men’s professional volleyball KEPCO Seo Jae-deok (34) and Lim Seong-jin (24) are 10 years senior and junior at Sungkyunkwan University. The two players, who wore the same KEPCO uniform as the second overall pick in the rookie draft, deserve to be called KEPCO’s ‘present and future’. In particular, it is not an exaggeration to say that KEPCO’s victory or defeat depends on the performance of the two players as Lim Seong-jin fully develops his potential in the 2022-2023 season, his third year as a professional, and rises as a main outside heater.
Since his debut in the 2011-2012 season, Seo Jae-deok has always been the core of the team. Even before Lim Seong-jin, there was a junior from Sungkyunkwan University who formed a duo with Seo Jae-deok. Jeon Kwang-in (32), who was the first pick in the 2013-2014 rookie draft, is the main character. However, KEPCO in the ‘Seo Jae-deok-Jeon Kwang-in era’ had limitations in advancing into the playoffs (PO). In both the 2014-2015 season and the 2016-2017 season, he had to step down in vain with 2 matches and 2 losses in PO. When Jeon Kwang-in left for Hyundai Capital and Seo Jae-deok also left for military service, another dark period came to KEPCO.
In the 2021-2022 season, when Seo Jae-deok returned, KEPCO won the semi-PO ticket in 4th place and returned to spring volleyball again after five seasons, and this season, too, despite the ups and downs of 9 consecutive losses, it climbed to 4th place and entered the semi-PO again. In both seasons, the opponent for JunPO is Woori Card. The result was a set score of 3-1 victory for KEPCO for two consecutive seasons.
The first contributor to KEPCO’s semi-PO victory this season was Seo Jae-deok and Lim Seong-jin, the ’10-year senior-junior duo’. Seo Jae-deok led the team attack with Thais (27 points) and scored 13 points (attack success rate 50%). The score itself was small, but the purity was high. Lim Seong-jin (11 points), who received the most receives on the team, contributed a lot in defense, with a receiving efficiency of 58.33%. In addition, he showed off his clutch ability by successively succeeding in a series of decisive double-link attacks in the 4th set, which was the match point. Ahead of the PO with Hyundai Capital, Seo Jae-deok’s gaze turns to the championship game he has never stepped on. Seo Jae-deok said,카지노 “It’s not ‘I think I can go’ for the championship game, but I have to go. The goal is to seize the opportunity when it comes. If not this time, I think it will be longer. I really want to step on the court for the championship game,” he emphasized. Seo Jae-deok, who had a limit on advancing to the playoffs with Jeon Kwang-in. How is the partnership with Lim Seong-jin, who is 10 years his junior? It is another point of observation to watch volleyball this spring.