IBK Industrial Bank Altos made it two from two under new coach Masayoshi Manabe, beating defending champions GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 3-1 (28-26, 25-19, 25-27, 25-21) at Hwaseong Gymnasium.
Import Victoria Danciak led all scorers with 25 points (including six back-row kills and three aces). Choi Jeong-min added 23 with six blocks, Lee Joo-ah scored 17 and Asia-quota OH Miwa Osanai had 14 – four IBK players in double figures. GS Caltex answered with 20 apiece from Gisele Silva and Tanacha Sooksod plus 11 from Kwon Min-ji, but Silva attacked at just 31%.
IBK stole set one on consecutive Silva attack errors at 26-26, flipped set two with a 9-0 run from 15-18, dropped a deuce third 25-27, then closed set four on Choi’s transition kill. IBK sit 2-0 with six points; GS Caltex fall to 1-1 (three points) after their first defeat of the season.
