GS Caltex won its first KOVO Cup thanks to the performance of Gisele Silva (registered name Silva), who recorded triple crown (serve, back attack and three or more blockings each). Coach Lee Young-taek, who took the helm of GS, garnered his first win in his debut match.
GS beat Korea Expressway Corporation 3-2 (25-19 23-25 22-25 25-19 15-13) in the first Group A match of the women’s team at the 2024 Tongyeong and Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Championship held at Tongyeong Gymnasium in South Gyeongsang Province on the 29th.
Silva scored 39 points, including three blocks, five serve aces and 16 back-attacks, to lead the team’s victory. GS Stephanie Weiler, also registered as Weiler, added 23 points. GS overwhelmed its opponents with 18-7 in terms of number of blocks.
On the other hand, Korea Expressway Corporation’s Kang So-hwi, who moved from GS to FA, scored 16 points against his former team and Merelin Nicolova (registered name Nicolova) scored 31 points, including triple crowns, but was pushed back from the back.
GS showed good performance in the early stages. GS Caltex led by Silva won the first set with Silva’s consecutive serve aces midway through the first set.
Korea Expressway Corporation also staged counterattacks from the second set. Along with Kang, Nikolova’s attack came alive. At 23-23, Korea Expressway Corporation balanced the set score by catching the opponent’s Silva’s spike following Nikolova’s quick open.
The Korea Expressway Corporation won even the third set, but GS also took the game to the last five sets as Wyler’s attack was resolved in the fourth set.
GS gained momentum with a 6-0 run at the start of the fifth set. However, Korea Expressway Corporation also scored six consecutive points from 1-7, making it 7-7.
Since then, the game has been neck and neck. GS ran away with Silva, but KNOC also made it 11-11 through Nikolova’s serve.
The one who laughed at the end was GS. GS won the game with Silva’s three consecutive back-strikes at 11-12, and ended the long-running match with a serve error by its opponent Jeon Sae-an at 14-13.
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