Kim Heejin also burst' Hyundai Engineering & Construction, GS... "Second Point" to the leading road corporation [V League]

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Although the ace slowed down, the supporting players' performance saved the team. Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction has launched a fierce chase.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction defeated Seoul GS Caltex with a set score of 3-2 (26-24, 22-25, 20-25, 25-20, 17-15) in the women's visit match of Jin Air 2025-2026 V-League at Jangchung Gymnasium in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 16th.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which won three consecutive games, had 18 wins and 11 losses and 53 points, trailing Gimcheon Korea Expressway Corporation (55 points). GS Caltex, which was doing well, ended its winning streak with four consecutive wins.

Ace Kari Geisberger (registered) scored the most points in the team with 21 points, but the attack success rate was only 30.91%. However, middle blocker Yang Hyo-jin scored 17 points, including 4 blocks, Kim Hee-jin scored 12 points, including 5 blocks, and Jastis Yakuzi (registered name Jastis) scored 14 points, helping to win a dramatic come-from-behind victory.

In particular, Kim Hee-jin, who has been on the rise by moving to Hyundai Engineering & Construction ahead of this season, scored his fourth double-digit score this season and his second double-digit score, recording an attack success rate of more than 50%. The attack success rate reached 58.33.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which won the first set after deuce, lost two or three sets and was on the verge of defeat. While Kari scored only two points in the fourth set, Yang Hyo-jin scored five points and Kim Hee-jin and Na Hyun-soo scored four points each, actively utilizing the central attack and eventually leading the game to five sets.

The fifth set was also very intense. GS Caltex strongly pressured Hyundai Engineering & Construction, including its main gun Giselle Silva (registered name Silva). Hyundai Engineering & Construction boldly took full advantage of the central attack over Kari and Zastis. Na Hyun-soo and Kim Hee-jin added four points each, and Yang Hyo-jin added two points.

With the score tied 6-6, Yang Hyo-jin's fastball and the opponent Kim Da-in's serve ace seemed to go easily with Yang Hyo-jin's fastball again, but GS Caltex's fierce chase eventually allowed a 12-12 tie.

Kim Hee-jin's open attack and blocking reached the match point, but the serve was out and Silva's attack was not prevented, so he eventually headed to deuce once again. Kim Hee-jin's open attack and Kari's first score of the set came out, and Na Hyun-soo, who was substituted with Lee Soo-yeon, succeeded in the open attack and eventually harvested two points.

In the men's match at Suwon Gymnasium, Uijeongbu KB Insurance overpowered Suwon KEPCO with a set score of 3-1 (25-18, 25-20, 21-25, 25-20).

KB Insurance, which added three points, jumped from fifth place to third place with 15 wins and 14 losses and 46 points. Ansan OK Savings Bank (45 points), Korea Electric Power Corp. (43 points), and Seoul Woori Card (41 points), which ranked fourth, are fiercely biting.

KB Insurance's main gun Andres Villena (registered name Villena) led the team to victory with a 60% attack success rate and 33 points, the most by both teams, and achieved the triple crown by successfully blocking, three serve aces and 15 rear-end attacks. It is the 11th individual triple crown in his career and the second this season.

Lim Sung-jin scored 13 points and Na Kyung-bok scored 10 points to lighten Villena's shoulders, and middle blocker Cha Young-seok also helped with 6 points.

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