Hyundai Capital, the No. 1 player in the explosion of the Heo Su-bong duo, has won seven consecutive games. Nikolic won 3-1 over poor third-place Woori Card
Dec 21, 2024
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Hyundai Card beat Woori Card 3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 19-25, 25-20) in the third round away game at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 21st.
Hyundai Capital, which has won seven consecutive games, reached the 40-point mark with 14 wins and 2 losses, widening the gap with second-place Korean Air (11-5, 35 points) by five points.
Woori Card lost 0-3 to OK Savings Bank and lost for the second straight time. The team remains in third place with 21 points with eight wins and eight losses.
From the first set, Hyundai Capital's firepower exploded. Leo scored 6 points with a whopping 75% attack success rate, and Heo Soo-bong also added 4 points. Woori Card's Kim Ji-ha and Ali scored four points each, and Nikolic and Lee Sang-hyun and Park Joon-hyuk added three points each, but they fell short of Hyundai Capital. In particular, Nikolic's attack success rate was only 33.3%, which was significantly compared to Leo. Hyundai Capital took the lead throughout, winning 25-22.
At the beginning of the second set, Woori Card was leading and Hyundai Card was following, but Leo blocked Nikolic's spike at 12-12, moving on to the atmosphere of Hyundai Capital. Heo Soo-bong's back attack succeeded, Leo blocked Nikolic once again, and Shin Feng's serve ace continued, leading Hyundai Capital 16-12 at once, and Hyundai Capital won 25-20.
However, it could not have ended like this. Woori Card overwhelmed Hyundai Capital in the third set. Ali caught Moon Sung-min's back attack in a row, making him ready for the fourth set by opening up to 13-5. Hyundai Capital continued to chase, but Woori Card, with Ali at the forefront, approached 25 points as Hyundai Capital continued to divide the score through sideouts without giving it time to chase, and Kim Ji-han's touchout won 25-19.
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Hyundai Capital quickly widened the gap to 6-3 by blocking Jeong Tae-joon's spike and Jung Tae-joon blocked Kim Ji-han's spike, but Woori Card immediately tied the game 6-6 with Kim Ji-han's consecutive spikes, and the game flowed into a close game again. At 9-9, Hyundai Capital led 12-9 again with Kim Ji-han's mistake, Choi Min-ho's spike, and Jeon Kwang-in's serve ace, and Woori Card chased with the performance of Kim Ji-han and Lee Kang-won, but Hyundai Capital did not give up the lead.
Hwang Seung-bin caught Song Myung-geun's spike, followed by Jeon Kwang-in blocking Lee Kang-won's back attack and spreading it to 19-15 at once, and seven consecutive wins began to be seen. Nicholich's back attack error and Hwang Seung-bin's serve ace were added, and the game ended 25-20 with Heo Soo-bong's last spike.
Hyundai Capital beat Woori Card in the center with Huh Soo-bong scoring 18 points and Leo scoring 15 points, while Choi Min-ho added 10 points and Jung Tae-joon added 6 points.
Woori Card's Kim Ji-han scored 19 points and Ali scored 18 points, but it was a pity that Nikolic scored only five points.
indyk@sportschosun.com
