Heungkuk Life Insurance, Led by Kim Yeon-kyung, Regained the Lead in Women’s Volleyball After 13 Days
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which ‘played one more game’ than Hyundai Engineering & Construction, tied with 73 points.
In the men’s division, Hyundai Capital saved some hope for spring volleyball by sacrificing KB Insurance.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, competing fiercely for the lead in women’s volleyball at the end of the regular season, regained first place after 13 days.
The Heungkuk Life Insurance won against IBK Industrial Bank with a set score of 3-1 (25-20 29-31 25-19 25-17) in the Dodram 2023-2024 V League women’s visiting game held at Hwaseong Sports Complex on the 5th.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which added 3 valuable points, tied with Hyundai Engineering & Construction (24 wins, 8 losses) with 26 wins, 7 losses, and 73 points.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which is ahead in terms of number of games won, is first in the rankings. 슬롯사이트
It has been 13 days since the 21st of last month that Heungkuk Life Insurance took first place in women’s volleyball.
However, Heungkuk Life Insurance had three games left and Hyundai Engineering & Construction had four games left until the end of the regular season.
The battle for the lead between Heungkuk Life Insurance and Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which continues until the end of the season,
is expected to be decided in the match between the two teams held at Suwon Gymnasium on the 12th.
It was ace Kim Yeon-kyung who saved Heungkuk Life Insurance in crisis.
On this day, Kim Yeon-kyung scored a perfect score of 36 points, the most for both teams, with 3 blocking and 2 serve aces, but made only 4 mistakes.
Willow Johnson (registered name Willow) also lightened Kim Yeon-kyung’s shoulders with 28 points.
For IBK Industrial Bank, Brittany Abercrombie (registered name: Abercrombie) struggled with 35 points, but was unable to overcome Heungkuk Life Insurance’s wall.
Reina Tokoku (registered name Reina) scored only 9 points, but helped her team secure the victory by scoring 3 valuable points in a row in the 3rd set 13-13 with the set score at 1-1.
Kim Yeon-kyung showed off her instincts as a solver, scoring 5 of the 6 points her team needed to win from the 4th set 19-15 that ended the game.
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, which lost all six matches against Heungkuk Life Insurance this season, remained in 5th place with 15 wins, 18 losses, and 46 points, making it virtually difficult to advance to spring volleyball.
In the men’s match held at Uijeongbu Gymnasium, Hyundai Capital defeated KB Insurance, the lowest ranked player in the league, with a set score of 3-0 (25-14 25-22 25-19) and revived a glimmer of hope for spring volleyball.
Hyundai Capital lost 9-0 in blocking. 3, and the team attack success rate was 59.21%, which was much higher than KB Insurance, which only recorded 41.02%.
Hyundai Capital’s main gun, Ahmed Ikhbairi (registered name: Ahmed), led the attack with 16 points, including 3 blocking points, while Heo Soo-bong (13 points) and Jeon Gwang-in (11 points) also contributed with double-digit scores.
Yeo Oh-hyun of Hyundai Capital, the oldest professional volleyball player at 45 years old this year, set a record of 8,000 accurate receptions for the first time in her career.
Hyundai Capital, which had been on a winning streak immediately after the launch of Jin Soon-ki’s agency system, fell into a losing streak again and fell to 6th place, gained 47 points (15 wins, 18 losses) with today’s victory.
They have the same points as 5th place KEPCO (16 wins, 17 losses), but they are behind in the number of games won and are in 6th place.
The gap with 3rd place OK Financial Group (18 wins, 15 losses, 52 points), which is within the range of spring volleyball, has been reduced to 5 points.
With only 3 games remaining until the end of the regular season, Hyundai Capital can dramatically advance to spring volleyball if it regains 3rd place or maintains 4th place with a point gap of less than 3 from 3rd place, which is the condition for making the semi-playoffs.
