Playing fourth consecutive game on road is slowly beginning to tire Red Rockets’ players and they lost another game, this time to Hitachi Rivale Ibaraki 3-1 (25-16, 25-23, 20-25, 25-20).
Mirei Sasaki with 25 and American Lauren Paolini with 22 points (4 blocks) stood out in Hitachi, who now have 3-1 record. Sarina Koga had 20 points in Red Rockets (2-2).
Toray Arrows achieved home hard-fought win over last placed and winless team Okayama Seagulls 3-1 (25-18, 24-26, 25-18, 25-14). Once again ’Saori duo’, Saori Sakoda (31 pts, 4 bl.) – Saori Kimura (18 pts.), was on a high level. Yuko Asazu topped Seagulls’ scorers with 17 points (4 blocks).
2nd Part / Group 1st-6th
Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
5th round | 21. 02. 2016 13:00 | Toray Arrows ( W ) | VS | Okayama Seagulls ( W ) | 3:1 | 25:18; 24:26; 25:18; 25:14 | ||
5th round | 21. 02. 2016 15:00 | Hitachi Rivale IBARAKI ( W ) | VS | NEC Red Rockets ( W ) | 3:1 | 25:16; 25:23; 20:25; 25:20 |
To see standings, results, stats, videos, etc, visit our JPN National Championship 2015/2016 W page.
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