Last year, the Japan National Collegiate Baseball Championship, which decides the best university baseball in Japan, which was canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus, opened in Tokyo on the 7th.
The 70th Japan National Collegiate Baseball Championship was canceled last year for the first time in 2 years due to the influence of the new coronavirus.
Twenty-seven teams from all over the country who won the league match this spring participated in the tournament, and on the 7th, the opening ceremony was held by the two teams of the opening card at Jingu Stadium.
Among them, Ruta Kadowaki, the captain of Ishinomaki Senshu University, who participated for the fifth time in four years, said, "It has been 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. What we can do is to bring courage and smiles to those who are playing baseball. I swear that I will not forget that feeling and play with tenacity until the last ball. "
After this, the match between Ishinomaki Senshu University and Tenri University, which participated for the 7th time in 3 years, was held. I won 8 times cold.
Tenri University declined to participate in 3 out of 12 league games due to the cluster on campus, but decided to participate in the tournament by winning all the remaining 9 games.
Pitcher Ioku said, "Even when I couldn't win or practice, I came toward the goal of becoming the best in Japan. It was.
The tournament will be held at Jingu Stadium and Tokyo Dome, and if all goes well, the final will be held at Jingu Stadium on the 13th of this month.