America’s latest girls’s professional volleyball league has given followers their first take a look at what they’ll be sporting once they begin taking part in early subsequent 12 months.
Final week, League One Volleyball — or LOVB, which the league is announcing as “love” — unveiled the jerseys that its six professional groups will put on once they take the court docket for his or her inaugural season, which begins in January 2025.
The league says on its web site that the jerseys, manufactured by Adidas, “cater to the evolving wants of contemporary girls athletes. They improve each efficiency and luxury whereas reflecting each the energy and femininity of the gamers.”
“In designing our skilled league, we’re being intentional about how we construct for the particular wants of girls athletes, and in Adidas, we have now discovered a companion who’s as obsessed with uplifting girls athletes as we’re. It’s not about simply doing proper by our athletes, but in addition offering them with attire that can allow them to achieve new skilled heights.”
— Rosie Spaulding, LOVB Professional president
It’s value noting right here that not one of the LOVB groups have nicknames; they’re known as “LOVB [City Name] Volleyball. Every staff has a emblem that’s an summary monogram of their metropolis’s initials or abbreviation.
Every sleeveless jersey options the professional staff’s emblem within the middle of the chest, with the town title beneath. The emblem then repeats down the entrance of the jersey. Adidas stripes seem on the shoulders.
The backs of the jerseys have the staff emblem on the high, immediately beneath the collar, with the participant’s title and quantity beneath that. Then, just like the entrance, the brand repeats down the again. The staff emblem additionally repeating down the facet panels.
Right here’s a take a look at all six of the jerseys unveiled final week:
LOVB ATLANTA VOLLEYBALL
LOVB AUSTIN VOLLEYBALL
LOVB HOUSTON VOLLEYBALL
LOVB MADISON VOLLEYBALL
LOVB OMAHA VOLLEYBALL
LOVB SALT LAKE VOLLEYBALL
LOVB’s inaugural season begins on January 8, 2025, when Salt Lake visits Atlanta. The opposite 4 groups will convene in Houston on the weekend of January 9 and 10 to start out their common seasons on the first Weekend with LOVB occasion. The LOVB Finals are scheduled for mid-April 2025.
LOVB will compete immediately with the Professional Volleyball Federation, which held its inaugural season in 2024. All seven groups from the primary PVF season are slated to return in 2025, together with a brand new staff in Indianapolis, the Indy Ignite.
