Daejeon ties Samsung Fire, Chung to play spring volleyball together for first time in 10 years
The Daejeon-based men's and women's professional volleyball teams are on the verge of joining forces for the postseason. While the women's team has already qualified for spring volleyball, the men's team, Samsung Fire, is in the final stretch. The Fire swept GS Caltex 3-0 (25-13 25-21 25-19) in three sets in the Dodram 2023-2024 V-League women's home match at the Daejeon Chungmu Gymnasium on March 7. With their seventh consecutive victory, Jungkwanjang secured third place in the regular season with a 20-14 record and 61 points. With the victory over fourth-place GS Caltex, Chung Kwan-jang returned to spring volleyball for the first time in seven years after the 2016-2017 season. The team will face the league's second-place team in the playoffs. After missing the postseason last year by a single point, the team has come full circle in one season. Now, the team is hoping to reach the championship game for the first time in 12 years. The team made the playoffs in