Reporter Kim Gyeong-yoon = KEPCO’s veteran middle blocker Shin Young-seok (37) was confident that winning the Woori Card match on the 12th would be a turning point for the team this season, just as he rebounded after holding the Woori Card last month.
After winning the set score 3-2 in the professional volleyball men’s Woori Card match held at Suwon Gymnasium that day, Shin Young-seok said, “The atmosphere of the team was gloomy when we lost 9 in a row.” I thought I would even lose a losing streak.”
At the same time, he said, “After a dramatic victory in our card match at the time, the team atmosphere changed, and we were able to fight for a mid-level position.”
KEPCO crashed after losing 9 games from the Samsung Firefighting match on November 29 last year, but rose after winning the Woori Card match on January 10th.
The process of breaking out of the losing streak at the time was dramatic. After leading the set score 2-1, they lost the 4th set 23-25, and fought hard in the 5th set.
KEPCO tasted victory after 42 days with Shin Young-seok’s drama-like consecutive blocking in the 5th set 14-14 deuce.
The Woori Card Exhibition on the 12th was also dramatic. KEPCO lost the 1st and 2nd sets and was driven to a shutout loss, but then won the 3rd, 4th and 5th sets.
With this victory, KEPCO rose to 4th place.
Veteran Shin Young-seok’s head seemed to be filled with team achievements.
When asked about his personal record, he said, “I don’t have time to think about it. I will look back on my personal record when I retire.” 스포츠토토
In fact, Shin Young-seok is continuing a new record march that will remain in the history of professional volleyball.
After beating Lee Seon-gyu (1,056, retired) on November 26 last year, he is setting a new record for the most blocks (1,127) in each game.
On this day, he reaffirmed his potential by scoring 6 points only by blocking.
However, Shin Young-seok said, “Now, I desperately need 1 point more than my personal record,” adding, “It is more so because I experienced the bitter pain of a 1-point difference.”
KEPCO missed the semi-playoff ticket in the last regular league game of the 2020-2021 season with 1 point missing.
At that time, the opponent in the last game was Woori Card.
For Shin Young-seok, the victory in the Woori Card match was meaningful in many ways.