'Pepper's Rebellion' Joey and Park Eun-seo exploded by 51 points, and 'Team's most winning tie + defeating the leader' in Gwangju [V League]

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Gwangju Pepper Savings Bank has taken a step closer to the new history by taking the lead in Gimcheon Korea Expressway Corporation. He has tied the record for the most wins since its foundation.

Pepper Savings Bank came from behind to win the set score 3-1 (24-26, 25-19, 25-16, 25-14) in the fifth round of Jin Air 2025-2026 at Pepper Stadium in Gwangju on the 8th.

Pepper Savings Bank, which has been at the bottom for four consecutive years since its foundation in the 2021-2022 season, had 11 wins (25 losses) last season and hoped to escape from the bottom, but already won 11 wins (16 losses), the club's tie record. Adding one more win out of the remaining nine games will set a new record for the most wins in the team. In addition, he is close to the highest number of points (35).

In addition, it scored 33 points, narrowing the gap with third-place Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction to 12. He continued the hope of spring volleyball. On the other hand, the Korea Expressway Corporation won 20 wins and 7 losses, with only 55 points. Although there is still a wide gap with second-place Incheon Heungkuk Life Insurance (48 points), it has become a situation where we can never relax as we have lost two games in the last three games.

This season, he snapped a three-game losing streak against the Korea Expressway Corporation, making his opponent two wins and three losses. Foreign player Joey Weatherington (registered name Joey) swept 31 points alone, and Park Eun-seo combined two blocking and serve aces to win the team with 20 points.

He gave up the first set at the end of the deuce, but turned the mood around in the second set. Park Jung-ah and Dr. Rang scored serve points at an important moment and easily won 25-19, bringing the game to square one.

Pepper Savings Bank, which gained momentum, pushed the Korea Expressway Corporation harder. At the beginning of the set with a 6-5 lead, Joey and Park Eun-seo's attacks hit back-to-back, and Joey even blocked to widen the gap. Afterwards, he was not allowed to chase. The Korea Expressway Corporation is one step closer to winning, with Ha Hye-jin blocking the opponent's ace Letizia Moma Vasoko's attack (registered name Moma).

At the Korea Expressway Corporation, which is on the verge of defeat, mistakes poured out. Pepper Savings Bank scored an even score in the fourth set to secure the victory.

Busan OK Savings Bank secured a 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-21) shutdown victory at home against Daejeon Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance. OK Savings Bank, which recorded two consecutive wins, ranked fourth with 14 wins and 13 losses (42 points), beating Uijeongbu KB Insurance (40 points). It narrowed the score point to just one with Suwon KEPCO (43 points). On the other hand, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance fell to the bottom with 5 wins and 22 losses (15 points) after losing six consecutive games.

Jeon Kwang-in scored 14 points with a 61% attack success rate, Dimitar Dimitrov (registered name Dimitrov) also scored 14 points side by side, and Cha Ji-hwan led the team to 13 points.

OK Savings Bank dominated Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance with high attack efficiency by blocking and serving in the first set, and succeeded in gaining the upper hand with a relaxed margin from the beginning of the set.

Cha Ji-hwan was the main character in the second set. With an attack success rate of 80%, he scored eight points alone, and with his overwhelming performance, OK Savings Bank overwhelmed his opponent with a team attack success rate of 74.07% and an attack efficiency of 66.67%.

In the third set, he had an unstable lead of 18-17 until the middle and late of the game, but Cha Ji-hwan's quick opening followed by Lee Min-kyu's block, Lee Min-kyu and Jeon Kwang-in's block, and the last score also ended the game with O'Day blocking Mihil Ahi's attack (registered name Ahi).

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