams | |
- Italian women's volleyball clubs
- Volleyball clubs established in 1999
- 1999 establishments in Italy
- Sport in Brescia