Japan - V.Premier League 2014-2015

The First Matchday is today and tomorrow, but we've got results from today's matches.
Denso Airybees 0-3 Okayama Seagulls (24-26, 21-25, 23-25) Mia Jerkov (Denso) 25, Aki Kawabata (Okayama) 18
Hisamitsu Springs 3-2 Toray Arrows (25-27, 25-17, 19-25, 27-25, 15-13) Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 27, Yuki Ishii (Hisamitsu) 20, Saori Sakoda (Toray) 26

Checking PDF file with stats I must admit that there are some mistakes in numbers by Denso: Sano is 10, Nabeya is 15, Otake is 12, R. Ishii is 5, Izuoka is 1, Jerkov is 88, Saki Mashiba is 7 and Aya Horie is 16

Denso played with Suzuki as S, Nabeya as receiving OP, Izuoka and Jerkov as OHs (Mia as non-receiving), Risa Ishii and Inoue as MBs and Sano as L
Subs were Mashiba, Otake and Aya Horie.

kondzio : the shirt number is true, Sano is 10 Mia is 88
I expect Denso could fight more, but their setter(no.6) is very terrible. She never read the game! She always set the ball to position 2 with the same tempo, very low ball. And this doesn't work! In third set Denso was leading 23-20, I thought at least they could take this set. But the setter set 3(or 4) times to MB(slide attack in position 2), non of them turn into Denso's score! Why she kept setting that kind of ball, she could set to others . Mia at that moment was unstoppable, but she didn't get any ball.

any videos for these two matches?

Results from Day 2 of Matchday 1

NEC Red Rockets 3-0 Hitachi Rivale (25-15, 25-22, 25-21) Haruyo Shimamura (NEC) 16 & Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 10
Ageo Medics 3-0 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (25-21, 25-15, 32-30) Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 20 & Saki Takeda (Toyota) 11

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Wins-Losses, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. NEC Red Rockets, 3, 3-0
2. Ageo Medics, 3, 3-0
3. Okayama Seagulls, 3, 3-0
4. Hisamitsu Springs, 2, 3-2
5. Toray Arrows, 1, 2-3
6. Denso Airybees, 0, 0-3
7. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 0, 0-3
8. Hitachi Rivale, 0, 0-3
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

Quote from Vivamus

any videos for these two matches?

Okayama vs. Denso
Toray vs. Hisamitsu sets 1-2
Toray vs. Hisamitsu set 3
Toray vs. Hisamitsu set 5

Quote from brahmin

Okayama vs. Denso
Toray vs. Hisamitsu sets 1-2
Toray vs. Hisamitsu set 3
Toray vs. Hisamitsu set 5

Thanks~

as for the Toray - Hisamitsu Match,

it seems the following one on dailymotion is better in video quality.

http://www.dailymotion.com/vid…%E7%9B%86%E6%A0%BD1_sport

what s the name of japanese official volleyball ligue and the web site??

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what s the name of japanese official volleyball ligue and the web site??

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Matchday 2, November 22, 2014
Hitachi Rivale 3-0 Ageo Medics (25-15, 25-21, 25-22) Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 20 & Erika Araki (Ageo) 12
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis 0-3 Hisamitsu Springs (17-25, 21-25, 25-27) Rika Kawashima (Toyota) 11 & Yuki Ishii (Hisamitsu) 21 (6 blocks)
Denso Airybees 0-3 NEC Red Rockets (18-25, 18-25, 23-25) Risa Ishii (Denso) 9 & Akari Oumi (NEC) 14
Okayama Seagulls 3-0 Toray Arrows (25-16, 25-14, 25-17) Yuko Asazu (Okayama) 17 & Saori Kimura (Toray) 11

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Okayama Seagulls, 6, 2, 6-0
2. NEC Red Rockets, 6, 2, 6-0
3. Hisamitsu Springs, 5, 2, 6-2
4. Hitachi Rivale, 3, 1, 3-3
5. Ageo Medics, 3, 1, 3-3
6. Toray Arrows, 1, 0, 2-6
7. Denso Airybees, 0, 0, 0-6
8. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 0, 0, 0-6
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

Quote from ravens#7

Okayama Seagulls is always a good team. No matter they lost their star player on the paper (Kurihara), they are still there as good as always. 3-0 over Toray Arrows is impressive.

