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Jeong Kwan-jang saw off the retirement of the legend with his first win of the season.
Jeong Kwan-jang won the match against GS Caltex with a set score of 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-12) at the Dodram 2024-2025 season at Chungmu Gymnasium in Daejeon on the 20th.
As a result, Jeong Kwan-jang won the first game of the season following his first spring volleyball advance in seven years last season and the second place at the Tongyeong Dodram Cup in the offseason, signaling a refreshing start to the season for home fans. She won the women's volleyball legend Han Song-yi's farewell before the game.
The game was decided in the receiving of tall foreign outside heater (OH). While Bukirich (1m98) who was praised as a 'Volleyball Genius' through the last Cup tournament played a role as a troubleshooter at every crisis along with stable receiving, GS Caltex Wyler (1m95) became the main player of the team's defeat by repeating receiving mistakes from the first set.
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Both teams are equipped with foreign players and Asian quarter system 'Both guns'. However, while Jeong Kwan-jang is a team with a solid national team-class native lineup that leads to Pyo Seung-joo (OH), Yeom Hye-sun (setter), Jung Ho-young and Park Eun-jin (MB), GS Caltex is a team that is undergoing massive rebuilding by hiring a large number of newcomers such as Kwon Min-ji (OH), Kim Ji-won (setter), Oh Se-yeon, and Moon Ji-yoon (MB).
On top of that, GS Caltex is also missing captain Yoo Seo-yeon and main setter Ahn Hye-jin due to injury. In objective power, Jeong Kwan-jang has a better lineup. Vukirich-Mega, who is in his second season in Korea, is now considered to be flexible. On the other hand, GS Caltex has the best troubleshooter Silva in the league, but Wyler's skills are still a question mark.
It was also 'Lee Young-taek Derby' with GS Caltex coach Lee Young-taek, who served as the head coach of Jeong Kwan-jang in the past. Coach Lee Young-taek, who met before the game, expressed his extraordinary emotion, saying, `I'm used to the locker room only on the other side.'
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Coach Ko Hee-jin said, "(We forgot about the Cup and prepared with the mindset that it was the first game of the season. I want to present victory to Han Song," he said with a smile. He also predicted that "this season, the success rate of the Open and the second-stage connection, not receiving, will determine the victory or defeat."
It was a match that went as expected before the game. Jung Kwan-jang used the main lineup of libero yellow to the mega of Park Eun-jin, Jung Ho-young, and Yeom Hye-sun, Bukirich's Pyo Seung-joo. GS Caltex faced Kwon Min-ji, Wyler Moon Ji-yoon, Oh Se-yeon, Kim Ji-won, Silva with a libero Han Soo-jin.
Jeong Kwan-jang focused his target serve on GS Caltex Wyler from the beginning of the first set. Wyler did not cope well with this, and the power of the articles of association with high blocking was further doubled. The score gap widened to 8-5, 14-8, 19-11, and Jeong Kwan-jang won.
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A similar pattern of games continued in the second set. GS Caltex tried to find a sense of stability in receiving by resting Wyler, but this time Silva's attack shook and gave up the early lead. Jeong Kwan-jang did not miss the victory as Pyo Seung-joo and Park Eun-jin played their roles at every crisis. Silva's flame serve and spike pushed him to 24-22 at the end of the set, but the finish of the set was also Silva's serve failure.
The third set was overwhelming. GS Caltex's early lead with Silva's Kang serve was a moment.
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Jeong Kwan-jang turned the game around 5-4 with Bukirich-Mega's double gun. Silva's attack, which became urgent, was also out of the line. Jeong Kwan-jang ended the game with a line of 14-7, 19-8, 23-10.
Jung Kwan-jang's Mega (16 points) and Bukirich (15 points) both scored 31 points, while Pyo Seung-joo (10 points) and Park Eun-jin (9 points) backed up. Silva (17 points) struggled for GS Caltex, but it was not enough on its own.
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