The final round of the 2020 Empress's Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship will be held at the Tokyo Gymnasium (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) on the 18th, where the NEC Red Rockets will face off against the Tokyo Rare Arrows. NEC won 3-1 (25-14, 23-25, 25-18, 25-23) and won the tournament for the first time.
In the first set, NEC's serve and block functioned, leading to attacks from Sarina Koga and others from tenacious defense, taking the lead with a score of 25-14. In the second set, the back-and-forth battle continued until the middle stage, but Toray caught up with Mayu Ishikawa's ace and back attack in the final stage, and finally regained the set with consecutive points from Klan Yana. Toray took the lead in the early stages of the 3rd set as well, but in the middle stage NEC scored back-to-back scores with Nichika Yamada's blocks and Kaori Ueno's service ace. Even after the technical time-out, Koga, Wilhite Sarah's attack, Ueno's block, etc. extended the lead and took it 25-18.
At the beginning of the 4th set, Toray was leading with Ishikawa and Tsugumi Fukasawa, but Koga won the long rally to make it 10-10. Koga, Ishikawa, and the Japanese national team attackers had a meeting, and neither of them took a step back at 21-21. In the final stage, Toray made it 23-22 due to Clan's attack, but Wilhite made a block and spiked, and NEC turned the game around again, and NEC won this set at 25-23. She achieved her long-awaited first victory in the competition.
At the moment of victory, ace Sarina Koga expressed her joy with a big smile. I didn't. I feel like I was rewarded."
The final round of the 2020 Empress's Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship will be held at the Tokyo Gymnasium (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) on the 18th, where the NEC Red Rockets will face off against the Tokyo Rare Arrows. NEC won 3-1 (25-14, 23-25, 25-18, 25-23) and won the tournament for the first time.
In the first set, NEC's serve and block functioned, leading to attacks from Sarina Koga and others from tenacious defense, taking the lead with a score of 25-14. In the second set, the back-and-forth battle continued until the middle stage, but Toray caught up with Mayu Ishikawa's ace and back attack in the final stage, and finally regained the set with consecutive points from Klan Yana. Toray took the lead in the early stages of the 3rd set as well, but in the middle stage NEC scored back-to-back scores with Nichika Yamada's blocks and Kaori Ueno's service ace. Even after the technical time-out, Koga, Wilhite Sarah's attack, Ueno's block, etc. extended the lead and took it 25-18.
At the beginning of the 4th set, Toray was leading with Ishikawa and Tsugumi Fukasawa, but Koga won the long rally to make it 10-10. Koga, Ishikawa, and the Japanese national team attackers had a meeting, and neither of them took a step back at 21-21. In the final stage, Toray made it 23-22 due to Clan's attack, but Wilhite made a block and spiked, and NEC turned the game around again, and NEC won this set at 25-23. She achieved her long-awaited first victory in the competition.
At the moment of victory, ace Sarina Koga expressed her joy with a big smile. I didn't. I feel like I was rewarded."
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