We've broken the chain of fate! 36 Points Silva Mom Umbrella → GS Children's Storm Growth...Stop the road construction from winning 3 games in a row.

Feb 01, 2025

A volleyball V-League Women's match between GS Caltex and Korea Expressway Corporation at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on Feb. 1. GS Caltex Silva is delighted after winning the first set. Jangchung = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.02.01/

A volleyball V-League Women's GS Caltex and Korea Expressway Corporation match held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on Feb. 1. GS Caltex's Yoo So-yeon, who is giving a thumbs up to his colleague. Jangchung = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.02.01/

A volleyball V-League Women's match between GS Caltex and Korea Expressway Corporation at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on Feb. 1. GS Caltex players are having fun after scoring. Jangchung = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.02.01/

A clear ace, a leader you can rely on. Under Silva's strong umbrella, GS Caltex is growing well.

GS Caltex won the set score 3-1 (25-13, 24-26, 25-20, 25-) in the fifth round of the women's V-League at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 1st.

With the victory, GS Caltex won its fifth game of the season and recorded 5 wins and 20 losses (18 points). Spring volleyball has already been frustrated, but it is a season that focuses on the growth of a young team.

Just because you throw in young players doesn't mean you can foster them. The younger the player, the more important it is to be 'taste of victory' regardless of the content of the game. Therefore, it is a season where GS Caltex is grateful above all else for the presence of Silva, a strong ace who can rely on him when necessary and generates wins even though he has few.

Silva, who scored 151 points in three games at the start of the fourth round, also scored 25-42-26 points in the next three games. It was the same day. He added two blocks to the attack success rate of more than 50% all the time, bombing 36 points to lead the team to victory. Yoo So-yeon (15 points), Oh Se-yeon (8 points, 5 blocks) and Tui (7 points, 3 blocks) supported them.

A volleyball V-League Women's GS Caltex and Korea Expressway Corporation match held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on Feb. 1. GS Caltex Tui and Kwon Min-ji, who are blocking the spike of the road corporation Nicolova. Jangchung = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.02.01/

On the other hand, it was a frustrating game for the Korea Expressway Corporation. There are Kim Dae-eun, who is growing up in the name-filled team of Kang So-hwi, Bae Yu-na, and Lim Myung-ok, and Tanacha, who is doing more than his part, but the poor performance of foreign player Nikolova seems to be holding back the entire team. Although he scored the most points (18 points) in the team, he recorded as many as 10 mistakes, making a decisive mistake in the crisis rather than his ability to solve the game.

With the defeat, the Korea Expressway Corporation remained at 26 points, making the possibility of a thin spring volleyball even dimmer. It is time for a succession of storms such as Heungkuk Life Insurance, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, and Jeong Jang-gwan in the Big 3, but it is not easy.

GS Caltex coach Lee Young-taek, who met before the game, saw the fourth round with three wins and three losses as an important turning point. At the start of the fourth round, he stopped 14 consecutive losses due to an unusual situation that caught Heungkuk Life, and he also won his first consecutive game.

A volleyball V-League Women's GS Caltex and Korea Expressway Corporation match held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on Feb. 1. GS Caltex coach Lee Young-taek watching the game. Jangchung = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.02.01/

The road construction match, which has four wins and four losses against each other this season, was a task. Coach Lee Young-taek said, `I had a few chances to catch it, but I missed it. The defense is so good that it's tricky."

As for the so-called 'new experience theory', the main players are also young now. We need to make the best member with players who are in good condition and good at every game, but we don't intend to use a young player. "It's a rewarding and fun season. I'm learning a lot from defeat. I'm comforted watching the growing players. I wish I could support my grades a little more" was also quoted as saying.

Especially for Silva, who missed the round MVP even in the fourth round with a performance of "151 points in 3 games", if only his performance was more supported...He also confessed his true feelings.

Kim Jong-min, the head coach of the Korea Expressway Corporation who finished the fourth round with four wins and two losses, said, `We prepared a system to distribute evenly, but it didn't work out well. Recently, rookie setter Kim Dae-eun has adapted well and is showing good performance." It's thanks to training from the basic steps during the All-Star break.

As for Silva "I try to stop him, but it doesn't work. "When you're against us, Silva always takes more than 50% of the possession" "It may be easier for the opponent's attack to be pushed to one side," he added.

A volleyball V-League Women's GS Caltex and Korea Expressway Corporation match held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on Feb. 1. GS Caltex Han Soo-jin is defending. Jangchung = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.02.01/

In the first set, GS Caltex won the game completely with Silva, who scored nine points. In the second set, Silva led 23-21 at the center. However, he entered the deuce by giving up Kim Se-bin's block, Kim Dae-eun's serve ace, and Kang So-hwi's score one after another, and unfortunately gave up.

However, with the opponent's frequent mistakes and Silva's decisive power, he easily won the third set and took another step ahead.

In the fourth set, the most fierce aspect was developed by exchanging points in a row. However, GS Caltex had Silva. He made a difficult open attack at 23-23, and Yusoyeon's direct kill ended the game.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.