IBK advances to the quarterfinals as group leader.
IBK won the final match of the Women’s Group B at the 2024 Tongyeong-Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Tournament on Thursday at Tongyeong Gymnasium in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Gyeongsang Province, with a 3-1 (25-18, 14-25, 25-23, 25-21) victory over 안전한 파워볼사이트 Heungkuk Life Insurance.
With the victory, IBK, which went 2-1 in the group, tied with Jung Kwan-jang for first place in the group on set points. Jung Kwanjang lost 1-3 to Aran Mare in their previous match while resting their starters.
With the group stage wrapped up, the semifinal brackets have been finalized. The first match on Friday at 1:30 p.m. will pit Group A’s No. 1 GS Caltex against Group B’s No. 2 Jung Kwan-jang. At 4 p.m., Group B leader IBK will take on Group A runner-up Hyundai E&C.
The difference between IBK and Heungkuk Life was the offense of the foreign players. IBK Victoria scored 27 points (42.6 percent success rate), hitting hard from all over the court, while Heungkuk Life Ttuk managed only 12 points (21.9 percent success rate).
Heungkuk Life was led by Kim Yeon-kyung with 30 points (56.86%), but she could only do so much on her own. IBK had a variety of offense from Yook Seo-young (11 points), Hwang Min-kyung (10 points), Choi Jung-min (10 points), and Lee Ju-ah (5 points), while Heungkuk Life did not have much scoring support from Lui Lei (8 points), Kim Mi-yeon (6 points), and Jung Yoon-joo (5 points).
The watershed moment of the match came in the third set, 23-23, when IBK Victoria scored twice to win the set.