Could somebody give me a short update on how Lena Stigrot and Marie Schölzel have been performing this season?
Lena played in all matches for Kurobe this year, averaged 4.2 points a set spiking, 18 aces and 29 errors on serve and 33 blocks in 44 matches.
Marie did play in 42 of 44 matches. 1.87 points a set spiking, 0.56 blocks a set (78 in 42 matches), 8 aces and 18 errors serving.
Playoff Bracket as of Saturday's Matches
which one is more damning, losing to the 10th placed team, Denso, or the the 12th placed team, Saitama?
Saitama actually lost the season series to Okayama with the loss. Tied 2-2 on wins, but Saitama with 8 set wins to 9 for Okayama.
Saitama down 0-2 to Okayama.
Denso down 0-1, but up 5 in 2nd set.
Denso needs to win to make the playoffs, but Saitama losing to Okayama would basically imply that they have been inconsistent all season.
Sunday's Final Breakdown
Saitama win over Okayama, they will get the last playoff spot
Denso win over Astemo AND Saitama loss, they will get the last playoff spot
Queenseis win OR Gunma loss, they will be 6th
Gunma win AND Queenseis loss, they will be 6th
Astemo win OR Kurobe loss, they will be 10th
Kurobe win AND Astemo loss, they will be 10th
Okayama win, they will be 12th
Toray win AND Okayama loss, they will be 12th
Actually this table is more clear than what I've seen lol. I saw a table with literally ONLY set win/loss shown 😭
SV League is Japan uses wins and losses as their base, but points (3,2,1,0) is first tiebreaker after win % (wins/matches).
Display MoreTama might be the worst coach in the USA.
Austin stays alive.
Due to LOVB's tiebreakers (which I think are dumb)
Austin gets in if they beat Nebraska.
Nebraska gets in if they beat Austin.
Salt Lake gets in if they beat Madison.
If Madison beats Salt Lake, both Austin and Nebraska are in.
First tiebreaker is head-to-head for 2 teams
But if three teams, it is the combined results of your matches against the other 2 teams.
So Right now if they finished all tied on 10 wins, Austin would be 5-3, Salt Lake 4-4 and Nebraska at 3-5. Nebraska would be out.
Madison can only get to 9 wins right now.
Madison has 2 matches against Atlanta, which if they win them both would give them 3-1 head-to-head tiebreaker
Madison still a match against Salt Lake City, which if they win, they will take the tiebreaker on sets ratio, tied at 2-2 on matches
Madison lose the tiebreaker with Nebraska on sets ratio 8-9, tied at 2-2 on matches
Madison lose the tiebreaker with Austin 1-3 on matches
Position Movement after Thursday's Matches
Position Movement after Saturday's Matches
Queenseis clinched their playoff spot with their win and Denso's loss.
Gunma gets into the playoffs with a win or a Denso loss.
Saitama wins and they also clinch their spot (and the final of the 8 spots)
NEC win and they will clinch the number 1 seed, or a Saga loss will do it as well.
Saga is basically number 2 at this point, but would need 3 straight NEC losses to pass them.
Wins by Matches Played
Position Movement after Saturday's Matches
Austin has the tiebreaker with Nebraska 2-1 wins right now and would still be ahead of them if tied on wins and losses.
A Madison win would have a three-way tie at 7 wins through 17 matches, if Nebraska would lose their 17th match.
In a 3-way tie at 7-10, Austin would be 4-3, Madison at 4-4, Nebraska 3-4 in the head-to-head matches.
PFU took advantage to leapfrog Osaka Marvelous into 3rd place, and now have a 1 game advantage (and points).
NEC has a two game advantage over Saga and can clinch 1st place in the regular season with 2 wins.
Saga with a win will lock in at least 2nd spot position.
Osaka Marvelous has a game advantage over Victorina.
Queenseis have a game advantage over Gunma.
Saitama matched Denso's weekend wins to stay in 8th place.
If one team sweeps next weekend's Saitama vs. Denso games, that team will likely be the 8th seed in the playoffs.
Astemo and Kurobe were both eliminated from the playoffs this weekend.
Okayama's sweep of the weekend against Toray put them into 12th place.
Wins by Match Played after Sunday's Match
4 Games Left After Sunday's Matches
I was reading about the possible NBA expansions teams in Vegas and Seattle.
It seems Vegas has been getting every kind of sport in the last 10 years. Just volleyball didn't fit in.
actually, Vegas is hurting financially right now, cause of policies. baseball is moving the formerly known as Athletics to Las Vegas, in a stadium that will be paid for by the great taxpayers of Nevada (live in the state in Reno).
For a team whose owner won’t spend money.
Position Movement after this weekend's matches
Victorina's loss today against Saga and PFU's sweeping of Denso, puts the Blue Cats back into 4th.
Saitama's weekend sweep of Toray, combined with the Denso losses puts Saitama into 8th place. Still Denso has the points advantage if both teams are tied on wins.
LOVB Wins by Match Played
Maximum wins reachable by teams
Houston 15
Salt Lake City 14
Atlanta 13
Austin 12
Nebraska 12
Madison 10
After LOVBs Saturday matches
