Leading 1R for the first time in 15 years → 8 consecutive wins...I'm in my 15th year as a professional, but I have high expectations for director Libero.

Nov 20, 2025

Leading 1R for the first time in 15 years → 8 consecutive wins...I'm in my 15th year as a professional, but I have high expectations for director Libero.
Moon Jung-won (left) interviewed with Lee Yoon-jung. Reporter Kim Young-rok



Leading 1R for the first time in 15 years → 8 consecutive wins...I'm in my 15th year as a professional, but I have high expectations for director Libero.
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Leading 1R for the first time in 15 years → 8 consecutive wins...I'm in my 15th year as a professional, but I have high expectations for director Libero.
Photo courtesy=KOVO
Leading 1R for the first time in 15 years → 8 consecutive wins...I'm in my 15th year as a professional, but I have high expectations for director Libero.
Photo courtesy=KOVO
'Slowstarter' Road Corporation is leading the first round in 15 seasons.

Korea Expressway Corporation won the set score 3-0 in the match against IBK Industrial Bank of Hwaseong on the 19th. Jin Air has won eight consecutive games since losing the opening game of the V-League in the 2025-2026 season, leading with 8 wins and 1 loss.

Coach Kim Jong-min, who has already led the Korea Expressway Corporation for 10 years and has already won two championships, shows the strong attack power of the triangular formation leading to Moma, Tanacha, and Kang So-hwi. Two young players, Kim Se-bin and Lee Ji-yoon, have already grown into middle blockers recognized in the league. Lee Yoon-jung, who is in charge of the setter instead of Kim Dae-eun, who was sluggish at the beginning of the season, also has a good sense of stability.




Above all, Moon Jung-won's performance, who filled the vacancy of `Best Rivero', is also impressive. They are the two players who have led the Korea Expressway Corporation's team color 'Net defense' for a long time. However, before this season, Lim Myung-ok moved to Industrial Bank of Korea, and Moon Jung-won moved to Libero.

He was a bit of an adventurer for the Korea Expressway Corporation, which is in the season of winning the championship. Still, coach Kim Jong-min believed in the stability of Moon Jung-won, who has played as a receiving apogit for many years and has experience as a libero in the national team.

Leading 1R for the first time in 15 years → 8 consecutive wins...I'm in my 15th year as a professional, but I have high expectations for director Libero.
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The result is a huge success to date. Moon Jung-won ranks first in receiving efficiency (47.4%) this season, beating the league's representative receiving good players such as Lim Myeong-ok, Yoo So-yeon, and Han Da-hye. In the dig, the number is 5.162 per set, second to Lim Myung-ok, and the defense is first ahead of Lim Myung-ok. Even without Lim Myung-ok, persistent defense like a road corporation is being carried out.




Moon Jung-won joined the Korea Expressway Corporation in the fourth place in the second round of the 2011-2012 season. The player himself did not expect that the transformation of Libero in the 15th season would lead to an unfamiliar road corporation's early run of '1st round 1st place'.

Moon Jung-won said, `I feel so good about the eight-game winning streak. We're a team that always didn't work out at the beginning of the season. The driving force of the victory was to raise the atmosphere in the second half by gradually adjusting the two wins. Even when he was in the lower ranks, he played a significant role as a red pepper powder unit."

Leading 1R for the first time in 15 years → 8 consecutive wins...I'm in my 15th year as a professional, but I have high expectations for director Libero.
Moon Jung-won (left) and Lim Myeong-ok were the two pillars that led the road corporation's net defense in the past. Now they are enemies looking at each other from the other side of the court.

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It is not easy to satisfy the head coach with Lim Myung-ok for nine seasons until last season. Coach Kim Jong-min also said, `I have a very high standard for Libero. Jung-won still lacks the ability to read the opponent's attack direction, the part that leads the team, and the sophistication of the defense, but added a compliment, "(He's the first player as a liberator, of course, the best)."




Moon Jung-won "It motivates me. I feel that I have to do it. Thanks to you, I'm doing Libero now," he smiled.

How does it feel to look at Im Myeong-ok across the court. Moon Jung-won "always sees and learns. Even if you're on the other team, you can see it. 'Wow, what should I do with that?I think ' and I'm also trying to make up for what I'm lacking. "There are still a lot of things I need to match with my team members, such as defense direction and reception timing. I just want to be more helpful to the team."

Leading 1R for the first time in 15 years → 8 consecutive wins...I'm in my 15th year as a professional, but I have high expectations for director Libero.
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Moon Jung-won, who was once famous for his 'sub-queen' along with his peak defense. But Libero doesn't have a serve. Moon Jung-won laughed, saying, `The fans are very disappointed, but I don't think much because I hit without a serve.'

He is a player full of coach Kim Jong-min's affection. Even during the operation time, he was constantly seen giving instructions to Moon Jung-won.

"You express your affection with so many words and actions. I just heard something on my way to the interview. Director, thank you!"





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.