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| The V-League match between GS Caltex and Hyundai Engineering & Construction held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 18th. GS Caltex Silva is cheering after scoring. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.01.18/ |
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| The V-League match between GS Caltex and Hyundai Engineering & Construction held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 18th. GS Caltex's Oh Se-yeon is cheering after scoring a goal. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.01.18/ |
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| The V-League match between GS Caltex and Hyundai Engineering & Construction at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 18th. GS Caltex's Ahn Hye-jin and Silva are cheering after scoring. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.01.18/ |
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'Cheer up! Will it end??It's not over!'
This is the phrase hanging at Jangchung Gymnasium, GS Caltex's home stadium. It is a word that encourages himself, who fell to the bottom early on, but is producing a turnaround in the second half with the energy of the young team.
Silva didn't get tired of the fifth set and became even more energetic. Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which played a series of miraculous defenses, collapsed on its own at the last minute.
GS Caltex won the set score 3-2 (25-22, 16-25, 19-25, 25-22, 15-6) in the fifth round of the V-League Women's Division at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 18th.
As a result, GS Caltex won its seventh game (22 losses) this season and scored 24 points, narrowing the gap with sixth-ranked Pepper Savings Bank (27 points), saving its hopes of coming out of last place. In the second half of the year, it is a major player who shakes the women's volleyball ranking.
On the other hand, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, with 18 wins and 11 losses and 57 points, is being chased by third-place Jeong Kwan-jang (55 points). He is already quite far from Heungkuk Life (70 points) in first place.
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| A V-League match between GS Caltex and Hyundai Engineering & Construction held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 18th. GS Caltex manager Lee Young-taek is watching the match. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.01.18/ |
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GS Caltex was previously shut out 0-3 in the first to fourth rounds of Hyundai Construction. GS Caltex is an absolute team that relies on one Silva. Even if the game flows into a showdown between foreign players Silva and Moma, there is no offensive option to match Hyundai Engineering & Construction's Yang Hyo-jin and Jung Ji-yoon. There was also bad luck for foreign players to fall out due to injuries.
GS Caltex coach Lee Young-taek, whom I met before the game, said, `We play six games in a season, so shouldn't we win at least once. Rather than thinking about the last place, I'm focusing on every game," he stressed.
On the other hand, Hyundai Engineering & Construction coach Kang Sung-hyung was worried about the absence of Wipawi, who was out for the season due to injury. He said "I decided not to pick foreign players. Ko Ye-rim is doing well, and it is difficult to find a player who is better than him. If you come now, it's not easy to work together again."
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| V League GS Caltex and Hyundai Engineering & Construction match held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 18th. Hyundai Engineering & Construction coach Kang Sung-hyung is watching the game. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.01.18/ |
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Hyundai Engineering & Construction won the first and second rounds against Jeong Kwan-jang, but lost in the third and fifth rounds. Coach Kang Sung-hyung said, `It is highly likely that Heungkuk Life Insurance will be ranked first anyway (before the championship game). I'll focus on preparing for the playoffs rather than fighting for second and third placeHe explained that "(Yang) Hyo-jin and Moma are in better condition, and Jeong Kwan-jang is a team that is good enough to try."
GS Caltex took the lead. After trailing 10-13 at the beginning of the set, he turned it over by scoring five consecutive points with his opponent's mistake, Lee Da-hyun's fastball, and Moma's serve ace. However, when GS Caltex's Yoo Ji-yeon and Kwon Min-ji penetrated one side, Silva also regained his momentum. It is the first set GS Caltex won against Hyundai Engineering & Construction in five games.
However, it was different from the second set. Silva's overwhelming spike was caught with effective blocking and defense guarding the road, and the lack of power led the strikers to kick up with a net-like defense that was terribly centered on Libero Kim Yeon-koon.
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| The V-League match between GS Caltex and Hyundai Engineering & Construction held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 18th. GS Caltex Silva is cheering after scoring. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.01.18/ |
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Both teams were well prepared for the main gun as the success rate of Silva and Moma's attacks was below 40%. In this case, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which is ahead of objective power, has no choice but to be advantageous. GS Caltex didn't have the attack option to match Hyundai Engineering & Construction's Jung Ji-yoon Yang Hyo-jin Lee Da-hyun??Door.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction hit big in the middle of both sets. GS Caltex sought to turn around in the second half of the game by deploying a large number of warm-up zone players such as Kim Mi-yeon, Kim Ji-won, and Yoo Ah-ram.
The fourth set was a bloody battle. Silva stepped up the gear in earnest. Hyundai Engineering & Construction also confronted the more agile defense and various attack options at full capacity. GS Caltex took the lead with Kwon Min-ji's short serve with a 23-22 lead, and rose to 24 points with the first score of the day by rookie Lee Ju-ah, who caught the opponent off guard. On top of that, Hyundai Engineering & Construction's mistakes continued, and the game headed to the last set.
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| The V-League match between GS Caltex and Hyundai Engineering & Construction at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 18th. GS Caltex's Ahn Hye-jin is cheering after scoring. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.01.18/ |
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The fifth set belonged to GS Caltex. From the beginning, Oh Se-yeon was active and brought the atmosphere, followed by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Moma's repeated mistakes and Hyundai Engineering & Construction's failure to read the mid-rally video at 8-2. The score widened to 11-2 as Silva violently and devastated the Hyundai Construction Court. Ahn Hye-jin's serve was inserted into the Hyundai Construction Court as it was to end the game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
