The IBK Altos secured a dominant sweep in the regular league debut of head coach Masayoshi Manabe in women's professional volleyball.

The IBK Altos defeated Hyundai Engineering & Construction 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-20) in a home match of the 2026-2027 Dodram V-League women's division at the Hwaseong Indoor Stadium today (Nov. 3).

Manabe, a Japanese head coach who took the helm of the Altos last April, kicked off the new season on a high note by claiming 3 points in his first regular-league match.

For the Altos, foreign player Victoria Danchak (registered name Victoria) scored a match-high 21 points.

Choi Jeong-min added 17 points, and Lee Ju-ah contributed 10 points.

Libero Im Myung-ok added 14 digs today, bringing her career total to 12,007 and becoming the first player in both the men's and women's divisions to reach the milestone of 12,000 digs.

Audrey Park, a Korean-American setter who was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the first round of the women's rookie draft last month, made her V-League debut when she was substituted for Kim Ha-kyung with the Altos leading 23-17 in the second set.

 
The Altos dominated in height throughout the match, recording twice as many blocks as Hillstate.

In the early stages of the first set, Victoria and Choi Jeong-min seized the momentum with three consecutive blocks.

Trailing 15-17, the Altos turned the game around with four straight points, and claimed the first set at 24-23 on a quick attack by Choi Jeong-min.

In the second set, even after leading 24-18, the Altos conceded five consecutive points to be chased within a single point, but secured the final point on a net violation block by Hillstate's Jordan Wilson (registered name Jordan) to make it 2-0 in sets.

In the third set, tied at 12-12, the Altos pulled away with four consecutive points, and at 23-20, Choi Jeong-min successfully executed an open attack and then blocked Hillstate Kang Seo-woo's quick attack to close out the match.

In the men's division match held at the Suwon Gymnasium, the Woori Card Woori WON thoroughly defeated the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) Vixtorm 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-21).

Coach Park Chul-woo, who led the team to spring volleyball as an acting coach last season, secured 3 points in his first regular league match as the official head coach.

On the other hand, KEPCO head coach Seok Jin-wook suffered a defeat in his regular league comeback.

Woori Card's Rafael Araujo (registered name Araujo) scored a match-high 20 points, including 2 service aces and 1 block.

Martin Ahmadi (registered name Martin) added 9 points, and Park Jin-woo contributed 7 points, including 4 blocks.

Woori Card also led in team blocks 10-6.

For KEPCO, Sharone Vernon-Evans (registered name Shaw) scored 13 points and Osman Fayad Ali (registered name Osman) scored 12 points, but they could not prevent the team's defeat.

(Photo courtesy of Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO), Yonhap News)