GS Caltex is now just one win away from its first women's professional volleyball championship title in five years.
At Gimcheon Gymnasium in Gyeongbuk on Saturday, GS Caltex defeated Korea Expressway Corporation 3-2 (25-15, 14-25, 20-25, 25-22, 15-7) in Game 2 of the Jin Air 2025-2026 V-League women's division championship finals (best-of-five series), powered by Cuban star Gisel Silva (registered name: Silva), who scored 35 points.
With two road victories secured, GS Caltex needs just one more win to lift the championship trophy for the first time since the 2020-2021 season, when the team achieved a triple crown — winning the Cup tournament, finishing first in the regular season, and claiming the championship finals title.
GS Caltex finished the regular season in third place but has been on a dominant postseason run. The team defeated Heungkuk Life Insurance in a single-game semifinal playoff, swept Hyundai Engineering & Construction 2-0 in the playoff series (best-of-three), and has now won both championship finals games, extending its spring volleyball winning streak to five.
Korea Expressway Corporation, meanwhile, finds itself on the brink of elimination after losing both games under acting head coach Kim Young-rae. The organization had previously rejected former head coach Kim Jong-min's request to lead the team in the championship finals despite guiding the squad to a first-place regular-season finish. The two teams will move to Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul for Game 3 on Monday.
GS Caltex seized the initiative in the first set behind setter Ahn Hye-jin's steady ball distribution. After breaking a 9-9 tie on Silva's quick open attack, GS Caltex pulled away with a stunning 7-0 scoring run from 17-14 to close out the set early.
Silva scored seven points in the set, while Ahn delivered diversified sets and added two service aces to spearhead the first-set victory.
Korea Expressway Corporation fought back, riding its trio of Letizia Moma Bassoko (registered name: Moma), Thatdao Sooksod (registered name: Tanacha), and Kang So-hwi to take the second and third sets, flipping the match to a 2-1 lead.
GS Caltex responded in the fourth set, with Silva pouring in 13 points to force a decisive fifth set. In the fifth set, GS Caltex's Asian quota player Reina Dokokuu (registered name: Reina) stepped up as the closer, single-handedly scoring three points to build a 4-0 lead.
Riding the momentum, GS Caltex reached 10 points first when Choi Ga-eun blocked Moma's back-row attack at 9-4. Silva then effectively sealed the match with consecutive kills targeting open spots from 11-6.
Korea Expressway Corporation's Moma (30 points), Tanacha (14 points), and Kang So-hwi (11 points) combined for 55 points, but it was not enough to prevent the team's defeat.