70th All Japan Intercollegiate Women's Championship 2023 (Nov 28–Dec 3)

    The drummer drumming on Court C is a Fukuoka fan, so every time Fukuoka scores a point I get annoyed :lol: That's not how it should be

    Tsukuba combinations are to die for. Not Thailand level because they are slower, but still confusing


    Haruka Oyama already has her V.League haircut

    Yeah, bummer. It's KLM in the Machida City, and the Meikai match I kinda wanted to watch is in Machida City basement. They all suck


    The Ryukoku – Kansai Welfare match is shaping up to be pretty tight. Ryukoku in blue is Kansai champ and I think they are losing 1–2--can't really see the scoreboard. And getting close to losing the match

    Ryukoku lost. Kansai welfare was 8th place, so I'm calling that the first upset of the tournament


    Nihon could be a dark horse team. They have no chance of winning the tournament but they might beat someone who does, throwing a wrinkle into things. They have that Best Spiker/Best Blocker award winning MB

    Coming up:

    Tokai – Keiai is in the good gym with zoomer cam but it will likely be a very lopsided match. Tokai lucky draw


    NSSU – Nagasaki is in the other decently lit gym and should be a good match. It's the one I'm putting on the big screen


    NIFS – Juntendo should also be competitive , medium frustrating in the Izumi City basement


    Too bad Aoyama – Tezukayama is in the dark. Aoyama has a few players I like a lot--all juniors-- and they knocked Tsukuba out of the Empress Cup. I would like to watch them ... but that gym :mad:


    Kobe Shinwa – Seinan Jo Gakuin is the other decently lit court. Don't know Seinan Jo at all


    a few other matches in the dark

    Juntendo 2–1 NIFS. This is the tragic match. Neither of these teams should go home in the 2nd Round, but one of them will

    NSSU went with a couple reserves in Set 3 and let it slip, but in a rollicking 4th they sent Nagasaki packin'


    A little tragic for Nagasaki, too. So good in 2021 but then everyone graduated. Still, they could have beaten half a dozen other teams in this round. Unlucky draw

    Amusing graphic of the only teams to have won this tournament more than once. NIFS is the only non-Kanto team to do it



    NSSU has only won it ONE time in this century. Seventy years from now NIFS will likely outweigh them, but they are going home tonight :white:

    Quote from sitenoise

    Amusing graphic of the only teams to have won this tournament more than once. NIFS is the only non-Kanto team to do it



    NSSU has only won it ONE time in this century. Seventy years from now NIFS will likely outweigh them, but they are going home tonight :white:

    A not-so fun fact is that Koji Hamada is the illegitimate child of legendary Oriental Witches OP Emiko Miyamoto. He was heavily criticized when NIFS appointed him as coach of the university's girls volleyball team when he was still in his early 20s and without any playing experience other than being Miyamoto's (illegitimate) son. NIFS is no Waseda by any means but during the early 2000s they were the only university with a profitable volleyball program at the time.

    Round 3


    Thursday 2023.11.30
    11:00 Start time, second match at 14:00 (JST)

    B Court 11:00 Start

    Ota Ward

    Tsukuba – Sonoda Women


    Tokai – Aoyama


    C Court

    Izumi City

    Fukuoka – Kyoto Sangyo


    NSSU – Meikai


    D Court

    Izumi City

    Gifu Kyoritsu – Kansai Fukushi


    Kansai – Kobe Shinwa


    E Court

    Izumi City (Sub)

    TWCPE – Nihon


    JWCPE – Juntendo


    Two Tie Breakers tonight so far


    TWCPE 2–2 Nihon. This is Nihon's dark horse moment :box: https://univas.jp/enjoy/univas-live/?game=11267


    Gifu Kyoritsu 2–2 Kansai Fukushi https://univas.jp/enjoy/univas-live/?game=11265

    I only tuned in after the Fukuoka match. Nihon's "ace" MB Naka Hasebe didn't play set 4 and isn't lined up for the Tie Break :/ They have a MB, Aomi Takahashi, who was 186cm in high school. She's probably a couple cms taller now

    Dark Horse Nihon it is :super:


    I'm a TWCPE fan but this was inevitable. TWCPE got the Empress Cup so they have something to do now that this tournament is over for them


    I think Nihon will meet Tokai in the QF

    Tokai v Aoyama . Will Aoyama knock Tokai out of this tournament like they knocked Tsukuba out of Empress Cup?

    https://univas.jp/enjoy/univas-live/?game=11264


    NSSU v Meikai . Meikai is the new up and coming team. Arina Tsutsumi has ditched her knee pads :wall: And they have a couple Champion Beach players. Always an advantage

    https://univas.jp/enjoy/univas-live/?game=11266


    Kobe Shinwa v Kansai .

    https://univas.jp/enjoy/univas-live/?game=11265


    JWCPE v Juntendo .

    https://univas.jp/enjoy/univas-live/?game=11267

    Meikai coming out hot :box: Look out NSSU


    Something's going on at Meikai. Skills. Maybe the coach. I don't know who it is

    The Meikai NSSU stream is doing zoomers now too and is a lot more pleasant to look at than the Ota Ward Tokai match

    Meikai 25:box:15 NSSU


    Loving this Meikai team. Super cute libero doesn't hurt. Tsutumi is doing these very nice cut up the middle smashers :rose:

    NSSU deploying countermeasures in set 2 :box:

    Tokai OH #2 Haruko Sasaki could help Prestige (or Kurobe)