DEFENDING CHAMPS NEC AGAINST LEADERS OSAKA IN REMAKE OF LAST SEASON’S FINAL

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Women’s Daido Life SV.League defending champions NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki will meet silver medallists and current table leaders Osaka Marvelous in Japan for the first time this season as the seven double headers of the 12th leg unfold on Saturday and Sunday, January 11 and 12.

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NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki, who recently represented Asia at the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Club World Championship, have not been able to achieve continuity in their latest SV.League results. They have not been able to win both games of a double header since early December and are currently on a streak of five consecutive five-set matches in Japan, winning two and losing three of them. The defending champions are fourth in the current standings on a 13-7 win-loss ratio and 42 points.

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This weekend, NEC will host Osaka Marvelous for two games at the Culttz Kawasaki, starting at 14:05 local time (05:05 UTC) on Saturday and at 13:05 (04:05) on Sunday. Osaka are on top of the table on 17-3 and 51, riding the wave of an 11-match winning streak. The last time they lost a point was in their five-set win at Kurobe Aqua Fairies back in November.

NEC and Osaka will meet for the first time this season. Last season they met three times. Marvelous won the first two encounters, but Red Rockets triumphed in four sets in the championship final in early March.

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In another encounter between opponents from the top half of the table, Saitama Ageo Medics will welcome Saga Hisamitsu Springs at 13:05 (04:05) on both competition days. The games will be played at the Saiden Chemical Arena Saitama. Ageo are running third in the table on 14-6 and 43, while Saga are sixth on 14-8 and 44.

Second-placed Denso Airybees Koriyama will travel to 10th-placed PFU BlueCats Ishikawa Kahoku. The Toriyasaimiso BlueCats Arena will stage the matches at 13:05 (04:05) on Saturday and Sunday. Denso are the team with the most points earned so far, standing on 18-4 and 54, while PFU are on 8-14 and 23.

Victorina Himeji will entertain winless Gunma Green Wings at the Victorina Wink Gymnasium. The first match on Saturday starts at 13:05 (04:05), and the second one on Sunday is scheduled at 14:05 (05:05). Himeji are in fifth place on 13-7 and 35, while Gunma trail in 14th place on 0-18 and 1.

All the other double headers will have the same starting time of 13:05 (04:05) on both competition days.

Astemo Rivale Ibaraki, who stand seventh on 12-8 and 34, will visit Queenseis Kariya, who are in ninth place on 8-12 and 25. The games will be held at the Yokkaichi City General Gymnasium.

Toray Arrows Shiga will be on the road at Kurobe Aqua Fairies, playing at the Ariso Dome. The visitors are eighth in the standings on 12-10 and 32 and the hosts are third from the bottom, in 12th place on 7-15 and 20.

11th-placed Okayama Seagulls, on 6-12 and 20, will welcome 13th-placed Aranmare Yamagata, on 2-20 and 8, to the ZIP Arena Okayama.

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Women’s SV.League 2024-2025 12th leg:
Jan 11, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Saitama Ageo Medics v Saga Hisamitsu Springs
Jan 11, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Kurobe Aqua Fairies v Toray Arrows Shiga
Jan 11, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): PFU BlueCats Ishikawa Kahoku v Denso Airybees Koriyama
Jan 11, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Queenseis Kariya v Astemo Rivale Ibaraki
Jan 11, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Okayama Seagulls v Aranmare Yamagata
Jan 11, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Victorina Himeji v Gunma Green Wings
Jan 11, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki v Osaka Marvelous
Jan 12, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Saitama Ageo Medics v Saga Hisamitsu Springs
Jan 12, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Kurobe Aqua Fairies v Toray Arrows Shiga
Jan 12, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): PFU BlueCats Ishikawa Kahoku v Denso Airybees Koriyama
Jan 12, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Queenseis Kariya v Astemo Rivale Ibaraki
Jan 12, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Okayama Seagulls v Aranmare Yamagata
Jan 12, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki v Osaka Marvelous
Jan 12, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Victorina Himeji v Gunma Green Wings

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