Catbell (30, 188cm), a foreign player from the Korea Expressway Corporation, is invigorating the team with a lively appearance on and off the court. Not only did he raise the team’s performance with his outstanding skills, but he also plays the role of an atmosphere maker with his unique cheerful personality.
Catbell joined the road construction as a substitute for Katarina on the 4th of last month. Road construction was sluggish in 6th place in the 3rd round before Catbell joined, and due to Karatina’s ups and downs in performance, there were many cases where it collapsed at a decisive moment. On December 31 last year, after suffering a shock defeat to the weakest Pepper Savings Bank, it was decided to replace it.
Catbell, who has extensive experience in the V-League, quickly melted into the team. He first started his professional life at GS Caltex in the 2015-2016 season, and played an active part in the 2021-2022 season wearing the Heungkuk Life Insurance uniform. Through this contract, he met his third V-League team.
Road construction continued its upward trend with 7 wins and 3 losses in 10 games after Catbell joined. Currently, they are in 3rd place with 16 wins, 12 losses and 47 points, beating the 4th place KGC Ginseng Corporation (41 points) by 6 points and heading straight for the playoffs (PO). The professional volleyball men’s and women’s semi-playoffs are held only when the difference between the 3rd and 4th places is 3 or less.
Catbell is active with 219 points and 38.54% attack success rate in 10 games this season. He is showing a better scoring pace than the 350 points in 18 matches (35.92% attack success rate) recorded by former foreign player Katarina. He averaged 21.9 points per game, ahead of Katarina, who had 19.4 points.
Recently, it took the lead in sinking Hyundai E&C, the number one player. Catbell played an active part in the 2022-2023 season Dodram V-League Women’s Division 5th round Hyundai E&C and away game held at Suwon Gymnasium in Gyeonggi-do on the 14th with 22 points and an attack success rate of 38.18%, the most of both teams. She led the team’s set score to a 3-1 victory. 메이저놀이터
In the previous game against GS Caltex, he struggled against the opponent’s blocking, but in the match that day, he flew around and became the number one contributor to the victory. Catbell made the interview room a sea of laughter by saying, “Thank you for reminding me” to the reporters’ question about the secret of his rebound after the game. It was a clever response that revealed a pleasant personality.
“I know that the ball is coming to me a lot, and I know that the opponent is trying to block it, so I try to try various techniques,” he said. did.
On this day, setter Lee Yun-jung (26, 172 cm) entered the interview room as a distinguished player. Lee Yoon-jung, who is playing his first full-time season since his debut, was asked how to manage his physical strength, and Lee replied, “I enjoy eating boiled chicken from the dorm.”