A historic day for the Hokkaido Yellow Stars! In a meeting of the two promoted sides, the Sapporo club won 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-19) at Fragolad Kagoshima on Saturday for their first SV.League win since promotion. It was also Kagoshima’s first-ever home game in the league. Chang Yu-Sheng led Hokkaido with 17 points and Christopher Byam had 12 for Kagoshima.
In other matches on Saturday, Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers won 3-1 (27-25, 19-25, 25-20, 25-23 from Sakai’s side) at Suntory Sunbirds Osaka. Chizoba Neves had 29 points and Wassim Ben Tara replied with 23 for Suntory. JTEKT Stings Aichi won 3-1 at Voreas Hokkaido to make it three wins from three. Toray Arrows Shizuoka beat Shinshu Matsumoto Tridents 3-1 for their first win of the season, and Tokyo Great Bears won 3-1 at Hiroshima Thunders. The same pairings meet again on Sunday, 1 November.
