Luis Elian Estrada (real name Elian) exploded in the fifth set to lead KEPCO to its second straight opening win.
KEPCO defeated Samsung Fire 3-2 (25-20 14-25 21-25 25-14 15-9) on Saturday at Suwon Gymnasium in the Dodram 2024-2025 V-League Men’s Division to open the season with two straight wins.
Elian was the key player in the victory for KEPCO. Elian played poorly in the second set and didn’t even step on the court in the 카지노사이트 third set.
But in the fifth set, he was a completely different player. He scored seven points in the fifth set alone, thanks to his high hitting percentage and accurate attacks. Tied at 7-7 in the fifth set with a kill by Elian and a service ace by Kim Dong-young, KEPCO went on a 13-8 run at 9-8 with two consecutive attack points by Elian, a service ace by Seo Jae-duk, and a block by Lim Sung-jin to clinch the match. Elian received a toss from setter Nakano Yamato (registered name Yamato) and attacked for a 14-8 match point, and closed out the match with an opponent error at 14-9.
Seo Jae-deok led the way with 19 points, including a block and two aces, and four other players scored in double figures, including Elian (17), Lim Sung-jin (15) and Koo Kyo-hyuk (14).
Samsung Fire countered with 20 points from Kim Woo-jin and 18 from Kim Jung-ho, but fell short in a five-set thriller to take the series 1-1. The absence of foreign forward Vladimir Grozdanov, who scored 27 points in the opener, hurt the team, which was held to just 16 points and 34.21 percent shooting from the floor by Asian quarterback Ali Fazli.
In the women’s match at the Gimcheon Indoor Gymnasium, IBK IBK earned its first win of the season with a 3-1 (25-16 21-25 25-22 25-13) victory over Korea Expressway Corporation.
IBK’s foreign gun Victoria Danchak (real name Victoria), who scored 35 points in the team’s opening loss to Hyundai E&C, continued her big season with 34 points against Korea Expressway Corporation. Yuk Seo-young (13 points) and Hwang Min-kyung (10 points) also scored in double figures.
Meanwhile, Roadworks, who made an ambitious start to the season by acquiring Kang So-hwi in free agency, fell to their second straight opening loss. Merelin Nikolova (real name Nikolova) led the way with 27 points, but lacked support from other players, especially Kang So-hwi, who finished with seven points and shot 20 percent from the field.