"I'm not at full strength." 1R won 4 times, IBK is coming up tomorrow? "There was no Soyoung and Minkyung wasn't feeling well..."

"I'm not at full strength." 1R won 4 times, IBK is coming up tomorrow? "There was no Soyoung and Minkyung wasn't feeling well..."

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IBK Industrial Bank of Korea finished the first round with four wins and two losses and 10 points. It is ranking third by beating Jeong Kwan-jang (3 wins and two losses, nine points), who played less than one game. Given that Lee So-young, Kim Hee-jin, and Hwang Min-kyung, the team's main players, are not in their right condition due to injuries, there is no better start.

IBK Industrial Bank beat Pepper Savings Bank 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-15) in the first round of the Dodram 2024-2025 V-League Women's Tournament held at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju on the 9th, winning 2 consecutive games following a 3-2 victory against GS Caltex just before.

With this victory, IBK Industrial Bank finished the first round with a good score of 4 wins and 2 losses and 10 points.

IBK has been in a state-of-the-art battle since the season opened with games on Wednesdays and Saturdays repeated every week. Moreover, ace Lee So-young has barely made it to the court due to a shoulder injury, and Hwang Min-kyung is also playing in the league in poor physical condition. Kim Hee-jin, the team's franchise star, is also not 100 percent yet.

Despite the challenging schedule and unfavorable factors such as "injury ward," IBK did not back down. They fought back with strong teamwork and strong determination to win.

IBK also enjoyed better-than-expected benefits from foreigners than expected. IBK recruited Victoria Danchak, a 191-centimeter-tall from Ukraine, as the fourth candidate in the draft for foreign players in May.

Back then, Victoria was not a player attracting much attention. "I chose Victoria based on her potential," IBK Industrial Bank coach Kim Ho-cheol said. "When I first picked Victoria, everyone was puzzled," he said. "To be honest, I wondered if I would be able to adapt (to Victoria) while watching her practice matches during the off-season."
Victoria, however, has a total of 185 points including the 28 points she recorded on the day, ranking No. 1 in the women's category for this season. She has 29 points more than Letizia Moma Vasoko, a "specialty soldier" of Hyundai Engineering & Construction who ranks second with 156 points. It is a simple calculation, but with this pace, Victoria can score 1,110 points in the 2024-25 season.

Victoria once said, "My volleyball has strong willpower. I play until I have the chance." Coach Kim Ho-cheol also said, "[Victoria] practiced really hard during the offseason."

Coach Kim Ho-cheol said, "I think Victoria herself has improved a lot in volleyball since she came to Korea. As a result, I feel like I am having fun learning one by one and working harder."

Coach Kim Ho-chul also said, "Victoria has a look that he will make a point during the game."

Victoria said, "When I first came to Korea, I thought the V-League would not be easy. I think the things I've practiced so far came out well. Now that the first round is over, I think the opponent's analysis on me is over. I will work harder that much."

Coach Kim Ho-cheol gave compliments to the players who made it through the first round well. "In the first round, there were few (Lee) So-young and (Hwang) Minkyung were not feeling well. I think we finished the first round in this condition," he said. "The players put in a lot of effort during the off-season and showed good motivation to do so. I think we finished the first round better than we thought."

Coach Kim Ho-cheol said after the match against GS Caltex on the 5th, "Even though (Hwang) Minkyung has a backache, he said he would play. That's why I let him play defense rather than attack." After the match against Pepper Savings Bank, he said, "Today (the 9th) Hwang Min-kyung said that he was in better physical condition than the last time, so he also participated in the attack."

Hwang Min-kyung predicted, "If (Kim) Hee-jin comes up a little more and So-young returns from injury, the team's power will be stronger than now."

Hwang said, "It's too early to predict the outcome of the season. Each team has similar capabilities, so I think the victory or defeat will depend on the performance of the day. I will concentrate on every game." 메이저놀이터

After overcoming many challenges, he laughed at the end of the first round. IBK Industrial Bank of Korea is expected to play more in the remaining rounds.