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Loeppky’s Vero Volley Monza battling in Italian finals
4 minute read Yesterday at 5:51 PM CDTIt’s been an outstanding season on the volleyball court for Steinbach’s Eric Loeppky.
The former Steinbach Regional Secondary School standout not only helped lead Canada to an Olympic berth, but his club team, Mint Vero Volley Monza, are tied 1-1 in the Italian Superlega finals.
The 12-team Superlega is the highest tier of volleyball in Italy and is consistently ranked as the best league in the world.
It’s been a magical run to the finals for Vero Volley. The team needed five matches against Lube in the quarterfinals and five matches against defending champions Trentino in the semi-finals to advance. They’re facing Perugia, which has made the league championship in three of the last four seasons, with the teams exchanging victories through two games of the best-of-five series.
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