71st All Japan Intercollegiate Women's Championship 2024

    Now go watch the boring pros in V.League for a while :)


    Aoyama v Kaetsu in 30 minutes or so. I'd peg Aoyama as a much better team but Kaetsu's got that super underdog energy going on. I wish I would have watched them more closely

    Aoyama's probably got the most firepower in the tournament. Thank gosh #23 Yuriko Dobashi came along so Karen Edokuporo could go back to MB. She was a fail at OH, imo

    Plus they have a lefty MB, Captain #1 Kako Yajima (sis of Shiga's Risa) who slides left. That's gotta weird the other team out :lol: She's not a power MB but you can tell she's the heart of the team :rose:

    And of course Misuzu :heart:

    Kaetsu's got their underdog happy camper shorts on. Overtime set 2 :box:

    I don't think Aoyama is going to lose, but they've been outplayed for a set and half by the jumpy shorts

    this is a big bag of fun match. I love seeing a team playing on pure party favors. If Kaetsu holds on 23–20, we got another Tie Break :box:

    :box::box: Tie Break :box::box:

    Aoyama is trying to steal Kaetsu's thunder by out-celebrating them :cheesy:

    Kaetsu 4–10 to 11-10 to 12–15 ... A wild ride, more fun than Tsukuba/Tokai but not as nerve racking


    Semifinal Results

    Tsukuba

    3–2

    Tokai

    Aoyama

    3–2

    Kaetsu


    Should be a good Final Day :box:

    No idea if UNIVAS is going to livestream the Final Matches. I think they are not. Also no idea what time they might start. I believe boys and girls are all on the same court, no idea who goes first. Maybe this information is buried in a tweetbox somewhere


    Awesome!

    I just looked at last year's All Japan and they started with multi-cam and closeups at the Quarterfinals. I imagine they will do that for the Final and Bronze but what a drag missing respectable coverage of the matches of the past couple days :down:


    Still no idea when things will start tonight and/or whether they will be available live

    Boy's Bronze is in set 3 (1-1), so I'd guess Girl's Bronze in an hour or so?


    https://univas.jp/enjoy/univas-live/?game=12658


    Girls are warming up. I'd say start time around 12:00 JST, maybe a little after

    This is a whole new ball game when you can see faces :rose:

    These commentators need to calm down a bit. Their over-excitement is distracting :white:

    Kaetsu out-playing Tokai, which means they get the lucky bounces to boot

    Tokai looks warmed up now. Going for a reverse sweep :box:

    Tokai libero is saving the day, and their big #11 MB is cuter than expected