Women's Volleyball Team Cruises Past Hong Kong Led by Kang So-hwi, Making a Strong Start

The women's national volleyball team, aiming for their first Asian Games medal in eight years, got off to a strong start by decisively defeating Hong Kong.

Kang So-hwi led both teams by racking up 14 points.

After narrowly taking the first set, our national team took control of the match starting from the second set as they warmed up.

Ace Lee Da-hyeon came alive on both offense and defense to shake the opponents, and captain Kang So-hwi crushed Hong Kong's momentum with consecutive spikes followed by a closing service ace.

Led by Kang So-hwi, who scored a match-high 14 points, the national team easily captured the third set as well, wrapping up their opening group stage match with a sweeping victory.

[Kang So-hwi / Captain, Women's National Volleyball Team: "(Early in the match) I felt a bit anxious myself, but as the game went on, I started to work things out, so I'm sure tomorrow will be even better than today's game."]

Having missed out on a medal after being eliminated in the quarterfinals at the previous Hangzhou Games, the national team has vowed to achieve strong results this time.

[Lee Da-hyeon / Middle Blocker, Women's National Volleyball Team: "Three years ago, because of that match, things got difficult for us and we were eliminated in the quarterfinals, but we will get our revenge after three years."]

Placed in Group D of the preliminaries, the national team faces Qatar today (September 17), and will square off against Vietnam, their toughest competitor, tomorrow.

(Video Editing: Park Jeong-sam)
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