CIVITANOVA – After four intense seasons, two Scudetti won, an Italian Cup on the board, various finals (complete with world championship silver) and a growth path that has seen him take the team on his shoulders several times, the spiker Marlon Yant let her Lube kitchens Civitanova. She does it with the promise to return and without holding back the melancholy of parting with a Club, a city and many people who welcomed him like a son. «When we won the Play Off Final 5th Place I couldn’t hold back the tears – said Yant – partly for having contributed to achieving an objective that only a few days before seemed complicated, partly because I knew I had finished the adventure to Lube. These four years in Civitanova helped me become a man, to improve technique and manage athletic skills. Here I found a united group and, in the first seasons, a ‘Cuban family’ on the roster. Winning trophies at a very young age sparked immense joy in me, but also the last two years, more difficult, without titles and with many memorable sporting battles, allowed me to put aside important baggage, making me participate in a significant project. Now I feel the need for a new parenthesis, but it’s goodbye! I already imagine a possible return to Lube in my sporting future.”
Instead, it remains in red and white Francesco Bisotto until 2026. The free born in Cuneo in 2002, 180 cm tall, he has already been promoted on the field by Lube kitchens Civitanova in the path of volleyball growth. The convincing evidence and the space that she was able to carve out for herself were worth an energetic handshake and the proposal of a two-year agreement to secure the department together with Fabio Balaso, tied to Lube until 2027. «I am enthusiastic about the contract extension in one of the top clubs in the world – said Bisotto – and the growth carried out during the year, with hard work, thanks also to the help of champions and one excellent staff. There have been some difficult phases this season and I have tried to assimilate as much as possible in terms of experience to accelerate my training. In view of the 2024/25 season I expect to improve further with Giampaolo Medei and, also given the young age of many teammates, to be part of an increasingly united and spirited group!
The first new face is a top player. It’s about the engagement with contract until 2026 of the Canadian national team Eric Loeppkyspiker born in ’98, 198 cm tall, who is about to face the fifth experience in SuperLega Credem Banca. Coming off a brilliant season with the Mint Vero Volley Monzawhere he demonstrated an uncommon flexibility, revealing himself to be a precious wildcard even in place 2, the athlete native of Steinbach managed to unleash all his power in Brianza, helping the Lombard collective reach the last act of the Scudetto Play Offs, the Del Monte® Italian Cup final and the showdown in the Challenge Cup.
Nine meter specialistrenamed “king of aces” in college for the bomb service, Loeppky grew up in the Trinity Western Universitywhere he came to light in the Spartans capturing three Conference and two National titles. In 2020 the arrival at Ravenna then the experiences a Padua it’s at Taranto until the next consecration after the upgrade with the transition to Vero Volley consortium.
Already in tour of the Canadian senior national team for six years and currently busy preparing for the Volleyball Nations League 2024. For the class of ’98 «I have always fantasized about wearing the Lube jersey, a historic and fascinating club, among the first to attract my attention. I come from a year in Monza full of emotions and I want to give continuity to the work done by continuing to give my all in pursuit of important objectives with the colors of Civitanova!”.
