‘Araujo Triple Crown’ Woori Card, opening 2 consecutive wins, sole lead (overall)

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-han = Professional volleyball Woori Card won two consecutive games in the opening game, led by Rafael Araujo (registered name Araujo)'s triple crown.

Woori Card defeated OK Savings Bank with a set score of 3-1 (25-27 25-17 25-22 25-18) in the 2026-2027 HK Heungkuk Finance V-League men's visiting match held at Gangseo Gymnasium in Busan on the 7th.

Woori Card took the lead with 2 wins and 6 points. OK Savings Bank had 1 win, 1 loss, and 3 points.

Araujo led the victory by scoring 30 points, the most for both teams, including 8 back-end attacks and 3 blocking and serving points.

He even recorded a triple crown by scoring more than three back-end attacks, blocking, and serving points each.

Following the KB Insurance match on November 22 last year, this is the second time in his career and the 290th in men's history.

Woori Card lost the lead in the first set, 25-25, by allowing Kyle Russell (registered name Russell) to attack consecutively.

However, at 18-13 in the second set, Araujo's blocking, the opponent's attack error, and Han Seong-jeong's quick opening led to three points and ran away to 21-13, taking the set and bringing the game back to square one.

The third set was down to 4 points at 8-7 thanks to Han Tae-jun's serve and Park Jin-woo and Kim Dong-min's blocking, and ended with Araujo's rear attack at 24-22.

At the beginning of the 4th set, Araujo's 3 open attacks tied the score and ran away to 5-1, and Kim Dong-min's attack and Martin Ahmadi (registered name Martin)'s serve score widened the gap to 14-7.

At 19-13, Araujo completed the triple crown with his third serve ace.

Then, the victory was confirmed with Araujo's rear attack at 24-18.

On the same day, in the women's match held at Chungmu Gymnasium in Daejeon, Cheong Kwan Jang defeated Hyundai Engineering & Construction with a set score of 3-1 (21-25 27-25 25-19 25-19).

Coach Kwon Soon-chan, who returned to the regular league after 3 years and 10 months, reported a comeback win in the second game.

Cheong Kwan Jang recorded 1 win, 1 loss, and 3 points, and Hyundai Engineering & Construction fell into two consecutive losses in the opening game without a point.

Jeong Kwan-Jang scored 20 points, the most in the team, from the Asian quarter, while Eun-Ji Shin added 11 points and Eun-Jin Park added 10 points.

For Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Jordan Wilson (registered name: Jordan) scored 21 points and Megawatti Puttiwi (registered name: Mega) scored 18 points, but could not prevent defeat.