River Volley


River Volley is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Piacenza and currently playing in the Serie A1.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
The club was founded in 1983 as and was based in Rivergaro. It had only youth team activities until 1988 when a senior team was created and the club started competing in the lower divisions in Italy. By the early 2000s the club was playing in the third and second divisions of the Italian league, and decided to move its professional senior activities to Piacenza keeping the youth activities in Rivergaro. It reached the Serie A1 for the first time in 2006, after winning promotion at the end of the 2005–06 season. It was relegated in its first season at Serie A1 but returned to the highest league for the 2009–10 season. The club started to become competitive in the Serie A1, winning the league, cup and supercup in both 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.
In May 2016, an agreement between River Volley and Liu Jo Modena was announced, following LJ Volley decision to stop its volleyball activities. In the agreement River Volley acquired LJ Volley assets with Liu Jo becoming River's main sponsor and the club being renamed. The club remain based in Piacenza but its home matches moved from PalaBanca to be played at the PalaPanini in Modena.

Team

Season 2017–2018, as of September 2017.
NumberPlayerPositionHeight Weight Birth date
3 Ilaria GarzaroMiddle Blocker1.9081
5 Laura HeyrmanMiddle Blocker1.8874
6 Giulia LeonardiLibero1.6558
7 Madelaynne MontañoOpposite1.8568
8 Jovana VesovićOutside Hitter1.8268
9 Caterina BosettiOutside Hitter1.8069
10 Francesca FerrettiSetter1.8070
12 Aurora PistolesiOutside Hitter1.86
13 Raffaella CalloniMiddle Blocker1.8774
15 Mina TomićOpposite1.9175
16 Giulia PinceratoSetter1.8268
17 Katarina BarunOpposite1.9475
18 Veronica BiscontiLibero1.7462

Honours

National competitions