Pro Volleyball Federation sets first serve: Atlanta at Omaha on January 24
Pro Women
VolleyballMag.com staff
November 1, 2023
Could Brooke Nuneviller, shown here in Turkiye last spring, have the first PVF serve when her Omaha team plays host to Atlanta?
The first serve in the history of the Pro Volleyball Federation will be Wednesday, January 24, when the Atlanta Vibe visits the Omaha Supernovas.
It’s the start of an 84-match regular-season schedule for the start-up American women’s pro volleyball league.
Five of the seven PVF teams play that first week. The next day, January 25, Columbus travels to Grand Rapids. Then, Atlanta plays at Orlando and in the second week, San Diego and Las Vegas open their respective seasons.
After the regular season, the top four teams will compete for the Pro Volleyball Federation Championship during the weekend of May 16-19, 2024. The location of the championship is still to be determined.
Here is a list of the PVF teams with information about each franchise and rosters.
Grand Rapids Rise
grrise.com, Grand Rapids, Michigan/VanAndel Arena Owners: Dan DeVos/DP Fox Ventures Head Coach: Cathy George Assistants: Bill Walton, Denislav Dimitrov, director of ops MacKenzi Welsh Roster Allyssa Garvelink-Jensen, MB, 6-4, Michigan State Ashley Evans, S, 6-1, Purdue Camilla Gomez, L, 5-2, Texas A&M Claire Chausee, OH, 6-0, Louisville Emiliya Dimitrova, OPP, 6-1, Bulgaria Erika Pritchard, OH, 6-3, Penn State Holly Toliver, OH, 6-2, Michigan State Kayla Caffey, MB, 6-0, Texas Marin Grote, MB, 6-4, Washington Sarah Sponcil, S/L, 5-9, UCLA Shannon Scully, OH, 6-2, USC Symone Abbott, OH, 6-1, Northwestern Nia Grant, MB, 6-1, Penn State
Omaha Supernovas
supernovas.com, CHI Health Center Omaha, Nebraska Owners: Jason Derulo and Danny White Head Coach: Shelton Collier Assistants: Laura “Bird” Kuhn, John Xie, John Corbelli Other Stateaff: Srength & Conditioning Coach – Laura Pilakowski-Buttermore Roster Sydney Hilley, S, 6-0, Wisconsin Yossiana Pressley, OH, 6-0, Baylor Tori Dixon, MB, 6-4, Minnesota Danielle Hart, MB, 6-4, Wisconsin Gina Mancuso-Porosoki, OH, 6-0, Nebraska Kendall White, L, 5-5, Penn State Brooke Nuneviller, OH, 5-11, Oregon Lindsey VanderWeide, OH, 6-3, Oregon Natalia Valentin-Anderson, S, 5-7, Puerto Rico Nia Reed, OPP, 6-1, Penn State Bethania De La Cruz, OH, 6-2, Dominican Republic Hristina Vuchkova, MB, 6-2, Bulgaria
sandiegoprovb.com, arena TBA (Team name announcement scheduled for November 9) Owners: Kerri Walsh Jennings, others TBA Head Coach: Tayyiba Haneef-Park Current roster August Raskie, S, 6- Oregon Jhenna Gabriel, S, 5-8, UNLV Hannah Tapp, MB, 6-3, Minnesota Ronika Stone, MB, 6-4, Oregon Hana Lishman, L, 5-7, Pepperdine Shara Venegas, L, 5-7, Puerto Rico Grace Loberg, OH, 6-3, Wisconsin
Las Vegas (name TBA) lasvegasprovb.com, arena TBA Owners: Andy Abb and Jon Bruning General Manager: Ruben Herrera Head Coach: Fran Flory Assistant Coaches: Denise Corlett, Melody Nua Current roster Molly McCage, MB, Texas Layne Van Buskirk, MB, Pittsburgh Berkeley Oblad, MB, Utah Saskia Hippe, OPP, Germany Alisha Glass Childress, S, Penn State
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