Japan - V.Premier League 2014-2015

Matchday 13, January 25, 2015
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis 3-2 Toray Arrows (28-26, 25-16, 19-25, 16-25, 16-14), Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 28, Saori Kimura (Toray) 25 & Saori Sakoda (Toray) 26
Hisamitsu Springs 3-2 Hitachi Rivale (25-17, 25-19, 22-25, 22-25, 15-9), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 20, Yuki Ishii (Hisamitsu) 21 & Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 26
Okayama Seagulls 0-3 NEC Red Rockets (18-25, 23-25, 13-25), Shuka Kaneda (Okayama) 11 & Yeliz Basa (NEC) 21
Ageo Medics 3-0 Denso Airybees (25-21, 25-23, 25-16), Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 16 & Mia Jerkov (Denso) 18

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Hisamitsu Springs, 33, 12, 38-14
2. NEC Red Rockets, 23, 8, 29-22
3. Okayama Seagulls, 21, 7, 25-22
4. Ageo Medics, 21, 7, 27-24
5. Toray Arrows, 17, 5, 24-27
6. Hitachi Rivale, 16, 5, 24-31
------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
7. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 15, 5, 22-31
8. Denso Airybees, 10, 3, 15-33
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

Matchday 14, January 31, 2015
Hitachi Rivale 1-3 Okayama Seagulls (21-25, 25-13, 22-25, 15-25), Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 22 & Aki Kawabata (Okayama) 21
Denso Airybees 2-3 Hisamitsu Springs (21-25, 25-18, 22-25, 25-18, 9-15), Mia Jerkov (Denso) 37 & Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 24
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis 0-3 NEC Red Rockets (28-30, 23-25, 26-28), Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 10, Saki Takeda (Toyota) 10 & Haruyo Shimamura (NEC) 18
Toray Arrows 3-1 Ageo Medics (17-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-20), Saori Sakoda (Toray) 23 & Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 25

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Hisamitsu Springs, 35, 13, 41-16
2. NEC Red Rockets, 26, 9, 32-22
3. Okayama Seagulls, 24, 8, 28-23
4. Ageo Medics, 21, 7, 28-27
5. Toray Arrows, 20, 6, 27-28
6. Hitachi Rivale, 16, 5, 25-34
------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
7. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 15, 5, 22-34
8. Denso Airybees, 11, 3, 17-36
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

7 games left in the regular season

Matchday 15, February 1, 2015
Toray Arrows 3-0 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (25-20, 25-23, 25-18), Saori Sakoda (Toray) 18 & Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 12
Ageo Medics 3-0 NEC Red Rockets (25-22, 25-21, 25-21), Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 23 & Risa Shiragaki (NEC) 11
Denso Airybees 3-0 Hitachi Rivale (25-18, 25-20, 25-17), Mia Jerkov (Denso) 23 & Mirei Sasaki (Hitachi) 9
Hisamitsu Springs 1-3 Okayama Seagulls (16-25, 19-25, 25-21, 16-25), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 25 & Moe Sasaki (Okayama) 20

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Hisamitsu Springs, 35, 13, 42-19 *
2. Okayama Seagulls, 27, 9, 31-24
3. NEC Red Rockets, 26, 9, 32-25
4. Ageo Medics, 24, 8, 31-27
5. Toray Arrows, 23, 7, 30-28
6. Hitachi Rivale, 16, 5, 25-37
------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
7. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 15, 5, 22-37
8. Denso Airybees, 14, 4, 20-36
* Clinched berth in V.Final Stage
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

Matchday 16, February 7, 2015
Hitachi Rivale 3-1 Okayama Seagulls (22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-17), Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 23, Megumi Kurihara (Hitachi) 21 & Yuko Asazu (Okayama) 18
Ageo Medics 3-0 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (25-21, 26-24, 25-19), Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 17 & Yuki Shoji (Toyota) 10
NEC Red Rockets 3-0 Hisamitsu Springs (25-23, 30-28, 25-18), Risa Shiragaki (NEC) 14 & Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 16
Denso Airybees 3-0 Toray Arrows (25-15, 25-15, 25-23), Mia Jerkov (Denso) 17 & Saori Sakoda (Toray) 12

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Hisamitsu Springs, 35, 13, 42-22 *
2. NEC Red Rockets, 29, 10, 35-25
3. Ageo Medics, 27, 9, 34-27
4. Okayama Seagulls, 27, 9, 32-27
5. Toray Arrows, 23, 7, 30-31
6. Hitachi Rivale, 19, 6, 28-38
------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
7. Denso Airybees, 17, 5, 23-36
8. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 15, 5, 22-40
* Clinched berth in V.Final Stage
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

Can you explain me how will work Final Stage with 6 teams?

