Costa Masnaga tabs Merit Brennecke

Limonta Sport Costa Masnaga (Serie A2) signed 26-year-old German 188cm power forward Merit Brennecke for the upcoming season. She was the top rebounder at Norrkoping Dolphins in the Swedish Damligan last season, averaging 12.8ppg, 9.3rpg, and 1.8apg in 26 games. Brennecke helped Norrkoping Dolphins reach the semifinals. She was voted to the Eurobasket.com All-Swedish League All-Bosmans Team, League Player of the Week, and Eurobasket.com All-Swedish League Second Team. In the previous 2024-25 season, she played for another Swedish team, Mark Boras, in the Damligan. Brennecke also had a stint with Sjuharads Basket in BasketEttan, where she put up impressive stats of 15.3ppg, 8.7rpg, and 1.4apg in 18 games.
She represented Germany at the World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr (Germany) last year. During this event, she scored an average of 8.2 points per game and had 6.5 rebounds per game.
Brennecke has played previously in Germany between Wolfenbuettel, Panthers, LionPride, and Osnabrueck.
Among many awards, her team won the German 2.Bundesliga Group North Regular Season in 2020.


Limonta Sport Costa Masnaga roster for 2026-27:

Guards:
Elle Evans
Giorgia Redaelli

Forwards:
Alyssa Crockett
Giulia Olandi