15 Nov 2023

Super League Teams of the Month and Errea Players of the Month for October

Super League Teams of the Month and Errea Players of the Month for October

​Volleyball England is pleased to reveal its first Super League Team of the Month and Errea Player of the Month selections for the 2023-24 season – for the month of October.

It is part of the bid to step up coverage and raise the profile of the English volleyball’s top flight.  

A team of seven female players and seven male players have been selected after the completion of matches during October 

For each team, a setter, two middles, two outside, an opposite and a libero have been chosen using players’ stats uploaded to HUDL by 3rd November 2023. 

From that team, one Errea Women’s Player of the Month and Errea Men’s Player of the Month has been selected. 

MAAREE Women’s Super League Team of the Month 

Setter - Selena Batiste - Malory Eagles 

Middle 1 - Maria Sviridova - Team SideOut Polonia 

Middle 2 - Kennadie Jake-Turner - Durham Palatinates 

Outside 1 - Eileen Shi - Malory Eagles 

Outside 2 - Hajar El Alouani - Darkstar Derbyshire 

Opposite - Sydney Stevens - Durham Palatinates 

Libero - Anna Tsoumi - Malory Eagles 

Super League Men’s Team of the Month 

Setter - Diego Tamburini - IBB Polonia. 

Middle 1 - Vitor Oliveira - Richmond Docklands. 

Middle 2 - Ace Backer - Durham Palatinates. 

Outside 1 - Slater Bird - University of Nottingham. 

Outside 2 - Thomas Shatimehin - Essex Rebels. 

Opposite - Nelson Murangwa - Leeds Gorse. 

Libero - Adam Mitchell – Stockport. 


Errea Women’s Player of the Month  

The Errea Women’s Player of the Month is Outside Eileen Shi from the Malory Eagles. 

Congratulations, Eileen! 


Errea Men’s Player of the Month  

The Errea Men’s Player of the Month is setter Diego Tamburini from IBB Polonia. 

Congratulations, Diego! 

Selection Process 

Players are ranked based on their position and how they compare to other players in Super League of the same position. 

The top performers are put into a final Team of the Month from which the Player of the Month panel then selects the women’s and men’s Errea Player of the Month. 

The Player of the Month panel is made up of current England Senior Men’s coach, former Scotland player and now FIVB tutor Simon Loftus, former England Junior Women assistant coach and former England player Alex Smith and Volleyball England Strategic Manager (Talent) and former coach at all three levels of the USA’s NCAA Championship, John Forman.   

Players can only be considered if a full HUDL analysis is completed, which is undertaken once clubs have uploaded live streams of their matches. 

Home clubs are reminded that it is a Super League regulation for 2023-24 to upload a live stream of each match within 24 hours of a match finishing.

Latest updates 

You can find the latest Team of the Month and Player of the Month announcements on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok