Kelsey, a road construction foreigner who made a big success at the Hyundai E&C war on the 16th. Provided by the Korean Volleyball Federation
Korea Expressway Corporation defeated Hyundai E&C.
Road Corporation defeated Hyundai E&C with a set score of 3-1 (25-16 21-25 25-16 25-18) at the Dodram 2020-2021 V-League women’s away game held at the Suwon Gymnasium on the 16th. The Road Corporation, which broke the chain of losing streaks in ‘2’, recorded 7-12 and 24 points, leading KGC Ginseng Corporation (23 points) by one point, raising the ranking from 5th to 4th. On the other hand, Hyundai E&C, who fell into a swamp of 3 consecutive losses, remained at the bottom of the league with 6 wins and 13 losses (18 points).
Kelsey, a foreign player, was very powerful in the road construction. Kelsey boasted a breathtaking breath with setter Lee Go-eun and scored the most 29 points (46.66% attack success rate) among the players from both teams. Go-eun defeated the opposing blocker with a high-altitude toss using Kelsey’s momentum. The Road Corporation eased the game by adding firepower support from Park Jung-ah (18 points) and Bae Yu-na (13 points). In the blocking fight, Hyundai E&C overwhelmed 13-5.
Road Construction, which won one set with a margin, allowed Hyundai E&C to counterattack. However, he caught the victory in the middle of the 3rd set, which became the watershed of the game. Hyundai E&C’s weaknesses were swayed by Receive, and Kelsey, Bae Yuna, and Jeon Saeyan scored consecutively, leading 18-14. He made a set score of 2-1 by adding up to Russo, an opponent foreign player.
Road construction lags 3-4 in the beginning of the 4th set. However, he scored 5 points in a row and flipped the game 8-4. Subsequently, the score gap was widened to 16-10 due to a continuous error of the opponent, and Yuna Bae’s time difference attack and Kelsey Open attack were used to drive the wedge. Kelsey finished off with a back attack in his last attack, leading 24-18.
Meanwhile, in the men’s match at the Chungmu Gymnasium in Daejeon, Woori Card beat Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance with a set score of 3-0 (25-20 25-23 25-18). Woori Card, the fourth place with 13 wins and 9 losses in the season and 38 points, narrowed the gap with OK Financial Group (39 points) and KB Insurance (40 points), second place, which played 22 games side by side. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance stayed at the bottom of the league with 4 wins and 19 losses (18 points).
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