Matchday 17, February 8, 2015
Hitachi Rivale 0-3 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (21-25, 22-25, 21-25), Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 17 & Saki Takeda (Toyota) 18
Ageo Medics 0-3 Okayama Seagulls (15-25, 20-25, 19-25), Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 11 & Yuko Asazu (Okayama) 17
NEC Red Rockets 2-3 Toray Arrows (23-25, 17-25, 25-21, 25-22, 15-17), Yeliz Basa (NEC) 22, Arisa Takada (Toray) 24 & Saori Kimura (Toray) 21
Denso Airybees 0-3 Hisamitsu Springs (21-25, 19-25, 16-25), Mia Jerkov (Denso) 21 & Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 20

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Hisamitsu Springs, 38, 14, 45-22 *
2. NEC Red Rockets, 30, 10, 37-28
3. Okayama Seagulls, 30, 10, 35-27
4. Ageo Medics, 27, 9, 34-30
5. Toray Arrows, 25, 8, 33-33
6. Hitachi Rivale, 19, 6, 28-41
------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
7. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 18, 6, 25-40
8. Denso Airybees, 17, 5, 23-39
* Clinched berth in V.Final Stage
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

Quote from forzalube

Can you explain me how will work Final Stage with 6 teams?

Quote from forzalube

Can you explain me how will work Final Stage with 6 teams?

There will be three rounds.
1st Round is called Final 6, Round Robin pool play, one match against each team
This starts February 28 and ends March 22
Before the pool play begins, teams will be awarded win points based on their position at the end of the regular season.
1st = 5
2nd = 4
3rd = 3
4th = 2
5th = 1
6th = 0
Add these to the points won in the pool play matches
The top 3 teams advance

The 2nd and 3rd placed teams will battle in a single match called the Final 3
Winner advances to the Final against the 1st placed team after pool play from the Final 6.

Matchday 18, February 14, 2015
Hisamitsu Springs 3-1 Toray Arrows (23-25, 25-22, 25-18, 26-24), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 24, Yuki Ishii (Hisamitsu) 22 & Saori Sakoda (Toray) 21
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis 0-3 Okayama Seagulls (21-25, 18-25, 21-25), Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 14 & Moe Sasaki (Okayama) 16
Ageo Medics 3-1 Denso Airybees (25-17, 25-22, 27-29, 25-16), Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 25 & Mia Jerkov (Denso) 25
NEC Red Rockets 3-0 Hitachi Rivale (25-23, 27-25, 31-29), Risa Shiragaki (NEC) 19 & Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 17

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Hisamitsu Springs, 41, 15, 48-23 *
2. NEC Red Rockets, 33, 11, 40-28 *
3. Okayama Seagulls, 33, 11, 38-27 *
4. Ageo Medics, 30, 10, 37-31 *
5. Toray Arrows, 25, 8, 34-36
6. Hitachi Rivale, 19, 6, 28-44
------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
7. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 18, 6, 25-43
8. Denso Airybees, 17, 5, 24-42
* Clinched berth in V.Final Stage
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

Matchday 19, February 15, 2015
Okayama Seagulls 1-3 Toray Arrows (23-25, 23-25, 25-21, 15-25), Aki Kawabata (Okayama) 17, Saori Kimura (Toray) 21 & Saori Sakoda (Toray) 21
Hisamitsu Springs 3-2 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (25-21, 19-25, 25-19, 20-15, 15-11), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 28 & Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 26
Ageo Medics 3-1 Hitachi Rivale (25-23, 29-27, 14-25, 25-23), Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 20 & Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 25 & Mirei Sasaki (Hitachi) 20
Denso Airybees 1-3 NEC Red Rockets (25-20, 19-25, 20-25, 18-25), Mia Jerkov (Denso) 23 & Mizuki Yanagita (NEC) 21 & Risa Shiragaki (NEC) 20

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Hisamitsu Springs, 43, 16, 51-25 *
2. NEC Red Rockets, 36, 12, 43-29 *
3. Okayama Seagulls, 33, 11, 39-30 *
4. Ageo Medics, 33, 11, 40-32 *
5. Toray Arrows, 28, 9, 37-37 *
6. Hitachi Rivale, 19, 6, 29-47
------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
7. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 19, 6, 27-46
8. Denso Airybees, 17, 5, 25-45
* Clinched berth in V.Final Stage
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

Hitachi, Toyota and Denso are all playing for the final spot in the playoffs. Toyota and Denso play Saturday, in possibly a winner makes the playoffs match. Hitachi has to face Hisamitsu, and have split the previous matches both going 5 sets. Hisamitsu has clinched the #1 seed for the playoffs.

