Joishimamura's double guns were also powerful! Pepper Savings Bank Captures Heungkuk Life to Retake Second Place
Nov 13, 2025
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Pepper Savings Bank won the second round match against Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders (25-22, 25-23, 28-26, 25-23) at Pepper Stadium in Gwangju on the 13th. Pepper Savings Bank regained its second place with 5 wins, 2 losses and 13 points. Heungkuk Life, ranked sixth, lost for the fifth time this season (two wins and seven points).
Last season's championship team and the lowest ranking team faced off each other. In the first round, they were completely divided. Pepper Savings Bank showed a different appearance as it won the shutdown.
Pepper Savings Bank finished the first round in third place with four wins, two losses and 10 points, while Heungkuk Life Insurance was sixth with two wins, four losses and seven points.
Coach Tomoko Yoshihara "I thought a lot about the attack part. I don't think it should be monotonous"The key is to lower the success rate of Joy and Shimamura."
Pepper Savings Bank defended well in the first round, but it was painful to lose 0-3 to Jeonggwanjang, the previous game. Cho Ji-yeon, manager of Pepper Savings Bank, stressed that there is something each person can do in their position, and they have to handle it themselves. Players who focus on receiving should receive and those who need to make a breakthrough in attack should attack," he said.
Heungkuk Life had a bad news before the game. Lee Da-hyun's finger injury prevented him from playing during training. An official from Heungkuk Life Insurance said "I can't play today."
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Until the middle of the year, Heungkuk Life took the lead. While receiving efficiency was 40%, Rebecca continued the lead by scoring eight points. However, at 14-18, Joey scored a blocked goal following an open attack. After that, Joey's quick open and Shimamura's fastball helped him balance 18-18. Heungkuk Life Insurance, which later took the lead with Joey and Shimamura's scoring shots, made it 24-21 with Lim Joo-eun's blocking, and Lee Han-bi took responsibility for the 25th point to lead the first set victory.
Heungkuk Life launched a counterattack in the second set. A toss-up match. Heungkuk Life scored 24 points with Rebecca's score at 23-22. After that, they exchanged mistakes one by one, bringing the game to square one.
The third set was the match. The winner was Pepper Savings Bank. After Joey's quick open score at 26-26, the opponent Kim Dae-eun's quick open went out and cheered. Heungkuk Life Insurance saw it as a blocker touchout and applied for a video review, but there was no reversal.
The fourth set is also a close game. The winner was Pepper Savings Bank. At 20-20, Shimamura opened the score as he succeeded in a time difference following a block. Then, Pepper Savings Bank, which ran to three points with Joey's back attack score, ended the game with Shimamura's fastball.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
