2025-26 Daido Life SV.LEAGUE MEN Regular Season Section 19 GAME 2
March 29 (Sun) 13:35
away game
ENTRIO (Toyoda Gosei Memorial Gymnasium)
| OSAKA BLUTEON | team | Wolfdogs Nagoya |
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1 
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Match Details
Week 19 GAME 2 of the 2025-26 Daido Life SV.LEAGUE was held on Sunday, March 29, at Entrio (Inazawa City, Aichi Prefecture), where OSAKA BLUTEON (hereinafter referred to as Bluteon) faced off against Wolfdogs Nagoya.
[Set 1]
After scoring the first point with a powerful spike from Pon, the team successfully built momentum with blocks from Kai and Brizard.
The game remained close until the middle of the set, but the team fell into a difficult situation, trailing 11-14 as the gap slowly widened.
However, middle blockers Pon and Evadendan made their presence felt, leading a 6-point run through blocks and defensive transitions to head into the final stretch with a 20-16 lead.
In the final stages, the team maintained control with key plays, including Bagnas as a relief server, to fend off the opponent's comeback and take the set 25-21.
[Set 2]
Nishiyama replaced Nishida to start this set.
Early on, powerful serves, including a service ace from Kai, repeatedly landed in the opponent's court, creating a 7-1 lead. Furthermore, blocks from Tomita and Evadendan extended the lead significantly to 10-3.
The team continued to play steadily through the middle of the set, accumulating points one by one while successfully applying effective pressure on the opponent with their serves. In the final stages, a service ace from Evadendan and a block from Pon helped maintain their strong performance until the end, taking the set 25-15.
[Set 3]
In the early stages, we were pressured by the opponent's serves and called a timeout at 1-6.
After that, we refocused, scoring consecutive points from Kai's spikes and serves to regain our rhythm.
The opponent pressured Bluteon with a variety of attacks, but we closed the gap to a one-point difference at 11-12, thanks to aggressive blocking and Tomita's stability in defense.
However, our play became disorganized from there, leading to consecutive points lost, and we fell behind again at 11-16.
While trading side-outs, we narrowed the gap to 21-23 late in the set with plays like Tomita's block, but we ultimately lost the set 23-25.
[Set 4]
From the start, we consistently secured side-outs and seized momentum through serves and blocks, successfully taking a 9-5 lead with plays like Brizard's setter dump and Kai's sharp serves.
Nishiyama also contributed by scoring with spikes using his height to hit a wide range of angles, and while we traded points through the middle of the set, we allowed a comeback at 13-14 after losing four consecutive points.
Still, we took back a point and immediately regained the lead, entering the final stretch at 20-19. We then displayed high concentration, scoring in a burst with plays like Tomita's service ace and Nishiyama's block to take the set 25-19 and secure the victory with a set count of 3-1.
OSAKA BLUTEON now has 32 wins and 6 losses, with a total of 93 points.
Our next match is an away game against Voreas Hokkaido on Saturday, April 4th, at Recruit Staffing Rick & Sue Asahikawa Gymnasium.
Comments from Head Coach Samuel after the match
I think it was excellent that we were able to win yesterday's tough match in a comeback full-set, and maintain that same energy to secure the win today as well.
Compared to yesterday, our defense and transition attacks were functioning very well. Our offense also played to our strengths and we were able to attack effectively.
Tomita and Kai on the wings also did a great job. However, if I were to point out an area for improvement, it would be our serve reception. Since WD Nagoya is a team with very good serves, I won't say "don't let them get an ace," but I do think we need to improve in the future so that we can properly handle their varied serves, such as short serves.
The remaining matches are very important for us to pave our own path toward the semifinals, so I believe it is crucial that we focus on the details of our play.
Personally, I lived in Inazawa over 20 years ago, and I feel very honored to have been able to return to this city and play in this wonderful venue, the Entrio. Thank you very much for all your support.
Comments from Pon after the match
It was a very intense and exciting match.
Personally, it felt really great to be back on the court as a starter for the first time in a while. WD Nagoya's offense was good, and it was a very tough match, but I think it was a game we were able to win by coming together as a team. It's the best feeling to be able to play with everyone on Bluteon. There were ups and downs, both when we were trailing and when we were leading, but every moment leading up to the victory was fun.
Thank you for your warm support again this week!
