One point difference in five sets. How dare a rookie do this?Korea Expressway Corporation Overpowers Pepper Savings Bank for the first 4 consecutive wins of the season → 4th place
Mar 03, 2025
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The Korea Expressway Corporation won the set score 3-2 (25-21, 29-31, 23-25, 25-20, 15-12) against the Pepper Savings Bank AI Peppers in the women's Dodram 2024-2025 V-League at Pepper Stadium in Gwangju on the 3rd. The Korea Expressway Corporation, which won its first four consecutive games of the season, rose to fourth place with 14 wins and 18 losses and 40 points, beating IBK Industrial Bank (13 wins and 19 losses and 40 points). Pepper Savings Bank, ranked sixth, has lost three games in a row. The season record was 10 wins, 22 losses and 32 points.
On this day, Nicolova led the attack with a success rate of 48.89% of 27 points, while Tanacha (23 points), Kang So-hwi (18 points), Bae Yu-na (11 points) and Kim Se-bin (10 points) played an even role. In Pepper Savings Bank, Taylor worked hard with a 29-point attack success rate of 45.45%, while Lee Han-bi (17 points) and Park Eun-seo (14 points) scored double-digit points.
In the fifth set, Kim Dae-eun hit a shot that came with the flow. At 13-12, Kim Dae-eun received Lim Myung-ok's dig and handed it over to the other court. Pepper Savings Bank players caught off guard, but they were not good enough to catch the ball. The Korea Expressway Corporation, which won the game 14-12, was able to end the day with Nicolova's back attack.
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The first set was easily solved by the Korea Expressway Corporation. With 55.56 percent of receiving efficiency, it overwhelmed Pepper Savings Bank (14.29%). Tanacha recorded a 7-point attack success rate of 54.55%, while Kang So-hwi kept pace with a 6-point attack success rate of 46.15%.
The Korea Expressway Corporation opened the scoring with Kang So-hwi's back-to-back score and Kim Se-bin's fastball at 5-5. At 13-11, Nikolova's serve ace and Tanacha's blocking added to the atmosphere, and Kang So-hwi finished the first set with a quick open at 24-21.
Pepper Savings Bank's counterattack continued in the second set. For the Korea Expressway Corporation, it was regrettable that the game was not finished with 24 points. At 24-21, Lee Won-jung's block, Lee Han-bi's open score, and Jang's block led to the deuce 24-24. The construction of the road has been hamstrung by a mistake. Kang So-hwi's serve mistake came out at 29-29, and he balanced the set score 1-1 by going outside until the Nikolova Quick Open.
Pepper Savings Bank continued its counterattack momentum in the third set. Pepper Savings Bank, which took the lead with Lee Han-bin's blocking at 21-21, went ahead with Park Eun-seo's quick open. The Korea Expressway Corporation also chased after Nicolova's score at the last minute, but Pepper Savings Bank caught up to the third set with Taylor's quick open score at 24-23.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
