MANILA, Philippines – Bryan Bagunas’ Oita Miyoshi started the new year in the Japan V. League in heartbreaking fashion as the VC Nagano Tridents earned a breakthrough five-set win, 34-36, 25-20, 25-16, 23-25, 13-15, on Saturday, January 8.
Kota Yamada backstopped Bagunas with 20 markers, while Kenta Koga added 18 points as Oita fell to a 2-13 record in ninth place behind 1-14 Nagano, which finally snapped a 14-game skid. Meanwhile, the Panasonic Panthers wasted little time in dispatching FC Tokyo with a three-set sweep, 25-18, 25-18, 25-17.
Fellow import Jonas Kvalen led the way with 13 markers off 11 attacks and 2 rejections as FC Tokyo fell to a 4-11 record, good for eighth place in the 10-team field.
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