SAGA Hisamitsu Springs are still perfect. They swept Victorina Himeji 3-0 (25-20, 26-24, 25-23) at SAGA Arena and are now 6-0 with 16 points, top of the SV.League West conference and the league’s only unbeaten team. Toray Arrows Shiga lost the first two sets to Denso Airybees and then won 3-2 (21-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-18, 15-12) at Proceed Arena HIKONE, taking the tie-break by three. That completed a weekend sweep in this inter-conference series and moved Toray up to third in the West at 4-2. Weronika Szlagowska scored 24 points, Josephine Obossa 23 and Kaya Watanabe 19 for Toray, while Amanda Coneo scored 22 for Denso, who have now lost four in a row. In other matches: Gunma Green Wings won 3-1 at Okayama Seagulls (25-17, 14-25, 21-25, 18-25) to go 5-1, Astemo Rivale Ibaraki won 3-1 at Saitama Ageo Medics, Arisa Aichi beat PFU BlueCats 3-1, Osaka Marvelous swept Aranmare Akita Shonai, and Kurobe AquaFairies Toyama won 3-1 at NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki. In the East, Kurobe and Gunma are level on 16 points at 5-1.
