"The spring volleyball competition is going to the end." IBK Industrial Bank won the shutdown over GS Caltex! The men's and women's teams will be ranked fourth in the final round [V-League roundup]

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I don't think there was a season like this. The professional volleyball V-League will have to go until the final match for both men and women to determine the teams that advance to the postseason.

IBK Industrial Bank of Korea beat GS Caltex with a set score of 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 32-30) in the sixth round of the women's regular league of Jin Air 2025-2026 V-League at Hwaseong Indoor Gymnasium on the 14th.

As a result, IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, ranked fifth, lost 17 wins and 18 losses (54 points), erasing the point gap with GS Caltex (18 wins and 17 losses, 54 points).

Six teams, excluding Heungkuk Life Insurance, ranked third, left one game each, and the spring volleyball team will come out in the final match. First, Korea Expressway Corporation ranked first, Hyundai Engineering & Construction ranked second, and Heungkuk Life Insurance ranked third confirmed their advance to spring volleyball.

IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, ranked fifth, will visit Korea Expressway Corporation, ranked first, on the 17th, and GS Caltex, ranked fourth, will bring Hyundai Engineering & Construction, ranked second, home on the 18th. Both teams are advantageous only when they earn three points. Fortunately, the first and second-place teams are likely to play without tired players. On the day either side goes to the 5th set, you have to hope the other side goes to the 5th set.

In fact, if GS Caltex somehow won on the day, it was over. If GS Caltex won on the day, even if GS Caltex lost in the final match and IBK Industrial Bank won, GS Caltex could have confirmed its advance to volleyball in the spring due to a loss in wins.

However, IBK Industrial Bank's attack power simply exploded. Main gun Victoria Danchak (registered Victoria) scored 23 points, and Yuk Seo-young supported 19 points with a 58% attack success rate. Choi Jung-min and Hwang Min-kyung also scored 12 points and 9 points, respectively, to bomb GS Caltex Court.

On the contrary, GS Caltex's main catcher Giselle Silva (registered name Silva) seemed tired. Silva failed to show the same performance as before, scoring only seven points with a low attack success rate of 23%. Captain Yoo So-yeon and Raina Tokoku (registered name Raina) fought hard with 18 points and 10 points, respectively, but it was not enough to turn the game around.

For GS Caltex, the third set was disappointing. While giving up the first and second sets unilaterally, Kim Mi-yeon and Choi Yoo-rim blocked Victoria's hit in a row to grab 24-23, set points.

However, Victoria continued to knock on the GS Caltex blocking wall to make it 29-29 deuce. GS Caltex grabbed as many as six set points, but failed to finish it in the end, shedding tears.

In the end, Lee Joo-ah blocked Raina's quick opening, and IBK Industrial Bank took the lead. Victoria completed the shutdown victory by scoring two consecutive points with a quick open and blocking.

The fifth-place team also performed a miracle in the men's game, which ended earlier at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul. The fifth-ranked Woori Card won the third-ranked KEPCO with a set score of 3-2 (25-22, 26-24, 21-25, 23-25, 15-8) at a time when it was eliminated if it lost.

Woori Card, which has two points, saved hope for spring volleyball by still keeping third-place KEPCO (19-16, 56 points) and fourth-place KB Insurance (18-17, 55 points) in sight with 19 wins and 16 losses (54 points).

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