I will go till the End… Heungkuk Life Insurance Beats leader Hyundai Engineering Construction and Chases Down the First Point

1st place in the regular league confirmed The magic number still belongs to Hyundai Engineering Construction.

Heungkuk Life Insurance won the final match against Hyundai Engineering Construction in the regular league, reviving the spark to regain first place.

Heungkuk Life Insurance defeated Hyundai Engineering Construction with a set score of 3-0 (25-22 27-25 25-20) in the professional volleyball Dodram 2023-2024 V League women's visiting match held at Suwon Gymnasium on the 12th.

Second place Heungkuk Life Insurance (76 points, 27 wins, 8 losses), which added 3 points, narrowed the gap with first place Hyundai Engineering Construction (77 points, 25 wins, 10 losses) to 1 point.

Both teams have only one regular season game left. 파워볼사이트

The magic number still belongs to Hyundai Engineering Construction.

Even if Heungkuk Life Insurance takes 3 points in the Incheon home game against GS Caltex on the 15th, if Hyundai Engineering Construction gains 3 points against Pepper Savings Bank, the lowest placed, in the visit to Gwangju on the 16th, Hyundai Engineering Construction will take first place in the regular league.

However, just as Pepper Savings Bank defeated Heungkuk Life Insurance on the 8th, if they revolt against Hyundai Engineering Construction on the 15th, Heungkuk Life Insurance can achieve its second consecutive regular league victory.

First of all, Hyundai Engineering Construction's dream of "confirming first place in the last home game of the regular league" was in vain.

Before the game, Heungkuk Life Insurance coach Marcello Abondanza predicted an all-out effort, saying, “There is already a post-season atmosphere in the air,” and “Even if we don’t finish first in the regular league, the match against Hyundai Engineering Construction, which we are likely to meet in the post-season, is very important.”

Heungkuk Life Insurance had an advantage of 4 wins and 2 losses in this season's match against Hyundai Engineering Construction, and continued to have a glimmer of hope of regaining first place in the regular league.

The biggest contributor to the victory was definitely Kim Yeon-kyung.

Kim Yeon-kyung (16 points) soared and scored at every critical moment, and also built a solid defensive wall in the rear.

On this day, Kim Yeon-kyung became the 14th domestic player in the V-League women's division to reach the 5,000 mark in defense (receive accuracy + dig).

Willow Johnson (21 points, registered name Johnson) and Reina Tokoku (14 points, registered name Reina) also helped Kim Yeon-kyung.

Heungkuk Life Insurance and Hyundai Engineering Construction, who had been fighting for the lead throughout this season, had a close game that felt like a 'postseason game' in the final match of the regular season.

Especially sets 1 and 2 were hot.

However, Heungkuk Life Insurance was always the one smiling at the end of the first and second sets.

Heungkuk Life Insurance, which was trailing at 18-21 in the first set, trailed to 20-21 due to consecutive attacks by opponent Wipawi Sitong (registered name: Wipawi) and mother Basoko Letizia (registered name: Moma).

In the ensuing rally, Willow defended MoMA's quick open, and Kim Yeon-kyung succeeded in an open attack, tying the score at 21-21.

Hyundai Engineering Construction was shaken by the serve of Park Eun-seo, Heungkuk Life Insurance’s one-point server.

When Park Eun-seo's serve hit Wipawi's hand and crossed the net, Kim Yeon-kyung scored with a direct kill, putting Heungkuk Life Insurance up 22-21.

Kim Yeon-kyung succeeded in her open attack at 22-22 as well.

Heungkuk Life Insurance, which gained momentum, responded to MoMA's strong blows one after another, and Raina succeeded in successive open attacks to end the first set.

In the second set, Hyundai Engineering Construction took the lead with 23-21.

At 22-21, when Hyundai Engineering Construction middle blocker Yang Hyo-jin blocked Kim Yeon-kyung's time-lapsed attack, Hyundai Engineering Construction fans gave out loud cheers.

However, the court was soon filled with the cheers of Heungkuk Life Insurance fans chanting for Kim Yeon-kyung.

Kim Yeon-kyung made up for it with an open attack at 21-23, and scored again with an open attack even after MoMA's back attack pushed the score to 22-24.

‘Kim Yeon-kyung’s friend’ Kim Su-ji blocked MoMA’s open attack at 23-24, and Heungkuk Life Insurance took the second set to a deuce.

Heungkuk Life Insurance, which tied the score at 25-25 due to Willow's open attack at 24-25, succeeded in turning the score around at 26-25 due to MoMA's offensive error in the ensuing rally.

Then, Heungkuk Life Libero Do Soo-bin received MoMA's time-lag attack, and Willow succeeded in opening quickly, and Heungkuk Life Insurance won the second set.

Heungkuk Life Insurance ended the game in the third set with Kim Yeon-kyung, Willow, and Raina taking turns attacking from the side.