Toray should hire a foreign MB IMHO.

For Toray, Araki had been the captain with both Saori Kimura and Sakoda on the team. I love Saori, but I don't think that she is a leader compared to Araki. Toray probably expected to compete at a higher level with her return. The season is still young and with the playoffs now meaning you only have to finish in the top 6, you can take it slow in the season build up. I don't know what kind of foreign player they could get. Sakoda's playing as the opposite, Arisa Takada is the other all-around, Azusa Futami and Nozomi Itoh (MB), Nakamichi (Tashiro as backup) is the setter and Kodaira is the libero. Mari Horikawa has been put in for Nakamichi in the front row in some matches. In two matches the setter has provided 1 point, 1 block, 0 kills or 0 aces. I think that the need some time. We'll see where they are after the first pass through on the teams.

Okayama has done a good job of picking up good players and younger players. Players in Japan do not move as frequently as they do in other countries, so finding good talent coming out of high school or college can make a big difference. Plus, Okayama has to wise in their spending because they are not owned by a company. With Okayama having seen Meg's injuries over the last two years, they felt that "we gave her a chance to get back in shape and then had another injury. We can't have her not playing." and that is why she was released.

atchday 3, November 23, 2014
Okayama Seagulls 3-0 Hitachi Rivale (26-24, 25-22, 25-20) Moe Sasaki (Okayama) 18 & Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 21
Toray Arrows 0-3 Ageo Medics (16-25, 20-25, 21-25) Saori Kimura (Toray) 11 & Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 21
NEC Red Rockets 3-2 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (25-21, 20-25, 18-25, 25-21, 15-10) Haruyo Shimamura (NEC) 18 & Saki Takeda (Toyota) 20
Hisamitsu Springs 3-1 Denso Airybees (22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-14) Mia Jerkov (Denso) 31, Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 20 & Yuki Ishii (Hisamitsu) 20

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Okayama Seagulls, 9, 3, 9-0
2. NEC Red Rockets, 8, 3, 9-2
3. Hisamitsu Springs, 8, 3, 9-3
4. Ageo Medics, 6, 2, 6-3
5. Hitachi Rivale, 3, 1, 3-6
6. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 1, 0, 2-9
7. Toray Arrows, 1, 0, 2-9
8. Denso Airybees, 0, 0, 1-9
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

Torays and Queenseis looked so low these days....
looking forward to their running on the right track soon...

Matchday 4, November 29, 2014
Ageo Medics 2-3 Okayama Seagulls (25-18, 23-25, 19-25, 25-19, 15-17), Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 29 & Aki Kawabata (Okayama) 29
NEC Red Rockets 2-3 Hisamitsu Springs (25-16, 25-23, 15-25, 20-25, 9-15), Yeliz Basa (NEC) 22 & Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 30
Denso Airybees 2-3 Hitachi Rivale (25-23, 25-21, 27-29, 32-34, 13-15), Mia Jerkov (Denso) 33, Riho Ohtake (Denso) 21, Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 33 & Mirei Sasaki (Hitachi) 22
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis 3-1 Toray Arrows (21-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-10), Saori Kimura (Toray) 18 & Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 25

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Okayama Seagulls, 11, 4, 12-2
2. Hisamitsu Springs, 10, 4, 12-5
3. NEC Red Rockets, 9, 3, 11-5
4. Ageo Medics, 7, 2, 8-6
5. Hitachi Rivale, 5, 2, 6-8
6. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 4, 1, 5-10
7. Denso Airybees, 1, 0, 3-12
8. Toray Arrows, 1, 0, 3-12
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

What a score by Paoilini as MB 27/45 spikes + 5 blocks + 1 ace Miya Sato used her a lot

is this most scorer MB record?