Helvia Recina Volley Macerata, also known as HR Volley, is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Macerata. The team currently plays in the Serie A1, Italy's highest professional league.
Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club has competed under the following names: Acqua Roana Mosca HR Macerata (2012–2013) Roana Mosca CBF HR Macerata (2013–2014) Roana CBF HR Macerata (2014–2020) CBF Balducci HR Macerata (2020–present)
History Helvia Recina Volley was founded in the early 1990s by Tito Antinori, who was the club's president until his death in 2015. The club started to play in the local provincial series, but later moved up to the regional Serie D. In 2009, HR Volley was promoted to the regional Serie C and in 2012, the club advanced to the national Serie B2. After playing there for five seasons, HR Volley won pool F of Serie B2 in 2017 and got promoted to Serie B1.
After winning pool C of Serie B1 in 2019, the club made its debut in Serie A2. In its second season playing in Serie A2 (2020–21), HR Volley won the Serie A2 Coppa Italia. The following season (2021–22), the club won the Serie A2 playoffs and got promoted to Serie A1. HR Volley finished its first season in Serie A1 (2022–23) in last place and was relegated to Serie A2 again. In the 2024–25 season, the club once again managed to win the Serie A2 playoffs and secured its second promotion to Serie A1.
Team 2026–2027 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Roberta CarraroSetter1.815 Chiara LanducciMiddle Blocker1.856 Susan SchutOutside Hitter1.827 Asia BonelliSetter1.818 Alessia MazzonMiddle Blocker1.849 Nicole PiomboniOutside Hitter1.8010 Melissa TesiLibero1.7011 Bianca FarriolMiddle Blocker1.8712 Alessia MazzaroMiddle Blocker1.8514 Giorgia Caforio (c)Libero1.6816 Beatrice GardiniOutside Hitter1.8417 Clara DecortesOpposite1.8320 Mikaela StoyanovaOpposite1.94
2025–2026 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Giulia Bresciani (c)Libero1.653 Ilaria BatteSetter1.854 Ludovica SismondiMiddle Blocker1.915 Suvi KokkonenOutside Hitter1.826 Isidora KockarevićOutside Hitter1.857 Asia BonelliSetter1.818 Alessia MazzonMiddle Blocker1.849 Nicole PiomboniOutside Hitter1.8010 Natasza OrnochOutside Hitter1.8914 Giorgia CaforioLibero1.6815 Caroline CrawfordMiddle Blocker1.8916 Emma ClothierMiddle Blocker1.8817 Clara DecortesOpposite1.83
2024–2025 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Giulia BrescianiLibero1.652 Valeria BattistaOutside Hitter1.795 Safa AllaouiSetter1.856 Aurora MorandiniLibero1.697 Asia BonelliSetter1.818 Alessia MazzonMiddle Blocker1.849 Lea Andrea OrlandiMiddle Blocker1.8210 Daniela BulaichOutside Hitter1.7811 Federica BraidaSetter1.8212 Federica BusoliniMiddle Blocker1.8614 Alessia Fiesoli (c)Outside Hitter1.8515 Camilla SanguigniOutside Hitter1.7716 Sara CarusoMiddle Blocker1.9317 Clara DecortesOpposite1.83
2023–2024 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Giulia BrescianiLibero1.652 Arianna VittoriniOutside Hitter1.813 Alessia BolzonettiOutside Hitter1.874 Alessia MasciulloSetter1.836 Aurora MorandiniLibero1.697 Asia BonelliSetter1.818 Alessia MazzonMiddle Blocker1.849 Giorgia QuarchioniOutside Hitter1.8810 Danijela DžakovićOpposite1.8311 Laura BroekstraMiddle Blocker1.9112 Federica BusoliniMiddle Blocker1.8613 Piia KorhonenOpposite1.8714 Alessia Fiesoli (c)Outside Hitter1.8516 Giada CiviticoMiddle Blocker1.9118 Federica StroppaOpposite1.82
2022–2023 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Francesca CosiMiddle Blocker1.893 Silvia FioriLibero1.624 Symone AbbottOutside Hitter1.865 Francesca NapodanoLibero1.757 Claire ChausseeOutside Hitter1.828 Maria Irene RicciSetter1.819 Giorgia QuarchioniOutside Hitter1.8811 Akuabata OkenwaOpposite1.9012 Beatrice MolinaroMiddle Blocker1.9013 Nikol MilanovaSetter1.9114 Alessia Fiesoli (c)Outside Hitter1.8515 Polina MalikOpposite1.8618 Aurora PoliMiddle Blocker1.8819 Freya AelbrechtMiddle Blocker1.8624 Laura DijkemaSetter1.8477 Aleksandra LipskaOutside Hitter1.85
2021–2022 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Birth date1 Giulia BrescianiLibero1.652 Melissa MartinelliMiddle Blocker1.903 Francesca CosiMiddle Blocker1.895 Francesca MichielettoOutside Hitter1.846 Alice GasparroniOutside Hitter1.787 Martina GhezziOutside Hitter1.838 Maria Irene RicciSetter1.819 Federica StroppaOpposite1.8210 Ilenia Peretti (c)Setter1.8011 Valeria PizzolatoMiddle Blocker1.8214 Alessia FiesoliOutside Hitter1.8515 Polina MalikOpposite1.86
Head coaches Period Head coach 2017–2023 Luca Paniconi 2023–2024 Stefano Saja 2024–2024 Michele Carancini 2024– Valerio Lionetti
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External links Official website