Hyundai Capital’s thrilling 5-set comeback against Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)
Heungkuk Life Insurance duo Kim Yeon-kyung and Willow
Heungkuk Life Wing striker Kim Yeon-kyung (right) and Willow are happy after scoring in the home game against Jeong Kwan-jang in the professional volleyball women’s team held at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 8th.
Heungkuk Life Insurance put pressure on leader Hyundai Engineering & Construction with ‘3 consecutive wins’.
Heungkuk Life Insurance defeated Cheong Kwan-Jang with a set score of 3-1 (25-21 19-25 25-23 25-19) in the professional volleyball Dodram 2023-2024 V League women’s home game held at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 8th.
Second place Heungkuk Life Insurance (59 points, 21 wins, 6 losses), which added 3 points, narrowed the gap with first place Hyundai Engineering & Construction (62 points, 20 wins, 6 losses), which had played one less game, to 3 points.
Heungkuk Life Insurance and Hyundai Engineering & Construction will face off in Suwon on the 12th, the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday. Prior to that, Hyundai Engineering & Construction will play against GS Caltex on the 9th.
4th place CheongKwanJang (41 points, 13 wins, 14 losses) stopped its 3-game winning streak and failed to add points, missing the opportunity to chase down 3rd place GS Caltex (45 points, 16 wins, 10 losses).
In the battle of wing striker firepower, Heungkuk Life Insurance was ahead of Jeong Kwan Jang.
Heungkuk Life Insurance’s Kim Yeon-kyung maintained a high attack success rate of 51.11% and scored 24 points.
Willow Johnson, daughter of legendary Major League pitcher Randy Johnson, helped Kim Yeon-kyung with 17 points, and Reina Tokoku (registered name Reina) with 14 points.
Cheong Kwan Jang’s famous duo, Mega Watty Pertiwi (registered name Mega, 24 points) and Giovanna Milana (registered name Zia, 20 points) also showed their strength, but made a mistake at a crucial time.
It was also disappointing for Director Jeong Kwan that Lee So-young only scored 8 points.
Jeong Kwan-Jang made more mistakes than Heungkuk Life Insurance at 22-15.
Kim Yeon-kyung, who broke through Mega
The deciding factor was 3 sets.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, who won the first set and lost the second set, fought fiercely with Jeong Kwan-Jang until the very end in the third set.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which tied the score at 19-20 with Raina’s open attack, succeeded in turning the tables thanks to opponent Lee So-young’s offensive error.
Park Soo-yeon then served ace to make it 22-20.
At 22-21, ‘Solver’ Kim Yeon-kyung scored with a time lag attack, and when Mega was hit by a rear attack and was chased down to 23-22, Kim Yeon-kyung flew up again and succeeded with a time lag attack.
Jeong Kwan-Jang made up for one point with Jeong Ho-Young’s quick attack, but at 23-24, Mega’s quick open flew off the line without reaching the opponent’s blocker, giving up the third set in vain.
Heungkuk Life Insurance gained momentum, and at 11-10 in the 4th set, Kim Yeon-kyung, Raina, and Willow scored in order to advance to 15-10, solidifying their victory. 19가이드03