The decisive turning point of this season for Korea Expressway Corporation was the replacement of foreign players. Katarina Jovic (24)바카라사이트, a foreign player who played up to the third round, had many ups and downs due to lack of experience at a young age, and the performance of the road construction was also fluctuating. At the end of the 3rd round, the road construction was ranked 3rd with 9 wins and 9 losses and 26 points, but it was kicked out by 4th and 5th place KGC Ginseng Corporation and GS Caltex with a difference of 1 point, so spring volleyball could not be guaranteed.
With the start of the 4th round, the road construction eventually took out a foreign player replacement card. In the 2015-2016 season, GS Caltex and Heungkuk Life last season recruited Catherine Bell (30, registered name Catbell), who had two seasons of V-League experience, aiming for a twist. With the addition of Catbell, setter Lee Yoon-jung, who began to actively use back attacks, increased her offensive options and stabilized her overall performance. The high tension unique to Catbell even raised the stagnant team atmosphere.
Highway Corporation, which succeeded in rebounding with 4 wins and 2 losses in the 4th round when Catbell joined, went straight to the playoffs by finishing 3rd in the regular league. After joining Catbell, the Korea Expressway Corporation, which won 11 wins and 7 losses in 18 games, beat second place Hyundai E&C in the playoffs with two consecutive wins, and is writing a great turnaround with two consecutive wins after two consecutive losses in the championship game. It became the first team in the history of the V-League men’s and women’s divisions to win the 3rd and 4th games after losing the 1st and 2nd games. If you catch the 5th game, it will be the first time in history to win 3 consecutive wins after 2 consecutive losses.
After giving up the first set in the 4th game following the 3rd game, he took the 2nd to 4th sets and won a come-from-behind victory. The protagonist of the 4th game was Catbell. Both teams scored the most 30 points and performed well with an attack success rate of 43.28%. Including the regular season, he succeeded in 21 digs, the highest for an individual this season, and did not shy away from defense.
In the final 4th set, 23-22, the game ended with consecutive goals, and Kim Jong-min, head of the Korea Expressway Corporation, was happy to embrace him. During the broadcast interview, tears broke out and I cried profusely. In the game that might be the last, he poured out all his strength and played the game of his life.
Catbell, who visited the interview room with a flushed face after the game, said about the exquisite left-handed attack in the 4th set 23-23, “I only thought that no matter what ball came up, I had to give a point. At the end of the game, I was so moved that I shed a lot of tears. It is touching to be able to come to the road construction team and help them win. It could be the last match, so I really did my best,” he said.
Catbell, who has a lot of emotional expression on and off the court, said, “I am an emotional person. It is an unbelievable victory even at this moment during the interview. There is no pain in the fingers, knees, or back. But it’s nice to come back to Korea and play. I wonder if I should be naturalized and get a passport,” she said, expressing her extraordinary affection for Korea.
She continued, Catbell said, “As a striker, the most important job is to attack, but I think I have to do everything I can from linking heresy to dig. I want to play a good role in defense as well as offense,” he said. He also predicted a hot victory ceremony with the words, “It will be completely crazy and crazy.”