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Korea Electric Power Corp. beat Woori Card, which is on the rise, to secure a valuable victory.
KEPCO beat Woori Card with a set score of 3-1 (26-24, 31-33, 25-23, 25-17) in the fifth round of the regular league of Jin Air 2025-2026 V-League at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 2nd.
As a result, Korea Electric Power Corp., which earned three points, trailed second-place Korean Air (16-8 with 47 points) by four points with 15 wins and 11 losses (43 points). Ace Sharon Benon Evans (registered Benon) led the offense with 34 points, the most in both teams. Kim Jung-ho and Musawel Khan (registered name Musawel) also helped Benon with 17 points and 10 points, respectively.
It wasn't an easy game. First of all, KEPCO was losing to Woori Card with one win and three losses this season. Continued injuries were also a concern for KEPCO. Kim Jung-ho (29), who joined this season and was playing as a native ace, was still unable to get out of an ankle injury in the third round. Chung Min-soo (35), the main libero, was confirmed to be absent due to a finger injury in the previous game against Hyundai Capital.
Before the game, Kwon Young-min (46), the head coach of Korea Electric Power Corporation, sent Jang Ji-won (25) who returned this season from the Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangmu) to Libero, expressing his intention not to use the Servero (sub + Libero) card.
The aim was to work. Even in his first start of the season, Jang Ji-won firmly stood behind KEPCO with a receiving efficiency of 40 percent. Kim Jung-ho played his role as an ace by scoring 17 points, including three serve aces, despite being injured.
Coach Kwon Young-min said after the game, "(Jang Ji-won) wants to give 80 points (out of 100 points). I wasn't as good as I was. I think I was nervous because I wanted to go in and do well after a long time. But I got a few and I think I did a good job just by keeping my seat," he said.
"(Kim) Jung-ho is short, but he has strengths in serve and defense as well. Recently, I practiced a lot during training because I don't think I have good chemistry with setter Ha Seung-woo. "I think I hit Han Tae-joon confidently because he was in front of me, but he played a good role as an ace," he praised.
The plan also worked to use a one-point server or a middle blocker instead of a Servero card. Bae Hae-chan-sol (23) and rookie Yoon Ha-joon (20) entered each situation and filled the gap well. Coach Kwon Young-min said, "Bae Hae-chan-sol is a setter, but he has strengths in serve and is good at performing operations. I wanted to target the serve in Woori Card's No. 1 position again today, but I did well. "I think I will continue to use Chansol for teams that have weaknesses in floater serve," he said.
The overall uptrend was the rebound of setter Ha Seung-woo (31). On this day, Ha Seung-woo sometimes wandered, but he showed good distribution from the third set, helping KEPCO take three points. Head coach Kwon Young-min said, "Ha Seung-woo plays his role the most. As Moussa-well comes in, the fastball and side-out are revived, and the number of balls being concentrated on Benon is decreasing, and it is going in a good flow," he said. (Ha) Seung-woo seems to have gained confidence. "Today, Seung-woo was able to comfortably toss the receiving team well," he explained.
KEPCO narrowed the gap to four points ahead of its showdown with the second-ranked Korean Air by catching the difficult opponent Woori Card. Coach Kwon Young-min said, "In fact, today's game was more important than the next game (Korean Air). Woori Card is a team with good serve and offense, so I expected a difficult game, and I also played a difficult game. "Thanks to this, I think I can play the Korean Air War without any burden," he said with a smile.
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