71st All Japan Intercollegiate Women's Championship 2024

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is this the Tsukuba match ? they're in the dark jerseys?

yes

check MB #7 Rin Honda. She has a future. As opposed to one of my faves #2 OP Koto Monta who at 168 doesn't. But she's exactly why I love Uni Ball

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score arm is ?

what or where is that?

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The match finished...?

I was wstching while doing my morning routine

Well, get coffeed up and ready for the Juntendo Meikai match. It will start 30 minutes after the Aoyama Match ends, or maybe they wait until 2 1/2 hours after the match started. Either way, Court K

It's amazing to me how many service errors there are when the score is 23–23

ooh, tough call on Kobe to lose the match

that's another thing I love about Uni ball. There is no bitching or whining

I'm going to move to Japan, run for office, and outlaw drumming

Meikai are such goofballs ... #8 is their only MB, so they play two (three?) rotations without a MB when she rotates out

right now they are #3, 2 13 which is OP OH OP

#13, the southpaw is their OP

now they are 13- 14 - 3 which is OP S -WTF

#3 is so ambiguous. She never rotates out. Plays receiving line and slides right when she's in front row, past the OP who runs quick middle

When OH #2 is in 4, she will run back to 5 and do a slide left back to 4. It' her favorite play

I can't follow it

Meikai's problem is that running all these peculiar speed ball combinations leaves too vulnerable on defense

I'm so torn about this match. I keep switching and rooting for whoever is on the near side of the court

overtime set

Tie Break

Juntendo is a much more serious team, but I love Meikai's comic relief. Watching Meikai when they are on the far side, it is difficult to guess who is going to hit the ball. Someone just pops up out of nowhere

#14, Meikai's freshman setter is deadly with her fast low sets to the lefty OP

Meanwhile, looks like Tokai's gonna upset NSSU, which really shouldn't be an upset, but NSSU has been peaking and Tokai's been struggling as of late

Harsh toke one of them is not making it to QFs

13–13, of course

14–14, of course

15–15, of course

16–16, of course

break point Juntendo

although I realize I would be unhappy if Meikai lost, and be sad if Juntendo did, so ...

17–17 OMG

Heck, now I'm sad Meikai lost

Oh well, had to be one or the other

Tokai and Juntendo move on

Tokai wins the lottery. They get Chukyo in the QFs

Round 3 Results

Ryukoku, who rotates one of their OHs with the libero, lost 4th set 28–30. Good finish, good match, but a little lackluster after Meikai

So ...

Quarterfinals:

First two are going to be tough

Tsukuba v Nihon starting now on UNIVAS

I don't think this is going to be easy for Tsukuba

Juntendo v Aoyama up next