Kobe 2017 entrants with mixed results in Japan V.Premier League

Lausanne, Switzerland, November 27, 2016 – Both Japanese teams entered in the 2017 FIVB Women’s Club World Championship ended with 1-1 records over the weekend in the domestic V.Premier League – but both remain very much on track at this very early stage of the competition.Despite some top scoring from Yuki Ishii (18 points) and Miyu Nagaoka (17), Hisamitsu Springs Kobe fell on Saturday Toray Arrows of Otsu 3-1 (25-21, 25-23, 25-27, 25-21), before bouncing back on Sunday with a 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-13) sweep of Toyota Auto Body Queenseis of Kariya. Nagaoka, Risa Shinnabe and Poland’s Maja Tokarska scored 11 points each to lead Hisamitsu Springs to their win.Meanwhile, NEC Red Rockets of Kawasaki fell to Hitachi Rivale of Hitachinaka 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-22) on Saturday, before pulling together the very next day to edge JT Marvelous of Nishinomiya 3-1 (25-16, 21-25, 25-20, 25-23). Despite the Saturday loss, Emiliya Nikolova of Bulgaria was top scorer of the game against Hitachi Rivale with 18 points; Sarina Koga, MVP of the 2016 Asian Club Championship, led NC Red Rockets in their win over JT Marvelous with 20.Hisamitsu Springs and NEC Red Rockets are the only two sides already confirmed to take part in next year’s …

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