Kurobe AquaFairies Toyama went to Kawasaki and swept the NEC Red Rockets 3-0 (25-15, 27-25, 26-24) in Friday’s SV.League Women Matchweek 3, Game 1! The block made the difference: Toyama stuffed 13 balls to NEC’s 5, and Anastasia Lyashko alone had 6 blocks. Gong Xiangyu led the visitors with 16 points (14 kills, 2 blocks), Giovanna Day, facing her former club, added 13 and Lyashko 10. Sylvia Chinelo Nwakalor scored 16 for NEC, Hirota Ai 12 and Lee Dahyeon 11. Toyama improve to 4-1, while NEC drop to 3-2.
In Osaka, the Osaka Marvelous edged Aranmare Akita Shonai 3-2 (32-30, 20-25, 25-18, 24-26, 15-11). The tie-break went to the hosts by four points. Hayashi Kotona top-scored with 23 points (20 kills, 3 blocks), Glayce Vasconcelos added 15 and Hanna Orthmann 14. Arimura Suzumi scored 21 for Aranmare and Tokunaga Yuna 15. Osaka Marvelous are now 4-1. Game 2 of both pairings follows this weekend.
