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    I love when Satomi dives into the void :lol:

    At Denso 11–9, I was going to post how epic it would be if Denso reverse swept JT but didn't for fear of the jinx


    Turns out you don't have to post it. Just think it :rolll:


    11–15 :white:

    Quote from haru_12

    4th set at 5-11, Saiki been waiting for that :lol:

    I just looked that one up. It was a smacker

    2024.01.28 Results

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    		 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Stats

    NEC 3–0 Kurobe

    25-9

    25-13

    25-20



    75–42

    JT Marvelous 3–2 Denso

    25-19

    25-19

    19-25

    21-25

    15-11

    105–99

    Okayama 3–1 Toray

    25-22

    25-21

    17-25

    26-24


    93–92

    Hitachi 1–3 Toyota

    20-25

    28-30

    25-22

    23-25


    96–102

    Given the matches left to play it's pretty settled that these six teams are Final Stage.


    JT Marvelous

    NEC

    SAGA

    Saitama

    Denso

    Toyota


    The first four are already qualified. Hitachi at 7th has SAGA Saitama and JT left to play, so no way they make it in

    damn it Yuka stop with the Rosa-ball pipes

    Liking the lighting and camera for Saitama / Toyota at Saitama Prefectural Budokan. The camera angle is lower and closer. Gives it an intimate quality

    SAGA / Hitachi will play there later

    I'm happy for Arisa Nagano ditching Himeji and making a name for herself with Toyota. She's doing pretty well hitting 44.8% on the season

    Good for Okayama but bad for Denso. If Hitachi beats SAGA later (unlikely but possible) they be tied with Denso for the 6th spot


    Denso's last two matches (Prestige, PFU) should be easier than Hitachi's (Saitama, JT), but Okayama should have been easy-er-ish

    Pimpichaya gonna turn this around for Kurobe :box:

    Quote from Julian Chow

    Now, Kurobe.... 🙏 please don’t let this set slip away ...

    Kurobe are the kings of the reverse sweep. They did it once before :) Their middle blockers are undersung monsters. Reika Sato's windmill slide still cracks me up tho