Matchday 20, February 21, 2015
Hitachi Rivale 0-3 Hisamitsu Springs (22-25, 19-25, 17-25), Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 14, Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 15 & Risa Shinnabe (Hisamitsu) 15
Toray Arrows 3-1 Ageo Medics (25-23, 25-20, 21-25, 25-18), Arisa Takada (Toray) 22 & Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 24
Okayama Seagulls 3-0 NEC Red Rockets (25-23, 25-21, 31-29), Yuko Asazu (Okayama) 20 & Yeliz Basa (NEC) 23
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis 2-3 Denso Airybees (25-19, 25-19, 16-25, 21-25, 11-15), Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 14 & Mia Jerkov (Denso) 32

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Hisamitsu Springs, 46, 17, 54-25 *
2. Okayama Seagulls, 36, 12, 42-30 *
3. NEC Red Rockets, 36, 12, 43-32 *
4. Ageo Medics, 33, 11, 41-35 *
5. Toray Arrows, 31, 10, 40-38 *
6. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 20, 6, 29-49
------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
7. Denso Airybees, 19, 6, 28-47
8. Hitachi Rivale, 19, 6, 29-50
* Clinched berth in V.Final Stage
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio

Going into the final day tomorrow
Hisamitsu vs. Ageo
Okayama vs. Denso
NEC vs. Toyota
Toray vs. Hitachi

Hisamitsu is the number 1 seed
Okayama must win in less than 5 sets to keep the number 2 seed, a 5 set win could let NEC go to in front if NEC wins in 3 or 4 sets
Ageo can tie Okayama on points, but can't beat them on sets ratio. Can beat NEC to finish as the number 3 seed if NEC loses in 3 and Ageo wins in 3.
Toray can only get as high as the number 4 seed, where Ageo loses and Toray wins in 3 sets
With Toyota (20), Denso (19) and Hitachi (19) all tied on wins, a win will all but guarantee they make the playoffs. Denso has split with Okayama, but the others have not beat their opponents.
Right now I think that Toyota will get in.

Matchday 21, February 22, 2015
Toray Arrows 1-3 Hitachi Rivale (20-25, 19-25, 25-20, 18-25), Saori Kimura (Toray) 15, Saori Sakoda (Toray) 15 & Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 21 (9 blocks)
Hisamitsu Springs 1-3 Ageo Medics (18-25, 18-25, 25-22, 23-25), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 23 & Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 24
NEC Red Rockets 3-1 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (25-22, 20-25, 25-15, 25-23), Yeliz Basa (NEC) 20 & Aya Takeuchi (Toyota) 23
Okayama Seagulls 3-2 Denso Airybees (21-25, 25-15, 25-23, 23-25, 18-16), Moe Sasaki (Okayama) 28 & Mia Jerkov (Denso) 43

Standings
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Hisamitsu Springs, 46, 17, 55-28
2. NEC Red Rockets, 39, 13, 46-33
3. Okayama Seagulls, 38, 13, 45-32
4. Ageo Medics, 36, 12, 44-36
5. Toray Arrows, 31, 10, 41-41
6. Hitachi Rivale, 22, 7, 32-51
------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
7. Denso Airybees, 20, 6, 30-50
8. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 20, 6, 30-52
End of Regular Season
Tie breaker after sets ratio is points ratio
Denso and Toyota will play in the V. Challenge Match (promotion/relegation)

Final 6 Schedule

February 28 at the Osaka Central Gymnasium
Ageo vs. Hitachi
Hisamitsu vs. Okayama
NEC vs. Toray

March 7 at the Hannaryz Arena in Kyoto
NEC vs. Okayama
Ageo vs. Toray

March 8 at the Hannaryz Arena in Kyoto
Hisamitsu vs. Toray
NEC vs. Hitachi

March 14 at the Ota Ward General Gymansium in Tokyo
NEC vs. Ageo
Okayama vs. Hitachi

March 15 at the Ota Ward General Gymansium in Tokyo
Hisamitsu vs. Ageo
Okayama vs. Toray

