IBK Industrial Bank rekindled its fight for third place by winning three points against Pepper Savings Bank.
IBK Industrial Bank, led by head coach Kim Ho-chul, won the away match against Pepper Savings Bank in the third round of the Dodram 2024-2025 V-League at Pepper Stadium in Gwangju on the 22nd with a set score of 3-1 (26-24, 25-22, 20-25, 25-23).
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea has won two consecutive games and has once again trailed third-ranked Jeong Kwan-jang by one point. At the same time, the bank has widened its gap with fifth-ranked Pepper Savings Bank to 12 points. Pepper Savings Bank, which lost its second straight game, ranked fourth with 10 wins and six losses (28 points) for this season. On the other hand, Pepper Savings Bank, which lost its second straight game, ranked fifth with five wins and 11 losses (16 points).
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea allowed the score tied at 19-19 due to consecutive lost points even though it had 18-15 in the first set. The 22-20 lead made by Lee Joo-ah's blocking also led to the score tied at 23-23, and Ha Hye-jin's direct kill allowed the team to come from behind at 23-24. However, Lee did not give up. Lee blocked Lee Han-bi's attack to announce the deuce match, and gained the upper hand by banking on the opponent's mistake and Lee Joo-ah's blocking.
Setter Chen Shintong's blocking in the 20th and 20th set was decided. Yuk Seo-young then flew in and scored two consecutive points, and Lee Han-bi's attack was lucky to be caught in the net after a mega rally. After Lee So-young's mistake on serve, foreign ace Victoria led the team to a three-point victory with a strong back attack.
Pepper Savings Bank launched a counterattack in the third set. Starting with the opponent team's serve failure at 13-13, Pepper Savings Bank widened the gap to 20-15 by banking on the opponent team's consecutive mistakes and Lee Han-bi's high attack success rate. Lee Joo-ah's fast attack and serve ace briefly brought a crisis, but after changing the mood by banking on Lee Han-bi, Taylor made Baek Attack and Dr. Lang sealed the victory by serving ace. It was the first set he won against IBK this season.
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea regained its strength in the fourth set. It recovered its overwhelming performance in the first set to make a 14-7 double score, and raced its opponents with various routes to beat them 23-13. Only two points remained until the victory. 메이저사이트
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, whose organizational skills were rapidly faltering, revived its opponent's defense concentration and gave up seven points in a row. Taylor's serve mistake at 23-20 gave a breather, but Victoria's offense mistake followed by Lee Han-bi's consecutive loss, leading to a 24-23 deuce crisis.
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea managed to end the game with Yuk Seo-young's spike while Lee Ju-ah's mobile attack and Victoria's back attack were not connected to the score side by side.
Victoria led the team win by 3-1 with 25 points (30.26 percent attack success rate), the most among the two teams. Lee Ju-ah and Yuk Seo-young, who grabbed six blocks, both scored 14 points to support the team. Taylor's 21 points and Park Jung-ah's 14 points, on the other hand, were all overshadowed by their defeat.
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea will challenge Korea Expressway Corporation to win its third consecutive title at its home on Tuesday. Pepper Savings Bank will meet its chairman of the association at its home on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, in the men's match held at the Uijeongbu Kyungmin University Memorial Hall, KB Insurance defeated KEPCO with a set score of 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-21) to move to fourth place.
KB Insurance, which was unable to use the Uijeongbu Gymnasium due to safety concerns, was hired as a rental room and played its first game at an alternative stadium in Uijeongbu that day, and won.