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Jeong Kwan-jang, the lowest member of the V League women's division, ended up losing seven consecutive games due to a lack of hindsight. However, rookie Park Yeoreum (19)'s strong performance made Jeong Kwan-jang laugh.
Jeong Kwan-jang lost to the Korea Expressway Corporation with a set score of 1-3 (22-25, 22-25, 25-16, 21-25) in the fifth round of the women's regular league of Jin Air 2025-2026 V-League at Gimcheon Indoor Gymnasium in Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 3rd.
As a result, Jeong Kwan-jang, who lost seven consecutive games, reached 20 losses for the first time in the women's team with 6 wins and 20 losses (18 points). On the other hand, the Korea Expressway Corporation, which won 16 consecutive home games, including 13 games this season, solidified its lead in the women's division with 20 wins and 6 losses (55 points).
Although it was a game that did not earn even three points, Jeong Kwan-jang pushed the road construction quite a bit even in the absence of foreign players. This is thanks to young outside heaters struggling to coordinate veteran setter Yeom Hye-sun. Lee Sun-woo scored 19 points and Park Yeoreum scored 18 points.
In particular, rookie Park Yeoreum showed impressive performance in ball and defense. Park Yeoreum is an outside heater who graduated from Chung-Ang Girls' High School and joined as the seventh-ranked player in the first round of the 2025-2026 V-League Rookie Draft. He started the game in the Asian quarter, beating Jamyanpureb Enkh (registered name Inku City). Before the game, Ko Hee-jin, head coach of Chung Kwan-jang, said, "I'm looking for a way to fill the void that Janet is missing. Today, Park Yeoreum will start. I'm looking forward to it because I showed good performance during training," he said, explaining the reason for the selection.
It exceeded my expectations to the point where I wondered why I didn't use it earlier. Park Yeoreum confidently hit the spike even if the road construction blockers came up with three. In the third set, he finally gave Jeong Kwan-jang a victory with his first serve ace after scoring two consecutive points in the middle of the set.
In defense, he also suffered from the goal hit of the road construction, but he endured it well and was not replaced. The final score is 37% attack success rate and 15% attack efficiency. It was not satisfactory, but it was impressive to play full-time while taking the most possession at 31%.
After the game, head coach Ko Hee-jin said, "I prepared (Park) Yeoreum because he showed good performance during practice, and he did really well. There were some mistakes, but of course, I can because I just graduated from high school. He was really good, and I think we need to give him a lot of opportunities in the future," he said with a smile.
He then said, "He is a player who has strength in attack power. Attack is also an attack, but he has good receiving ability as an outside heater. "I also see it as an outside heater that my team needs to raise," he praised.
It was a positive performance after the return of the main setter Yeom Hye-sun. Middle blockers such as Park Eun-jin and Jung Ho-young also showed an even performance with 11 points each.
Coach Ko Hee-jin said, "The players worked hard. There is something to be desired in the match after 20 points, but the players are also nervous because there is no foreign player's shot. You may come out in the next game, but I think fans who love our team will be able to understand if we play such a game. I will continue to prepare well with the players so that they can play well in the future," he said with strength.
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