"The best OH of the Korean V-League is here!" Former Chung Kwan-jang Jia joins the Philippine Premier League
"The best OH of the Korean V-League is here!" Former Chung Kwan-jang Jia joins the Philippine Premier League
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Giovanna Milana (registered name Jia), who played in the Korean V-League's articles of association in the 23-24 season, will head to the Philippine League.
The Philippine Premier Volleyball League's "Petro Gaz Angels" said on its official SNS on the 17th (Korea Standard Time), "Angels have put on a new wing," and added, "We have recruited Jia, an outside heater who previously played in Indonesia, the United States and South Korea. Jia is a striker who won the best 7 awards in the Korean V-League in the 23-24 season," welcoming him to join the team.
The Premier Volleyball League is a professional volleyball league in the Philippines where only the women's team exists. Previously, it was operated as an amateur league involving university volleyball departments, but it was reorganized in 2021 and became a professional league at the corporate team level. A total of 12 teams are playing, including the Akari Chargers, Capital Solar Spiker, Cherry Tigo crossover, Creamline Cool Smashers, and Petro Gaz Angels. Among them, Petro Gaz Angels, where Jia was recruited, won the league in the 24-25 season.
Jia entered the V-League with the 5th pick of the foreign draft in the 23-24 season. Jia paired with Mega (Indonesia), Jeong's first and only Asian quarter player, helping lead Jeong to spring volleyball for the first time in seven seasons. During the 23-24 regular season, he played in 129 sets in 34 games and achieved a cumulative 690 points and 43.95% of overall attack success rate. He ranked first overall with 64.81 percent in time difference attacks and ranked second with 44.27 percent in rear-end attacks.
In the playoffs, he played in 11 sets in three games, accumulating 73 points (first overall), 43.21% attack success rate (second overall), 57.14% time difference success rate (first place), and 50.00% rear success rate (first place), but failed to reach the championship, catching up with Heungkuk Life Insurance.
Afterwards, she left Korea for a new challenge without reapplying for the V-League. Banya Bukirich filled the vacancy in the 24-25 season. After winning the Best 7 award at the Dodram V-League awards ceremony in the 23-24 season, she moved to LOVB Atlanta in the U.S. professional league after playing in the Indonesian league. Atlanta ranked third in the LOVB league in the previous season. 스포츠토토
When the news of Jia joining the Philippine League was announced, setter Iris Tolenada welcomed it, saying, "I can't wait to play with you." Tolenada is an Asian quarter player who played for GS Caltex in the 23-24 season. In the previous season, he played for the Philippine League's Capital Solar Spiker.
Jia, who seems to have recently passed through Korea, posted pictures of Korean restaurants and bibimbap on her SNS and said, "Guess where I am now."