Japan - 2012/2013 Women's Premier V- League

    Matchday 6, December 2, 2012
    Hisamitsu Springs 3-1 Toray Arrows (25-17, 25-22, 23-25, 25-16), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu), Yuki Ishii (Hisamitsu) and Stefanie Enright (Toray)19 points
    Denso Airybees 0-3 NEC Red Rockets (21-25, 29-31, 21-25), Yeliz Başa (NEC) 25 points
    JT Marvelous 3-0 Pioneer Red Wings (25-23, 25-22, 25-22), Masami Taniguchi (JT) 21 points
    Okayama Seagulls 3-2 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (26-24, 18-25, 25-20, 19-25, 15-8), Mai Fukuda (Okayama) 31 points


    Standings, wins, sets won-lost
    1. NEC Red Rockets, 5, 15-8 *better sets ratio than Hisamitsu
    2. Hisamitsu Springs, 5, 16-10
    3. Okayama Seagulls, 4, 16-10 **better sets ratio than Toray and Denso
    4. Toray Arrows, 4, 15-11 ***better sets ratio than Denso
    5. Denso Airybees, 4, 13-14
    6. JT Marvelous, 1, 9-15 ****better sets ratio than Toyota
    7. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 1, 9-17
    8. Pioneer Red Wings, 0, 10-18

    Matchday 7, December 8, 2012
    Okayama Seagulls 3-0 Pioneer Red Wings (25-12, 25-22, 25-13), Mai Fukuda (Okayama) and Megumi Kurihara (Okayama) 15 points
    JT Marvelous 0-3 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (20-25, 22-25, 12-25), Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 14 points
    Denso Airybees 1-3 Hisamitsu Springs (17-25, 18-25, 25-22, 11-25), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 22 points
    NEC Red Rockets 2-3 Toray Arrows (16-25, 25-20, 26-28, 25-21, 14-16), Stefanie Enright (Toray) 21 points, 10 players (6 from NEC, 4 from Toray) had 10 points or more


    Standings, wins, sets won-lost
    1. Hisamitsu Springs, 6, 19-11
    2. Okayama Seagulls, 5, 19-10 *better sets ratio than NEC and Toray
    3. NEC Red Rockets, 5, 17-11 **better sets ratio than Toray
    4. Toray Arrows, 5, 18-13
    5. Denso Airybees, 4, 14-17
    6. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 2, 12-17
    7. JT Marvelous, 1, 9-18
    8. Pioneer Red Wings, 0, 10-21

    Matchday 8, December 9, 2012
    Okayama Seagulls 3-2 Hisamitsu Springs (22-25, 25-23, 16-25, 25-18, 15-6), Megumi Kurihara (Okayama) 24 points and Mai Fukuda (Okayama) 20 points
    Denso Airybees 3-0 Pioneer Red Wings (25-14, 25-23, 25-21), Miku Izuoka (Denso) 15 points
    Toray Arrows 2-3 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (23-25, 29-27, 27-29, 25-23, 13-15), Saori Sakoda (Toray) 31 points, Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 26 points, Erika Araki (Toray) 22 points and Saki Takeda (Toyota) 21 points
    NEC Red Rockets 3-1 JT Marvelous (23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-19), Eva Yaneva (JT) 17 points


    Standings, wins, sets won-lost
    1. Okayama Seagulls, 6, 22-12 *better sets ratio than NEC and Hisamitsu
    2. NEC Red Rockets, 6, 20-12 **better sets ratio than Hisamitsu
    3. Hisamitsu Springs, 6, 21-14
    4. Toray Arrows, 5, 20-16 ***better sets ratio than Denso
    5. Denso Airybees, 5, 17-17
    6. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 3, 15-19
    7. JT Marvelous, 1, 10-21
    8. Pioneer Red Wings, 0, 10-24


    League matches are on break until January 12, 2013

    Brahmin, do you know if Maiko Kano has been playing as a setter? I remember reading a few months ago that she would be transitioning to that position.

    Quote from TheUSAFAN

    Brahmin, do you know if Maiko Kano has been playing as a setter? I remember reading a few months ago that she would be transitioning to that position.

    I guess she plays as setter, I checked official website of Hisamitsu Springs.

