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Cheonan Hyundai Capital escaped from its losing streak and started chasing the lead again.
Hyundai Capital won the away game against Busan OK Savings Bank in the men's V-League 2025-2026 season at Busan Gangseo Gymnasium on the 1st with a set score of 3-0 (25-15, 26-24, 25-20).
Hyundai Capital, which escaped from its second consecutive loss, closely followed Korean Air (63 points) with 20 wins and 12 losses and 62 points. On the other hand, the sixth-ranked OK Savings Bank (15-17, 45 points) has lost four consecutive games, making it less likely to advance to spring volleyball.
At Hyundai Capital, foreign player Leonardo Leyva Martinez (registered Leo) led the team to victory by scoring 25 points, the most in both teams. He had three blocks and six back-attacks, but missed the triple crown with two serve aces. Heo Soo-bong also led the attack with 16 points.
At OK Savings Bank, Song Hee-jae worked hard with 18 points, but Dimitar Dimitrov (registered name Dimitrov) and Jeon Kwang-in each scored only six points, leaving a regret.
Leo scored 12 points alone in the first set and succeeded in gaining the upper hand. Hyundai Capital, which added three aces with strong serve, completely shook the opponent's receiving line and won the first set.
The second set was close. He dominated at the height and took five blocks, but seven mistakes were poured out and a fierce battle was held throughout the set.
In the situation of being dragged 18-21, Leo made four points alone to tie the game 22-22, and Heo Soo-bong reached the set point by scoring two points, including blocking, but a serve mistake came out and eventually headed to deuce.
In deuce, Heo Soo-bong also led by making a quick open, followed by Choi Min-ho blocking Dimitrov's back attack, bringing the second set.
With the strength of the attack, he even brought three sets. Heo Soo-bong scored eight points, Leo scored five points, and Shin Ho-jin scored four points, and the three attack success rates were 70%, 83.33%, and 100%, respectively, giving the team three points.
In the women's game held at Gwangju Pepper Stadium, the home team Gwangju Pepper Savings Bank caught Incheon Heungkuk Life Insurance 3-1 (25-21, 20-25, 25-23, 25-16).
Pepper Savings Bank remained in sixth place with 14 wins and 18 losses and 41 points, while Heungkuk Life Insurance, which has lost three consecutive games, failed to close the gap with second-place Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction (61 points) with 17 wins and 16 losses and 53 points.
Pepper Savings Bank led the team to victory, with foreign player Joey Weatherington (registered name Joey) adding 39 points and Park Eun-seo adding 15 points.
In Heungkuk Life Insurance, Choi Eun-ji scored 17 points, but foreign player Rebecca Latham (registered name Rebecca) scored only 6 points and could not laugh.
Pepper Savings Bank, which had an advantage by Joey scoring 11 points alone in the third set after taking each set, quickly opened the scoring by scoring seven consecutive points while leading 16-14 in the fourth set.
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