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  • 2009
    • September
      • Coach Lamb's Postmatch Comments (Video)
        09/17/09
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWvXkV-0

      • Italy Returns Home
        09/16/09
        It was an early morning for us all as we loaded the bus at 5:00am to head to the airport. I'm sure that most of us slept on our flight to Houston. I had mixed emotions as I said goodbye to the girls as well as Max, Fisio, and Stefano. Manuela was brave enough to speak on behalf of the entire gr

      • Italy vs. Wichita State University
        09/16/09
        The Italians looked a little tired as they loaded the bus to head to the gym for their last match of the tour. In warm ups, however, they looked like they had some fire to come out strong against their final opponent. They would play against the Wichita State University Shockers who are currently ra

      • Preparing for The Wichita State University Shockers
        09/14/09
        Today the team had two practices in preparation for the last match of their trip. After the morning session, we ate lunch at Abuelos Mexican Food Embassy. Chicken and steak fajitas all around and everyone was ecstatic! Without a doubt, this was their favorite meal of the trip. In fact it was so good

      • Travel Day to Wichita
        09/14/09
        It was an early start on Sunday to catch our 7:55am flight to Denver. We grabbed a quick breakfast in the airport and I think everyone slept on the plane. We had an hour and half in the Denver airport which was just enough time for some of us to refuel with a Starbuck's coffee (this is the clos

      • Texas Wrap-Up (Italian)
        09/14/09
        By Floriana Bertone

        Dopo un breve viaggio dal New Mexico al Texas siamo giunte nella città di Austin, che abbiamo avuto anche modo di visitare durante una mattinata di riposo dagli allenamenti. Camminando dall'Hotel dove soggiornavamo sino alla via centrale, abbiamo potuto notare l&

      • Italy vs. Texas, Match 2
        09/14/09
        Italy's second match vs. Texas proved to be a difficult one. Both Italy and Texas started the match with the same line-ups as the night before, but Italy came out slow in the first set. Destiny Hooker served two aces in a row to give Texas an early lead, 4-0. Texas continued to play nearly flaw

      • Italy vs. Texas, Match 1
        09/12/09
        After two days of training and clinics, Italy was ready for some competition. They knew Texas was a really strong team, and fired up for the match. Texas' volleyball gym is one of the best volleyball gyms in the nation. It seats about 5000 fans and the bleachers come pretty close to the floor.

      • Coach Stefano Lavarini comments on his teams experience at the NMSU tournament.
        09/11/09
        La nostra strada incomincia a Las Cruces, cittadina del Nuovo Messico poco apprezzata dagli americani, dove si svolge la prima tappa del nostro tour negli Stati Uniti. Dopo sole due settimane dall’inizio dell’attività di questo nuovo gruppo, che parteciperà al campionato italiano di serie A2,

      • Austin Jr.'s Clinic
        09/11/09
        Today the team had a free morning to walk around Austin and see all that this beautiful city and campus has to offer. After another great lunch buffet Stefano, Monica, and Manuela headed off to the gym for a press conference to help advertise the two matches they will play against University of Texa

      • Arrival in Austin
        09/11/09
        The team arrived in Austin yesterday and checked into the luxurious AT&T Hotel and Conference Center. They were very relieved to enjoy an excellent buffet lunch and get some rest before it was time to head out to training. They trained for two hours and then ran a clinic for Austin Performance.

      • College Station, TX
        09/11/09
        Monday we traveled from Las Cruces to College Station. With a drive on each end of the 1.5 hour flight it was a bit of a long travel day. We checked into the hotel and quickly left for evening training. It was a good opportunity for the girls to move around and stretch out. The girls were very disap

      • NMSU Tournament Update
        09/11/09
        The day of the match against NMSU started with a free morning for the girls to go shopping. Best Buy and Mesilla Mall were the two stops. The girls quickly discovered that electronic items and athletic gear are much cheaper here in the States than in Europe. No one was empty handed when we met up tw

      • First Day of Competition
        09/06/09
        Today the Italians had the chance to play two matches. They were well rested and recovered from their grueling 24+ hour trip, and began with a morning match against Florida State University. USF, coming off a tough five game match versus Florida and a 3-0 win against Illinois, proved to be too stron

      • A Message From The Italians
        09/04/09
        By Floriana Bertone

        Il nostro viaggio è iniziato all' alba di Mercoledì 02 settembre con il
        volo Roma-Newark della durata di ben 9 ore in cui ci siamo sbizzarrite sulle
        attività anti-noia!!!! Con il primo scalo a Newark abbiamo dovuto correre
        per riuscire a prend

      • The Italian's Arrive
        09/04/09
        With a few last minute kinks, the Italian Team landed safely on Wednesday night. Unfortunately, they were two short as one of the players' passport was not valid, which she found out at the airport on departure day. She and Max (team manager & statistician) arrived the next morning to compl

    • August