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Hayasaka fired nine kills and four aces to finish 13 points, while Takahashi added 12.<\/p>\n<p>Libero Haayu Ono, the top receiver and digger of the tournament so far, embraces her crucial role for the defending champions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe played against a team that has big players so we focused on defense,\u201d said Ono. \u201c[In this tournament], there are many strong attackers, so I want to focus defense to get points for my team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chamikon Cankawe was the lone double-digit scorer for Thailand with 15 points.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Taipei continued its dominant run, overpowering a gritty Alas Pilipinas squad, 25-14, 25-21, 25-15.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Taipei\u2019s offense was led by Chan Tzu-Yun, who fired 18 points, while Chang Yun-Chen added 17 markers. After a quiet start, Chen Ting-Yi came alive in the third set to finish with 12 points, helping the team close out the match in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Team Philippines, it was a little difficult to win,\u201d said Chan through a translator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team Japan is the defending champion. But we will do our best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Xyz Rayco led Alas Pilipinas with 12 points, while Nadeth Herbon supported her with 11 points.<\/p>\n<p>Philippines and Thailand face off at 11 a.m. also on Thursday before heading to the classification round for 5th to 8th places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMMAN, Jordan \u2014 Defending champion Japan and Chinese Taipei barged into the 2nd AVC Asian Women\u2019s U16 Volleyball Championship Final Four after sweeping separate foes to stay unbeaten on Wednesday&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":146043,"comment_status":"closed","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":[83,100,223,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avc-news","category-slider","category-u16-women","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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