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    Matchday 9, January 12, 2013
    Toray Arrows 3-0 JT Marvelous (25-14, 25-20, 25-13), Saori Sakoda (Toray) 17 points
    Toyota Auto Body Queenseis 0-3 NEC Red Rockets (20-25, 21-25, 18-25), Akari Oumi (NEC) 22 points
    Okayama Seagulls 3-1 Denso Airybees (25-21, 25-16, 19-25, 25-20), Megumi Kurihara (Okayama) 21 points
    Pioneer Red Wings 1-3 Hisamitsu Springs (19-25, 21-25, 26-24, 20-25), Akiko Kouno (Pioneer) 18 points


    Standings, wins, sets won-lost
    1. Okayama Seagulls, 7, 25-13 *better sets ratio than NEC and Hisamitsu
    2. NEC Red Rockets, 7, 23-12 **better sets ratio than Hisamitsu
    3. Hisamitsu Springs, 7, 24-15
    4. Toray Arrows, 6, 23-16
    5. Denso Airybees, 5, 18-20
    6. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 3, 15-22
    7. JT Marvelous, 1, 10-24
    8. Pioneer Red Wings, 0, 11-27

    Could you give the detail statics of NEC? I wonder how Yeliz Basa plays. She scores so many points because of getting so many sets or playing with high effinency?


    And thank you sharing the match scores and the ranking :drink: . It is hard to follow Japan's league.

    Matchday 10, January 13, 2013
    JT Marvelous 3-1 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (25-19, 23-25, 25-21, 25-20), Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 23 points and Masami Taniguchi (JT) 20 points
    NEC Red Rockets 3-1 Toray Arrows (25-21, 23-25, 27-25, 25-21), Saori Sakoda (Toray) 23 points and Akari Oumi (NEC) 20 points
    Hisamitsu Springs 3-2 Denso Airybees (19-25, 25-19, 27-29, 25-10, 15-10), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 22 points
    Okayama Seagulls 3-0 Pioneer Red Wings (28-26, 25-17, 25-20), Yuko Asazu (Pioneer) and Chaine Staelens (Pioneer) 15 points


    Standings, wins, sets won-lost
    1. Okayama Seagulls, 8, 28-13 *better sets ratio than NEC and Hisamitsu
    2. NEC Red Rockets, 8, 26-13 **better sets ratio than Hisamitsu
    3. Hisamitsu Springs, 8, 27-17
    4. Toray Arrows, 6, 24-19
    5. Denso Airybees, 5, 20-23
    6. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 3, 16-25
    7. JT Marvelous, 2, 13-25
    8. Pioneer Red Wings, 0, 11-30

    Quote from kadir_8

    Could you give the detail statics of NEC? I wonder how Yeliz Basa plays. She scores so many points because of getting so many sets or playing with high effinency?


    And thank you sharing the match scores and the ranking :drink: . It is hard to follow Japan's league.


    Match 1, 3 sets of 3, 13 kills, 3 errors, 44 attempts, number 1 in all three, 4 blocks, 2 aces, 1 service error, 10 serves
    Match 2, 5 sets of 5, 22 kills, 2 errors, 56 attempts, number 1 in kills and attempts, 5 blocks, 0 aces, 1 service error, 17 serves
    Match 3, 5 sets of 5, 34 kills, 5 errors, 64 attempts, number 1 in all three, 3 blocks, 0 aces, 4 service errors, 15 serves
    Match 4, 3 sets of 3, 13 kills, 3 errors, 31 attempts, number 1 in all three, 0 blocks, 0 aces, 0 service errors, 6 serves
    Match 5, 4 sets of 4, 20 kills, 3 errors, 45 attempts, number 1 in all three, 1 blocks, 1 ace, 0 service errors, 21 serves
    Match 6, 3 sets of 3, 21 kills, 4 errors, 38 attempts, number 1 in all three, 4 blocks, 0 aces, 2 service errors, 11 serves
    Match 7, 5 sets of 5, 11 kills, 5 errors, 36 attempts, number 1 in errors, 0 blocks, 1 ace, 1 service error, 8 serves
    Match 8, 3 sets of 4, 7 kills, 1 errors, 15 attempts, 2 blocks, 0 aces, 0 service errors, 4 serves
    Match 9, 3 sets of 3, 16 kills, 5 errors, 37 attempts, number 1 in errors and attempts, 0 blocks, 1 ace, 2 service errors, 9 serves
    Match 10, 4 sets of 4, 8 kills, 3 errors, 25 attempts, number 1 in errors, 1 blocks, 0 aces, 1 service error, 9 serves


    I am thinking that she may have been injured with the lower numbers of attempts because she has been in as a substitute in some sets recently.


