Lancheras de Cataño
{{short description|Volleyball team of Cataño, Puerto Rico}}
{{Volleyball club infobox
|clubname = Lancheras de Cataño Voleibol Club
|short name = Lancheras de Cataño
|logo =
|fullname = Lancheras de Cataño Voleibol Club
|founded = 2010 (in Cataño); 2008 (in San Sebastián)
|ground = Cancha Cosme Beitía Sálamo
Cataño, Puerto Rico
|capacity = 2500
|chairman = {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} William López
|manager = {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Rafael Olazagasti
|captain = {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Shannon Torregrosa-Wingate
|league = LVSF
|season = 2012
|position = League Championship
}}
Lancheras de Cataño Voleibol Club is the professional female volleyball team of Cataño, Puerto Rico.{{cite web|url=http://www.elnacional.com.do/deportes/2008/12/22/2728/Distrito-revalida-titulos-en-voleibol|title=Impresiona el sexteto de las Lancheras de Cataño|author=El Vocero|language=es|access-date=2010-03-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055019/http://www.elnacional.com.do/deportes/2008/12/22/2728/Distrito-revalida-titulos-en-voleibol|archive-date=2011-07-16}}
History
The team was founded in 2008 and played as Caribes de San Sebastián in the 2009 season,{{cite web|url=http://www.notiuno.com/2009/04/crisis-no-hace-mella-a-voleibol-superior-femenino/|title=Crisis no hace mella a Voleibol Superior Femenino|author=Noti Uno|language=es|date=2009-04-08|access-date=2012-10-15}} then moved to Cataño and renamed Lancheras de Cataño.{{cite web|url=http://www.elexpresso.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5409:a-todo-vapor-la-asistencia-de-fanaticos-a-las-canchas-del-voleibol-superior-femenino&catid=21:otros&Itemid=39|title=A todo vapor la asistencia de fanáticos a las canchas del voleibol superior femenino|author=El Expreso de Puerto Rico|language=es|date=2010-03-04|access-date=2012-10-15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.elsuralavista.com/periodico/?p=1619|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122151201/http://www.elsuralavista.com/periodico/?p=1619|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 22, 2013|title=Venta y cambios de franquicias en la Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino (LVSF)|author=El Sur a la Vista|language=es|date=2009-11-22|access-date=2012-10-15}}
In the 2012 season, the team won the League Championship with the American setter Courtney Thompson being awarded as final series Most Valuable Person. The team qualified for 2012 FIVB Club World Championship which was celebrated in Doha, Qatar and finished fourth of six teams.{{cite news
|url=http://www.primerahora.com/%C2%A1lancherascampeonas!-636451.html|title=¡Lancheras campeonas!|last=Alzaga|first=Raúl|newspaper=Primera Hora|language=es|date=2012-04-15|access-date=2012-10-15}}
Squads
=Previous=
{{details|Lancheras de Cataño Squads}}
=Current=
As of October 2012
- Head Coach: {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Rafael Olazagasti
- Assistant coach: {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Esai Velez
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|1 |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Tatiana Jusino |Wing Spiker/ Libero |
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|2 |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Deborah Seilhamer |Libero |
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|3 |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Yarimar Rosa |Wing Spiker |
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|4 |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Tatiana Encarnación |Wing Spiker |
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|5 |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Myrlena López |Middle Blocker |
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|6 |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Paulette García |Wing Spiker |
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|7 |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Mariel Medina |Setter |
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|8 |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Jetzabel Del Valle |Middle Blocker |
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|9 |{{flagicon|VEN}} Oneida González |Opposite |
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|10 |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Natalía Valentin |Setter |
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|11 |{{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Jones |Middle Blocker |
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|18 |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Shannon Torregrosa-Wingate |Middle Blocker/ Opposite |
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Release or Transfer
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References
External links
- [http://www.fpvoleibol.com/lvsf10 League Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130602194141/http://lancheras.net/ Team website]
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Category:Women's volleyball clubs in Puerto Rico
Category:Volleyball clubs established in 2008