Lauren Carlini received’t be with the USA when it opens Volleyball Nations League play subsequent week in Turkey. No, she and plenty of of the veterans will be house in Anaheim.
“We’re thinking long term here,” Carlini mentioned. “It’s a long summer.”
Carlini is now 28, nearly 10 years after main Wisconsin to the 2013 NCAA Tournament title match. After her school profession, she received the Sullivan Award, the first volleyball participant to be so honored.
In her professional profession, Carlini has performed with Savino Del Bene Scandicci after which Igor Gorgonzola Novara in Italy earlier than spending a season with Dinamo Moscow, two years with THY in Turkey, and this previous season back in Italy with Casalmaggiore.
“I just got back from a two-week break, which was fabulous, which was much needed after a long, intense season in Italy,” Carlini mentioned. “And coming back in the gym, we have a lot of new faces and young girls, especially this first week or two, as we’re transitioning and ramping up.”
Carlini, an alternate, considered one of the 23 Strong, for the Tokyo Olympics, will be on the transfer once more subsequent professional season and tells us about that, too.
By the manner, coach Karch Kiraly has not launched the last checklist, however you’ll be able to be sure that the 14 USA gamers for the matches towards Serbia, Italy, Korean and Turkey embrace fairly a couple of VNL newcomers. Click right here for the full USA 30-player roster.
Carlini, the 6-foot-1 setter from Aurora, Illinois, will possible journey with the USA for the second spherical that begins June 13 in Brasilia, Brazil, and if not, actually the final leg that begins June 28 in Suwon, Korea. The VNL finals are in Arlington, Texas, July 12-16, and, as Carlini famous, as the host workforce, the USA is assured a spot in the quarterfinals.
