{"id":125456,"date":"2024-03-08T17:35:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=125456"},"modified":"2024-03-08T17:35:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:35:22","slug":"nec-red-rockets-retain-japan-v-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/nec-red-rockets-retain-japan-v-league-title\/","title":{"rendered":"NEC RED ROCKETS RETAIN JAPAN V. 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Before that, Saitama Ageo Medics claimed the bronze after a 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-18) sweep of the third-place match against Toyota Auto Body Queenseis Kariya.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C4E5NlJtQD3\/?igsh=MTU2aWthY2g2MW9jNA==\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C4E5NlJtQD3\/?igsh=MTU2aWthY2g2MW9jNA==<\/a><\/p>\n<p>27-year-old outside hitter Sarina Koga, of NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki, led the team with 26 points in the final and was named MVP of the league for the second time in a row. She headlined the Dream Team, which also featured setter Shiori Tsukada (NEC Red Rockets), opposite Andrea Drews (JT Marvelous), outside hitter Kotona Hayashi (JT Marvelous), middle blockers Alyja Daphne Santiago (JT Marvelous) and Kyoko Aoyagi (Saitama Ageo Medics), and libero Manami Kojima (NEC Red Rockets).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vleague.jp\/women\/team_detail\/284\"><b>NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki\u2019s team roster<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>QUICK LINKS<\/p>\n<p>AVC Website: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianvolleyball.net\/\">www.asianvolleyball.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Facebook: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation\">www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Twitter: click: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball\">www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n<p>AVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki overcome unbeaten JT Marvelous Nishinomiya in last Sunday\u2019s final Defending champions in Japan, NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki, celebrated their ninth national women\u2019s title after a hard-fought&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":125457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NEC RED ROCKETS RETAIN JAPAN V. 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