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

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 January.  

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 February 2023. 

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

Men's Super League Team of the Month

Diego Tamburini - IBB Polonia - Setter

Vaidas Audickas - IBB Polonia - Middle 

Ayodeji Balogun - Richmond Docklands - Middle

Artur Zylinski -  Stockport - Outside

Gustavo Cassou - University of Nottingham - Outside

Nathan Fullerton - Malory Eagles - Opposite

Andre Castro - University of Nottingham- Libero

Women's MAAREE Super League Team of the Month

Grace Lazard - Malory Eagles - Opposite 

Maria Sviridova - Team Sideout Polonia - Middle

Taylor Litteken - Durham Palatinates - Middle

Sydney Busa - Team Sideout Polonia - Outside

Camryn Carfino - Durham Palatinates - Outside 

Gaia Canevari - Team Sideout Polonia - Setter

Emily Haber - Durham Palatinates - Libero

Errea Men’s Player of the Month  

The Errea Men’s Player of the Month is Opposite, Nathan Fullerton from Malory Eagles. 

Congratulations, Nathan!

Errea Women’s Player of the Month  

The Errea Women’s Player of the Month is Middle, Taylor Littken from Durham Palatinates. 

Congratulations, Taylor! 

Selection Process

Players are ranked based on their position and how they compare to other players in the league of the same position. These rankings are put into a final team of the month from which the Player of the Month panel then selects one player from the women’s and men’s team of the month and awards these players as Player of the Month.

The Player of the Month panel will be 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. 

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