The Professional Volleyball Federation is roughly a third of the way through its first regular season, which consisted of 24 games.
The schedule will gradually level out, with four of the seven teams playing nine games, two teams playing seven games, and one team playing six games.
Next up is three games on Saturday, with the Columbus Fury going to Grand Rapids Rise for the first noon fast service of the season, followed by the night's Vegas Thrill at the Atlanta Vibe and Omaha Supernovas at the Orlando Valkyries. to play against.
Here are the standings after two results, with Vibe sweeping the Thrill last Monday and Mojo holding off visiting Rise by 5.
Until March 4th
1. Atlanta Vibe (6-3)
2. Omaha Supernovas (6-3)
3. Columbus Fury (4-2)
4. Orlando Valkyries (4-5)
5. Grand Rapids Rise (3-4)
6. Vegas Thrills (3-6)
7. San Diego Mojo (2-5)
Note: Omaha won the most sets with 23 and lost 13. Atlanta is set and he is 21-15…The hottest team in PVF is Columbus. They started 0-2, but have since won four straight. Omaha and Atlanta are his two opponents. The Vibes won five games in the league's opening game on January 24th, and the Supernovas dominated in Atlanta in the final game on February 29th.
POW: There are six players of the week, the most recent being Atlanta's Anna Lazareva. The 6-foot-3 Russian, who turned 34 in January, had 49 kills, 41 digs, six blocks and three aces in a week in which her team went 2-1.
Atlanta teammates Ali Linhan and Leah Edmond were selected as the first two PVF prisoners. Since then, the honor has gone to Adora Anae of Orlando, Emilia Dimitrova of Grand Rapids, and last week, Regan Cooper of Columbus. Cooper, a PVF rookie who played at Washington State, Texas Tech and Kansas, is the only first-year pro to win the award.
Saturday matchup: Grand Rapids defeated Columbus in the first match between the teams on January 25th…This is the first time Atlanta vs. Vegas met…Omaha defeated Orlando twice, both times in four sets.
Statistics reader: The league leaders in kills, blocks and assists are:
Atlanta's Leah Edmond had 158 kills, followed by Orlando's Adora Anae (145) and Jill Guillen (134). Emilia Dimitrova of Grand Rapids finished fifth with 134, followed by Fury's teammate Claire Chausse (122).
Orlando's Kaz Brown has the most solo blocks with 34. Marin Grote of Grand Rapids (28 blocks) and Molly McKage of Las Vegas Thrill (27 blocks) follow. Omaha's Tori Dixon is next with 25 and Mukaela White with 23.
Olympian and Las Vegas setter Alisha Glass Childress leads the way with 383 assists. Wilma Rivera of Orlando has 347, Ashley Evans of Grand Rapids has 287, followed by Nusara Tomcom of San Diego (268) and Raymarie Santos of Columbus (226).
