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Vinh Phuc, Vietnam, April 26, 2023 – Devastating King Whale Taipei bounced back from the first-set loss to Hisamitsu Springs with a stunning 3-2 (16-25, 25-21, 25-22, 24-26, 15-8) upset of the former two-time champions in the Pool A clash at the 2023 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship at the Vinh Phuc Gymnasium on Wednesday.
Opposite Flavio De Carvalho Beatriz from Brazil powered the Chinese Taipei side to the dramatic victory with amazing 32 points including 29 attacks and two aces, while outside hitters Lin Shu-Ho and Wu Fang-Yu added 18 and 11 points respectively. Outside hitter Megumi Fukazawa scored 20 points including 18 attacks on Hisamitsu Springs’ losing effort.
Hisamitsu Springs, champions at the Japan’s 2021/22 V. League Division 1 and the Empress’ Cup All Japan Championship, are competing in Vinh Phuc with only 11 players, while some key players are missing as they joined the Japan national team.
In the past, Chinese Taipei’s Chung Shan were within a whisker of winning gold medal at the 2005 and 2006 Asian Women’s Club Championship, only managed to return with silver medals. This time, King Whale Taipei, silver medallists at the 2022/23 PVL Invitational Conference in Philippines and gold medallists at the 2022/23 Taiwan Enterprise League, carried the Chinese Taipei’s hopes to make their mark in this topflight club championship.
Both sides traded points in the opening set until 5-5. Megumi and Sae Nakajima, who provided most of the ammunition in the Japanese attack in the set, capped their stellar show by each hitting deadly cross-court attacks to help Hisamitsu Spring break away 10-7 and extended the lead to 20-12. King Whale Taipei tried hard to come back, with the left-hander Carvalho Beatriz penetrating the Japanese defence with her spectacular attacks, but Hisamitsu Springs held firm and went on their brilliant form for the 25-16 win.
The second set then came into a see-saw affair as neither side was able to lead enough to establish a winning trend. Leveling at 18-18, King Whale Taipei put their acts together and stormed on to widen the gap to 23-20. Nakajima grabbed one crucial point for Hisamitsu Springs, but the rivals were delighted seeing a Manami Mandai’s serve go to the net. The Chinese Taipei team delivered the set point at 24-21 before Carvalho Beatriz hammered a hit which went unanswered. King Whale Taipei won the thrilling set 25-21.
The next two sets intensified as both sides tried to pull…
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