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| KEPCO Park Cheol-woo. (Provided by the Korean Volleyball Federation) © News 1 |
Korea Electric Power, a men’s professional volleyball player, beat Hyundai Capital and climbed to fourth place with the performance of native striker Park Cheol-woo.
KEPCO won 3-2 (25-19 22-25 25-23 23-25 15-8) against Hyundai Capital in the 6th round of the 2020-21 Dodram v League men’s division held at the Yugwan-soon Gymnasium in Cheonan on the 13th.
KEPCO recorded 16 wins and 15 losses (51 points), pulled OK Financial Group (50 points) down to 5th place and climbed one step up to 4th place. The third place KB Insurance (52 points) is also in the pursuit.
On the other hand, Hyundai Capital remained in 6th place (36 points).
KEPCO’s foreign player Kyle Russell was sluggish with 4 points on this day, but Park Cheol-woo gave strength with 35 points. For Hyundai Capital, Daudi Okelo scored 33 points and Heo Soo-bong scored 16 points, but the lack of backsight was disappointing.
From the beginning, KEPCO raised momentum with Park Chul-woo.
Park Chul-woo made a quick open in 18-18 and immediately caught blocking and roared. KEPCO took the 1st set to 25-19 as it came out to the opponent’s room.
Hyundai Capital balanced the last minute of the 2nd set with Heo Soo-bong’s serve. Hyundai Capital, who took the lead as a subace of Heo Soo-bong in 18-18, fled to 22-19 thanks to Daudi’s consecutive scoring and won the second set.
The last-minute KEPCO in the 3rd set, which was held in a tight flow, turned the game over with Park Cheol-woo’s one-man show. Park Cheol-woo gained momentum by scoring three consecutive points in 21-22, and KEPCO took the third set with Lim Seong-jin’s precious back attack in 24-23.
However, Hyundai Capital has not resigned as it is. The final height of the 4th set was revived and the game was taken to the 5th set. Hyundai Capital reached the set point with Daudi’s spike at 23-22, and Daudi caught Lim Seong-jin’s attack at 24-23 to balance the set score.
KEPCO introduced Russell instead of Seong-jin Lim at the start of the 5th set and saw the effect.
KEPCO escaped from 3-1 to Russell’s spike, and immediately scored a serve for Russell, winning the game.
In 10-5, KEPCO’s definitive blocking of Hwang Hwa-il broke out, and the game was virtually divided. In the end, KEPCO ended the game with Russell’s push at the match point.