Lycurgus (volleyball)

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Abiant Lycurgus
Full nameAbiant Lycurgus Groningen
Short nameLycurgus
Founded1952
GroundSportcomplex Kardinge
(Capacity: 1,000)
ChairmanMark Bouman
ManagerWilliam Frieling
LeagueEredivisie
2015–16Eredivisie, 1st
WebsiteClub home page
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Lycurgus is a Dutch professional volleyball club based in Groningen, Netherlands. They currently compete in the top flight of Dutch volleyball, the Eredivisie, and are the current reigning champions.

History

Abiant Lycurgus had relative success through the 1970s and 1980s, but the club never won any championships. It reached the national final in 2011/12 and 2014/15, but lost both matches, before finally winning the Dutch championship and Dutch cup in the 2015/16 season.

Team

First Team Squad

This is the Abiant Lycurgus team for the 2016–17 Eredivisie season.[1]

Head coach: Netherlands Arjan Taaij

No. Name Date of birth Height Position
1 Netherlands Sam Gortzak (1995-03-15) March 15, 1995 (age 29) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Setter
2 Netherlands Wytze Kooistra (1982-06-03) June 3, 1982 (age 41) 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Opposite
3 Canada Bryan Fraser (1991-01-31) January 31, 1991 (age 33) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Outside Hitter
4 Netherlands Tjerk Dercksen (1992-01-31) January 31, 1992 (age 32) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Outside Hitter
5 Netherlands Auke van De Kamp (1995-07-31) July 31, 1995 (age 28) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Outside Hitter
6 United States Matt West (1993-10-01) October 1, 1993 (age 30) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Setter
7 United States Nick Olson (1993-12-21) December 21, 1993 (age 30) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Middle Blocker
8 Netherlands Just Dronkers (1993-06-07) June 7, 1993 (age 30) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Libero
9 Netherlands Stijn van Schie (1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 (age 29) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Opposite
11 Netherlands Sander Scheper (1995-12-14) December 14, 1995 (age 28) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Middle Blocker
12 United States Mikelis Berzins (1990-08-09) August 9, 1990 (age 33) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Outside Hitter
17 Netherlands Niels de Vries (1996-07-04) July 4, 1996 (age 27) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Middle Blocker
18 Netherlands Dennis Borst (1992-02-01) February 1, 1992 (age 32) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Middle Blocker

References

  1. ^ "Abiant Lycurgus Team". Lycurgus.nl. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

External links

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