Japan - V.League V1 (Division 1, Women) 2023-2024

    Too heavy a lift for Prestige :white:

    Damn Score Bug is getting a little antsy already awarding the win to NEC X(

    Quote from Hassan Kadem

    aranmare's mbs are not sure what to do

    and the rest of the team isn't sure where to stand. Learning curve much? :lol:

    I'm happy Tsu got that VOM. That would be a straight set win for Hitachi if she did not come in and stayed in the latter part of sets 2 and 3 and finally started at set 4 . All the spikers are having a hard time with Shiori's sets. I miss Sawada :dance6:

    Quote from volleyb

    I'm happy Tsu got that VOM. That would be a straight set win for Hitachi if she did not come in and stayed in the latter part of sets 2 and 3 and finally started at set 4 . All the spikers are having a hard time with Shiori's sets. I miss Sawada :dance6:

    It's weird. Tsukada has been setting for the team for years -- albeit without much success, but you'd think there'd be better chemistry


    NEC needs to hand over the reins to Tsu


    ps - but I wanted Hitachi to win :lol:

    Toray. Welp. I'm reconsidering my defense of them losing to JT


    Denso :box: Kurobe should be the match of the night . I will be disappointed if it isn't

    Wish Prestige coulda got one more point in that 3rd set. It's best to score at least 15

    Come on girls. No campfires

    This is the kind of swingin' I've been waiting for from Minami Yoshida :rose:

    I'm impressed with the photos they've come up with for player intro things. A lot better than most of what's on the V.League site rosters. Nice photoshop work


    [-] Since they just put up Derya's player tag thing without a photo:


    This Denso/Kurobe kerfuffle is not meeting my match of the night requirements. Color me disappointed


    unless Kurobe pulls one of their infamous 0–2 comebacks



    Bring your slings and arrows for Toray :white:

    Yuka Yamaguchi's setting is surprising stable. I don't think I've ever seen her set a whole match before this weekend. Maybe a summer match or something but she was Tsukasa Nakagawa's backup in college, so dub sub was the extent of her play time. She was always good at it because she is positive and fun with an arena wide smile :rose:

    Quote from sitenoise

    only one match so far. I love her energy. She’s going to get a lot of reception practice that’s for sure. I’m a little unfair to both Kurobe setters but I think she’ll look much better if they find some rhythm. I’m rooting for Kurobe so you’ll get updates, cheers and groans. No way they make Final stage (top 6) but I think they will entertain

    Thanks for the update! To be honest, I've considered Derya as a lost case for a long time because of her inability to receive. However she surprised me last summer with her decent reception. That's why I'm curious about her development in defensive skillset. I'm happy that she had the courage to play abroad at such a young age.

    2023.10.29 Results

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    		 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Stats

    PFU 0–3 Saitama

    20-25

    28-30

    23-23



    71–80

    Okayama 0–3 JT

    21-25

    12-25

    16-25



    49–75

    NEC 3–1 Hitachi

    16-25

    30-28

    26-24

    25-21


    97–98

    SAGA 3–0 Prestige

    25-15

    25-15

    25-14



    75–44

    Toray 0–3 Toyota

    15-25

    18-25

    23-25



    56–75

    Denso 3–1 Kurobe

    25-20

    25-16

    22-25

    25-18


    97–79


    Derya 24/41 and 2 blocks // Maki Yamaguchi 9/19, 3 blocks, but no one else on Kurobe contributed much

    Nanami Asano 7/14, 6 blocks, 1 Ace :thumbup: Sayaka 12/21, 1 Block for Denso MBs. Yamaguchi's setting was stable and clear


    Yoshino Nishikawa 0/10. Oh Toray. Sylvia 19/41

    Van Hecke is coming back: 20/33


    Yukiko Wada has dropped this year to mid 30s kill rate as extended subber. Something is off


    JT and SAGA are both 4–0

    league’s standings can’t figure out the 0 win teams and points or sets ratio properly.


    Kurobe is 8th, 0-2, 1 point, 0.500 set ratio

    Okayama is 9th, 0-2, 1 points, 0.333 set ratio

    Toray is 10th, 0-2, 0 points, 0.167 set ratio

    PFU is 11th, 0-2, 0 points, 0 sets ratio, 0.85 points ratio

    Aranmare is 12th, 0-2, 0 points, 0 sets ratio, 0.63 points ratio

    league had to even say on twitter, our bad.
    https://x.com/vleague_or_jp/st…&t=3vQ5qBpMkwsigTi5ymKfIw