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| The V-League match between GS Caltex and IBK Industrial Bank of Korea held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 19th. GS Caltex Silva is cheering after scoring. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.19/ |
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| The V-League match between GS Caltex and IBK Industrial Bank of Korea held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 19th. GS Caltex Silva is attempting an attack to avoid blocking. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.19/ |
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| The V-League match between GS Caltex and IBK Industrial Bank of Korea held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 19th. GS Caltex's Kwon Min-ji is attempting to attack to avoid blocking. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.19/ |
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On the media day ahead of the season, as many as five of the seven team coaches picked IBK Industrial Bank as the favorite.
But the favorite lost the first game. GS Caltex got off to a strong start by beating Industrial Bank of Korea, the favorite to win the opening match.
GS Caltex won a set-score 3-1 (25-20, 25-21, 23-25, 25-21) at the opening match against IBK Industrial Bank of Jin Air 2025-2026 V-League at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 19th.
It was a shocking result because it was the Industrial Bank of Korea, which was considered a strong favorite.
Industrial Bank of Korea head coach Kim Ho-chul said the "burden" before the game. When asked if coach Kim was burdened, he said "Of course there is "I think our players are well aware of it. I think I have to do well." Coach Kim then said "I didn't say anything else to the players for fear of trying to do too well while practicing for two days."."
In the end, the praise of 'the favorite' was a burden. There were a lot of mistakes, and it affected the game.
In the first set, GS Caltex took the lead by blocking. At 9-10, Oh Se-yeon tied the score by blocking Kinkela's attack, and at 11-10, Kwon Min-ji blocked Victoria's attack, turning the flow to GS Caltex.
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| V League GS Caltex and IBK Industrial Bank of Korea match held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 19th. IBK Lee Joo-ah is trying to attack to avoid blocking. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.19/ |
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| V League GS Caltex and IBK Industrial Bank of Korea match held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 19th. IBK Hwang Min-kyung is trying to attack to avoid blocking. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.19/ |
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| V League GS Caltex and IBK Industrial Bank of Korea match held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 19th. IBK Lee So-young is cheering after scoring. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.19/ |
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The Industrial Bank of Korea followed up to one point with three consecutive points by Hwang Kyung-min and Choi Jung-min at 14-18, but it was regrettable that Hwang Min-kyung's attack made a mistake and failed to tie the game.
GS Caltex led 23-19 with Silva's spike, Choi Jung-min's mistake and Oh Se-yeon's block in 20-19, effectively deciding the game, and Kwon Min-ji's spike finished the first set 25-20. Silva scored 9 points and Kwon Min-ji scored 7 points, resulting in a double shot.
In the second set, GS Caltex also showed stronger performance in the second half. GS Caltex, which took the lead with Lee Joo-ah's serve error at 18-18, then led by two points with Silva's spike, and kept the gap. With the Industrial Bank of Korea's mistakes, GS Caltex secured a 23-20 victory, Kwon Min-ji's spike made a set point of 24-21, and Kwon Min-ji even made the last point, and GS Caltex took the second set.
In the third set, the Industrial Bank of Korea gained strength. GS Caltex's pace from the beginning. Silva, Reyna, Kwon Min-ji, and Choi Ga-eun added to the players' even performance and the opponent's mistakes to lead the game by a four-point margin of 13-9. However, the Industrial Bank of Korea chased and eventually turned the tables.
Lee Ju-ah blocked Silva's spike, then Victoria's serve ace tied it at 19-19. Industrial Bank of Korea led 24-21 with Victoria's spike and Kwon Min-ji's mistakes, and GS Caltex followed by Silva's back attack and Raina's spike by one point, but Choi Jung-min's mobile attack scored the last 25 points to bring the first set of the season.
In the fourth set, GS Caltex led 5-0 at the beginning of the fourth set, but while GS Caltex scored only two points, Industrial Bank of Korea scored as many as 11 points to lead 11-7. The Industrial Bank of Korea won and went to the fifth set, but GS Caltex chased it step by step with Silva and eventually succeeded in tying the score 18-18. At this time, the Industrial Bank of Korea's mistakes broke out in succession. Lee So-young and Lee Joo-ah's attacks continued to escape. Raina's attack was then successful, and GS Caltex immediately turned around 21-19 to take the lead. The momentum continued, and Raina's spike ended the game 25-21.
GS Caltex's triangle formation of Silva (29 points), Kwon Min-ji (14 points), and Raina (10 points) strengthened, and Oh Se-yeon (7 points, 5 blocks) supported them and smiled brightly at the victory of the opening game.
The Industrial Bank of Korea made efforts with Victoria scoring 24 points, Lee Joo-ah scoring 17 points, and Choi Jung-min scoring 16 points, but it self-destructed with as many as 30 mistakes. GS Caltex had 14 mistakes.
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| The V-League match between GS Caltex and IBK Industrial Bank of Korea held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 19th. GS Caltex's Oh Se-yeon is cheering after scoring. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.19/ |
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| V League GS Caltex and IBK Industrial Bank of Korea match held at Jangchung Gymnasium on the 19th. IBK Choi Jung-min is cheering after scoring. Jangchung = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.19/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