March 21 at the Kagoshima Arena
Hisamitsu vs. NEC
Toray vs. Hitachi

March 22 at the Kagoshima Arena
Hisamitsu vs. Hitachi
Okayama vs. Ageo

Regular Season Award Winners

Leading Scorer
Mia Jerkov (Denso) 546 points

Spike Percentage (Kills/Attempts)
Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 53.3%

Blocking (Blocks per Set)
Erika Araki (Ageo) 0.80 blocks per set

Serve Efficiency [(No touch serve x100) + (Ace x80) + (Effective x25)]/Number of Serves
Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 15.2% =[(7x100)+(14x80)+(125x25)]/325

Serve Receive Efficiency
Risa Shinnabe (Hisamitsu) 74.7%

on February 26, 2015, Ohno Kana (NEC Red Rockets) was confirmed positive in an anti-doping routine test during the Championship (the Empress Cup) last year.
she is temporily suspended for at least 2 months and the final judgement will be made on March 6, 2015.

Quote from pappi

on February 26, 2015, Ohno Kana (NEC Red Rockets) was confirmed positive in an anti-doping routine test during the Championship (the Empress Cup) last year.
she is temporily suspended for at least 2 months and the final judgement will be made on March 6, 2015.

Well, she seemed to be promising MB and now she's caught on doping Japan needs good MBs because they lack them, so this even worsened situation...

Quote from kondzio

Well, she seemed to be promising MB and now she's caught on doping Japan needs good MBs because they lack them, so this even worsened situation...

the hybrid 5 needs the high quality attack after receiving.
the only one MB shall be excellent in spike and block, seems they do not have such aggresive MB now, maybe Manabe will turn the team back to the normal track...with 2 MBs
it seems Araki Erica and Iwasaka Nana turns up very well with high level performance these days.

Got caught with Tulobuterol

Tulobuterol (INN) is a long-acting beta2-adrenergic receptor agonist, marketed in Japan as a transdermal patch under the name Hokunalin tape, according to wikipedia

I guess she should have used a transdermal patch from Hisamitsu?

http://www.hisamitsu.co.jp/english/

Final 6 Matchday 1, February 28, 2015
Hitachi Rivale 0-3 Ageo Medics (19-25, 18-25, 17-25), Mirei Sasaki (Hitachi) 11 & Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 18
Hisamitsu Springs 3-1 Okayama Seagulls (25-21, 19-25, 25-19, 25-18), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 24, Yuki Ishii (Hisamitsu) 21 & Moe Sasaki (Okayama) 21
Toray Arrows 0-3 NEC Red Rockets (21-25, 23-25, 21-25), Saori Sakoda (Toray) 16 & Mizuki Yanagita (NEC) 16

Standings (4 matches remaining)
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Hisamitsu Springs, 8, 1, 3-1
----- Advance Directly to Final -----
2. NEC Red Rockets, 7, 1, 3-0
3. Ageo Medics, 5, 1, 3-0
----- Advance to Final 3-----
4. Okayama Seagulls 3, 0, 1-3
5. Toray Arrows, 1, 0, 0-3
6. Hitachi Rivale, 0, 0, 0-3

Final 6 Matchday 2, March 7, 2015
Ageo Medics 3-1 Toray Arrows (25-17, 25-16, 22-25, 25-12), Kelly Murphy (Ageo) 20, Saori Sakoda (Toray) 16 & Arisa Takada (Toray) 16
NEC Red Rockets 3-1 Okayama Seagulls (18-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-14), Akari Oumi (NEC) 18 & Moe Sasaki (Okayama) 19
Final 6 Matchday 3, March 8, 2015
NEC Red Rockets 0-3 Hitachi Rivale (17-25, 18-25, 17-25), Sarina Koga (NEC) 9, Haruyo Shimamura (NEC) 9 & Lauren Paolini (Hitachi) 16
Hisamitsu Springs 3-1 Toray Arrows (19-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-18), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 23 & Arisa Takada (Toray) 20

Standings (4 matches remaining)
Rank, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. Hisamitsu Springs, 11, 2, 6-2
----- Advance Directly to Final -----
2. NEC Red Rockets, 10, 2, 6-4
3. Ageo Medics, 8, 2, 6-1
----- Advance to Final 3-----
4. Okayama Seagulls 3, 0, 2-6
5. Hitachi Rivale, 3, 1, 3-3
6. Toray Arrows, 1, 0, 2-9

I saw Kana Ohno play in March 7th match against Okayama though...what happened to testing positive for performance enhancement?