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| Founded | 2023 |
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| Ground | Maverik Center West Valley City, Utah, U.S. SLCC Bruin Arena Taylorsville, Utah, U.S. |
| Manager | Tamari Miyashiro |
| League | LOVB Pro |
| Website | www |
LOVB Salt Lake is an American professional women's indoor volleyball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is a member of LOVB Pro, which will begin play in January 2025.
In 2021, LOVB announced plans to start a professional women's volleyball league in the United States. [1] Salt Lake City was announced as LOVB's fourth team location in June 2023. [2] Jordyn Poulter and Haleigh Washington were the team's founding athletes. [3]
LOVB Salt Lake played its first home match, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 at Salt Lake Community College, drawing a sold-out crowd of 3,006 fans to the campus in Taylorsville, Utah. [4]
| No. | Name | Position | Height | College / Home club | Nationality |
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| 1 | Jordyn Poulter | Setter | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Illinois |  United States |
| 2 | Tamaki Matsui | Setter | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | JWCPE |  Japan |
| 3 | Morgan Miller | Outside hitter | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | California | United States |
| 4 | Maddie Haynes | Outside hitter | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | California | United States |
| 5 | Skylar Fields | Opposite hitter | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | USC | United States |
| 6 | Tori Dixon | Middle blocker | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Minnesota | United States |
| 7 | Sophie Fischer | Middle blocker | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | Georgia | United States |
| 11 | Serena Gray | Middle blocker | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Pittsburgh | United States |
| 12 | Roni Jones-Perry | Outside hitter | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | BYU | United States |
| 15 | Haleigh Washington | Middle blocker | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Penn State | United States |
| 16 | Manami Kojima | Libero | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | Aoyama Gakuin | Japan |
| 17 | Dani Drews | Outside hitter | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Utah | United States |
| 18 | Mary Lake | Libero | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | BYU | United States |
| 21 | Claire Hoffman | Outside hitter | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Washington | United States |
| 33 | Heidy Casanova | Opposite hitter | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |  Cuba |
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