    Normally in Japan, with each team only allowed 1 foreigner, they are often the required to be the best player on the team. So, they will get the most sets to help the team win. With NEC playing well, Basa is a big portion of their success in the early part of the season.


    According to League ranks
    She is # 3 in points 163 kills, 20 blocks, 5 aces, 188 points total
    #5 in kills per set at 4.29
    #9 in blocks per set at 0.53

    i couldn't folliw Japan League..


    how is Eva Yaneva playing???

    Matchday 11, January 19, 2013
    Pioneer Red Wings 3-1 JT Marvelous (23-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-21), Chaine Staelens (Pioneer) 29 points
    Denso Airybees 1-3 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (25-23, 19-25, 23-25, 17-25), Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 23 points
    Toray Arrows 0-3 Hisamitsu Springs (14-25, 19-25, 19-25), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 14 points
    NEC Red Rockets 3-2 Okayama Seagulls (25-19, 18-25, 25-20, 19-25, 15-8), Mai Fukuda (Okayama) 30 points and Akari Oumi (NEC) 25 points


    Standings, wins, sets won-lost
    1. NEC Red Rockets, 9, 29-15 *better sets ratio than Hisamitsu
    2. Hisamitsu Springs, 9, 30-17
    3. Okayama Seagulls, 8, 30-16
    4. Toray Arrows, 6, 24-22
    5. Denso Airybees, 5, 21-26
    6. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 4, 19-26
    7. JT Marvelous, 2, 14-28
    8. Pioneer Red Wings, 1, 14-31

    Basa was a substitute in the first 3 sets only for NEC, 2 kills, 2 errors, 11 spike attempts, 2 serves, 1 service error


    Yaneva played in all 4 sets for JT, 13 kills, 1 error, 49 attempts, 1 block, 9 serves, 2 service errors

    Quote from Canter

    which one was Saori's team? and now who is replacing Saori in the team? May Yeliz'team be the champion this year?


    Saori Kimura played on Toray Arrows last year. Saori Sakoda and Erika Araki were on the team last year, and have stayed. They also brought in Puerto Rican Stephanie Enright.
    Enright injured her knee in the Emperor's Cup (non-league national cup competition) and returned to Puerto Rico for treatment.


    Araki is #7 in total points 115 kills, 43 blocks, 8 aces, 166 points total in 11 matches
    Enright is #12 in total points 134 kills, 13 blocks, 5 aces, 150 points total in 8 matches
    Enright is #7 in kills per set at 3.72
    Araki is #1 blocks per set at 0.93, 2 other Toray players are 11th and 12th at 0.48
    Araki is the most effective server
    Toray has 4 serve receivers in the top 11

    Matchday 12, January 20, 2013
    Hisamitsu Springs 2-3 NEC Red Rockets (25-23, 27-29, 25-23, 18-25, 14-16), Yuki Ishii (Hisamitsu) 26 points and Kanako Hirai (Hisamitsu) 20 points
    Toray Arrows 3-1 Okayama Seagulls (25-21, 25-20, 19-25, 25-14), Saori Sakoda (Toray) 22 points
    Denso Airybees 3-1 JT Marvelous (25-12, 21-25, 25-22, 25-23), Miku Izuoka (Denso) 23 points and Masami Taniguchi (JT) 22 points
    Pioneer Red Wings 1-3 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (26-24, 17-25, 22-25, 20-25), Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 35 points and Chaine Staelens (Pioneer) 20 points


    Standings, wins, sets won-lost
    1. NEC Red Rockets, 10, 32-17
    2. Hisamitsu Springs, 9, 32-20
    3. Okayama Seagulls, 8, 31-19
    4. Toray Arrows, 7, 27-23
    5. Denso Airybees, 6, 24-27
    6. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 5, 22-27
    7. JT Marvelous, 2, 15-31
    8. Pioneer Red Wings, 1, 15-34

    Basa was a starter in the first 3 sets, and then a substitute in the 5th for NEC, 17 kills, 2 errors, 51 spike attempts, 2 blocks, 9 serves, 1 service error


    Yaneva played in all 2 sets for JT (started 1st set, a substitute in the 4th), 1 kills, 1 error, 9 attempts, 1 block, 1 serve, 2 excellent, 7 serve receive attempts