Blocking 17 points. It's shiningKorea Electric Power Corp. overpowered Woori Card '3rd consecutive win'
Oct 30, 2024
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KEPCO won the first round match against Woori Card Woori WON in the Dodram 2024-2025 V-League Men's Division at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 30th with a set score of 3-1 (25-21, 25-22, 26-24, 28-26). Korea Electric Power Corp. won the opening three games in a row and scored seven points. Woori Card had one win, two losses and four points before the season.
Korea Electric Power Corp., which had a full set neck-and-neck race in both Korean Air and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance earlier, played relatively easily on the day.
Ahead of the game, KEPCO head coach Kwon Young-min pointed out about Elian that `As he is an ace, he needs to focus on the game from the beginning.' In the previous two matches, Elian slowed down a bit in the early and mid-season, but showed a scary concentration in the fifth set. In the match against Korean Air, he recorded a success rate of 8 points in the fifth set with a success rate of 63.64% and in the second match against Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, he played an 88.89% success rate in the fifth set.
On this day, Elian failed to gain strength, with an attack success rate of only 22.73% until the second set. It stayed at 17.65% in the first set.
As Elian faltered, KEPCO actively utilized the middle blocker. In particular, in the first set, Shin Young-seok showed a 100% attack success rate, scoring four points, including three blocking points, breaking the flow of Woori Card.
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The second set was also led by KEPCO. Yamato's blocking came out at 6-5, and Seo Jae-deok scored a quick open and a blocking score at 7-6 to widen the score. Woori Card followed Song Myung-geun up to 22-23, along with Ahi and Ali. However, as Shin Young-seok scored a blocked goal following a fastball, KEPCO took the second set.
Three sets of tight seesaw games were played. For KEPCO, Jeon Jin-seon led the attack, and for Woori Card, Kim Ji-han worked hard. There were mixed feelings of joy and sorrow in the second half of the set. Korea Electric Power Corp. seemed to hit with consecutive blockings of forward lines, but Woori Card countered with Ahi's back attack score. As Woori Card's position fault and KEPCO's set mistakes came out, the game eventually led to deuce. Woori Card took the third set with Song Myung-geun's quick open score at 24-24, followed by Han Tae-joon's serve score.
The fourth set was also fierce. The game also went to deuce. The winner was KEPCO. Koo Kyo-hyuk's open score at 26-26 followed by Shin Young-seok's serve score to end the long game.
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