The Akademia Sant’Anna is hunting for the first points up for grabs in the 2024-25 edition of the A2 series championship. The girls led on the bench by coach Fabio Bonafede start again from the “PalaRescifina” where they will face at 4pm (de Sensi and Palumbo refereeing) the Csi Clai Imola determined to follow up with a victory on the work done in the gym these months, also accompanied by a profitable series of test matches.
The season that opens the doors is in fact that of great ambitions and the pursuit of the dream called A1 which slipped away in April after game 3 of the playoff semi-finals but which the Akademia now wants to turn into reality. A goal to reach which the club from Messina has made investments on the market, revolutionizing the roster with additions of technical and athletic qualities above the tournament average, focusing on several athletes with years in A1 behind them (the central Rossella Olivotto from Trentino Volley, the former Pinerolo spiker Chiara Mason, the opposite Bintu Diop last year in Scandicci), in foreign leagues like the setter Giulia Carraro and behind her a precious path in A2 like Maria Adelaide Babatunde, Bibiana Guzin, the other setter Ambra Trevisiol , the liberos Giorgia Caforio and Maria Chiara Norgini and there are strong expectations on the US-made spiker Adanna Rollins, the only foreigner in a squad made up of twelve athletes.
The confirmed ones from last year are the spiker Aurora Rossetto and the central defender Dalila Modestino. On the bench next to the head coach Fabio Bonafede there will be Flavio Ferrara in the role of second coach and the scoutman Daniele Cesareo.
Central Olivotto will present the match on the eve of the match: «on Sunday we will have to be good at imposing our rhythm from the start. We will play at home and this in itself will be a great responsibility. On the pitch we will have to show our fans what we have worked on.” The Latvian Neciporuka did not convince during the trial period and therefore the market remains on standby to only open up to a player who can truly be useful to the cause. The Romagna team, on the other hand, is making its debut in the second series, after the success in last year’s playoff final against Villa Cortese.
From the previous roster he confirmed the central Sofia Migliorini, the libero Alessia Mastrilli as well as the promotion coach Nello Caliendo. Confirmation had also arrived for the captain and setter Sofia Cavalli but she was stopped by a bad injury that will cause her to miss the entire season. Eleven additions from the market: spikers Valentina Pomili (formerly Futura Giovani Busto Arsizio), Irene Mescoli (Rubierese), Arianna Visentin and Katarina Bulovic from Millenium Brescia. Beatrice Bacchilega and Eva Ravazzolo arrived in the center, the two opposites Glenda Messaggi (Black Angels Volley Perugia) and the opposite Sara Stival (Volley Melendugno), the former Brescia setter Matilde Pinarello and the libero Arianna Gambini also signed.
A2 women’s day 1
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Messina-Imola today
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