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| Pepper Savings Bank scored 23 points for Taylor, 19 points for Lee Han-bi, and 13 points for Park Jung-ah. Taylor reached the triple crown with six back attacks, seven blocks and three serve aces. Hwaseong = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.01.09/ |
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| Pepper players share joy after scoring. |
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| Pepper won IBK. Pepper players won a thrilling victory after a close game in the full set. |
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After a close race to the fifth set, Pepper Savings Bank won a thrilling come-from-behind victory over IBK Industrial Bank.
The women's volleyball V-League match between IBK Industrial Bank of Korea and Pepper Savings Bank took place at Hwaseong Indoor Gymnasium on the 9th. Pepper Savings Bank won IBK Industrial Bank with a set score of 3-2 (25-19 23-25 17-25 25-22 16-14).
Founded in 2021, Pepper Savings Bank ranked last in the league with three wins in the inaugural season, five wins in the 2022-23 season, and five wins in the 2023-2024 season, but it has already won seven games this season, exceeding the club's most wins and five wins.
Pepper won the last game against Hyundai Engineering & Construction in the first half and the first game against IBK in the fourth round, winning two consecutive games. Pepper remained fifth in the league with 7 wins, 12 losses and 21 points in the league.
Pepper, who got off to a shaky start of the first set 0-4, tied it 13-13 before taking the first set 25-19. Pepper also had a good atmosphere of 21-18 in the second set, but he lost the set 23-25 to IBK.
Pepper, who lost the atmosphere, even gave up three sets to IBK. However, it was not Pepper who was defeated helplessly in the past. In the fourth set Pepper, Taylor and Lee Han-bi led the attack and turned the mood around again. In the end, he took the fourth set to 25-22, bringing the game back to square one.
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| Pepper Lee Han-bi, who scored and rejoiced. |
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| Pepper Savings Bank, which scored 5 points, was active. |
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| Park Jung-ah is giving a thumbs up to Han Hye. |
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At the beginning of the fifth set, Pepper brought the atmosphere with IBK's defensive mistakes. He led 10-6 in the fifth set, but IBK also did not easily back down.
Lee So-young worked hard at the end of the fifth set for IBK. With Victoria, he was responsible for the attack and closed the gap. IBK tied the game 10-10 and turned the game around 12-14.
Pepper didn't give up until the end. Park Jung-ah's quick attack followed 13-14 and Victoria's consecutive mistakes led to a 15-14 upset. The score needed for the final victory was finished by Lee Han-bin with a spike.
Pepper eventually made a thrilling turnaround of 16-14 in the fifth set. Pepper Savings Bank, which won the first set but seemed to give up the victory helplessly by giving up the second and third sets, won a pleasant come-from-behind victory by bringing back the fourth and fifth sets.
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| Director Jang Soo-yeon raises his thumb toward the players. |
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Lee Han-bi, who scored | is sharing his joy with coach Jang Ji-yeon. |
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| Leadership like an older sister. Coach Jang Ji-yeon is smiling at the players. |
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Pepper Savings Bank, the last-place team in the world, continues to record the most wins (7 wins) in its four seasons. In addition to achieving 10 wins set as the season's goal, the current atmosphere seems to be possible to win more than 10 games.
Pepper Savings Bank will meet again with Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which won the third round in Suwon on the 12th.
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| 페퍼의 매운맛! I don't lose easily anymore. |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
