Gisele Silva won 3-2 with 51 points
GS Caltex, the lowest-ranked team in women’s professional volleyball, took on leader Heungkuk Life Insurance and broke its 14-game losing streak.
GS Caltex won with a set score of 3-2 (25-19 25-18 22-25 21-25 15-13) in the Dodram 2024-25 V League 4th round women’s home game against Heungkuk Life Insurance held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 7th. .
GS Caltex, which had fallen into a swamp of 14 consecutive losses and was recording 1 win and 17 losses, recorded a valuable victory on this day and laid the foundation for a rebound with 2 wins and 17 losses (8 points). It is a victory about two months since the first round victory against Pepper Savings Bank on November 1 last year, and a victory over Heungkuk Life Insurance a whopping one year since January of last year.
On the other hand, leader Heungkuk Life Insurance was caught in last place, recording 15 wins and 4 losses (44 points), and was being chased by second place Hyundai Engineering & Construction (41 points).
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which had defeated GS Caltex in the final match of the third round after three consecutive losses, lost in the rematch for the first time in 10 days and gave up 4 losses in 5 games.
On this day, GS Caltex saved the team from crisis as Giselle Silva (registered name Silva) maintained an attack success rate of 57% and scored 51 points, the most for both teams.
In addition, Se-yeon Oh did her part with 11 points and Seo-yeon Yoo did her part with 10 points, and newly brought Asian quarter middle blocker Tui Tran (registered name Tui) also showed her presence by recording her first V-League goal as a sub-ace, scoring 5 points. It seemed.
Heungkuk Life Insurance scored a total of 21 points with Jeong Yun-ju scoring 12 points in the fourth set alone, and Kim Yeon-kyung also added 16 points, but was short of 1% in the last minute.
Heungkuk Life Insurance also brought in ‘new face’ aposite spiker Marta Mateiko (registered name Mateiko) for the first time on this day, but only scored 3 points.
GS Caltex, which prepared for a rebound during the All-Star break, showed strength from the beginning of the day.
GS Caltex was on the verge of breaking its losing streak by easily winning the first set with Silva’s serve ace and the second set with Kwon Min-ji’s open score.
However, Heungkuk Life Insurance’s counterattack was not easy. GS Caltex had a 19-16 advantage in the third set, but Heungkuk Life Insurance completely changed the flow with Jeong Yun-ju’s serve ace. Heungkuk Life Insurance made it 24-22 with Kim Da-in’s blocking and Jeong Yun-ju’s quick open, and then Kim Yeon-kyung won the set point to push the game to the fourth set.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which gained momentum, won the 4th set thanks to Pitch’s moving attack and Kim Yeon-kyung’s expert open scoring, and the game was decided in the 5th set.
GS Caltex, which was in crisis after losing two sets, showed its strength at the end of the fifth set.
At 12-12, Oh Se-yeon took the lead by covering up Kim Yeon-kyung’s sensational attack with a blocking, and then, taking advantage of Heungkuk Life Insurance’s mistake, Oh Se-yeon scored a series of open points to get up to 14-12.
Afterwards, Kim Yeon-kyung’s serve failed to pass the net, and the game ended with a thrilling victory for GS Caltex.
In the men’s division, Hyundai Capital took the lead with an exciting 10 consecutive wins.
Hyundai Capital won the match against OK Savings Bank held at Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium in Cheonan on the 7th with a set score of 3-0 (25-20 25-20 25-18).
Hyundai Capital, which ended 2024 on a good note by winning all of the last nine games of the first half, also won the first game of 2025 and the first match of the fourth round, marking the start of the second half, and achieved 10 consecutive wins.
It is the first time in nine seasons since the 2015-16 season that Hyundai Capital recorded 10 consecutive wins. At that time, Hyundai Capital had achieved 18 consecutive wins, the longest winning streak in V-League history.
Hyundai Capital, which continued its upward trend, widened the gap with 2nd place Korean Air (36 points) to 13 points with 17 wins and 2 losses (49 points).
OK Savings Bank, ranked last, remained at 4 wins and 15 losses (15 points).
On this day, Hyundai Capital played a leading role in the victory, with Heo Soo-bong taking responsibility for 20 points and Leonardo Martinez (registered name Leo) taking responsibility for 15 points, combining for 35 points.
Hyundai Capital showed perfect performance by hitting five serve aces and not giving up a single one.
On the other hand, for OK Savings Bank, Shin Ho-jin scored 12 points and Kim Geon-woo scored 11 points, but it was not enough to win.
Hyundai Capital took the two sets comfortably thanks to Heo Soo-bong’s quick opening and Jeon Kwang-in’s blocking, and led the game in the third set as well.
Hyundai Capital went from 6-5 in the middle of the third set to 11-5 with five consecutive points, effectively taking the win.
Then, with a wide lead of 23-18, the game was decided by Xin Feng’s quick open and Son Chan-hong’s fast break.
(Seoul = News 1)
Source: www.donga.com
