The ‘1st place’ in the men’s and women’s divisions of the V-League cried and laughed.
On the afternoon of the 14th, in the 2022-23 Dodram V-League Round 4 match held in two domestic regions (Seoul and Suwon), Korean Air, who ranked first in the men’s division, lost 2-3 to Woori Card, and Hyundai Engineering & Construction, who ranked first in the female division, KGC Ginseng Corporation won 3-1.
In the men’s
division, Woori Card produced a surprise defeat of Korean Air after a close match in a full set.
Woori Card took 2-3 sets in a row, and in the 5th set, which was the match, Park Jun-hyeok finished the game and decided the victory.
In particular, the performance of the mercenary Agamez, who is flying fast after returning from injury, was dazzling. 안전놀이터
Agamez made a big success by scoring 7 out of 25 points and scoring his 800th back. He was followed by Na Gyeong-bok (23 points) and Kim Wan-jong (13 points, 81% success rate).
Opponent mercenary Lincoln also scored 44 points and performed a ‘one-man show’, but supporting players such as Kim Kyu-min and Kim Min-jae recorded an atrocious attack success rate (27% and 16%, respectively) and recorded a tearful defeat. Lincoln scored his 1000th career point on the day with 44 points.
With this victory, Woori Card (32 points) chased Leo’s OK Financial Group by one point. Defeated Korean Air (53 points) recorded the 4th loss and maintained the record of ‘1 loss per round’.
On the other hand, the strongest in the women
‘s division was also the strongest.
On this day, the total score (Hyundai E&C 57-Ginseng Corporation 59) was inferior, but they won in efficient game management by solving the game ‘difficult when losing, easy when winning’.
In particular, Hwang Yeon-ju (20 points), an aposite of the team’s main gun Yang Hyo-jin, succeeded in 17 out of 39 attack attempts, leading the team’s upward trend with a 43% attack success rate. On this day, Hwang Yeon-ju succeeded in 11 digs and recorded the 4500th dig right before the end of the game.
Ginseng Corporation also struggled, but could not change the victory or defeat. In particular, the mercenary Elisabeth (Aposite) made 65 attack attempts and so-called ‘driving the bus’, but the attack was too concentrated and could not determine the team’s victory due to physical limitations.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction (56 points), who recorded 5 consecutive victories with the victory that day, widened the difference with Heungkuk Life Insurance (48 points) in second place to 8 points. On the other hand, Ginseng Corporation (26 points), which suffered 4 consecutive losses, moved further away from the win rate of 50% (8 wins, 13 losses).