Heungkuk Life Insurance, second in women’s volleyball, defeated Korea Expressway Corporation with a shutout and continued the pursuit of Hyundai E&C for first place.
Heungkuk Life Insurance took a set score 3-0 (25-23, 26-24, 25-19) shutout victory in the 4th round of the Dodram 2022-23 season V-League Women’s Division against Korea Expressway Corporation held at the Gimcheon Indoor Gymnasium on the 21st. With this victory, Heungkuk Life Insurance recorded 18 wins and 5 losses (54 points), chasing first place Hyundai E&C (57 points) with a difference of 3 points. This season, the absolute dominance of 4 wins against road construction continued.
On the other hand, Korea Expressway Corporation was defeated on the day and stayed at 32 points. We lost 3rd place to GS Caltex with a difference of 1 point.
Heungkuk Life Insurance led the team to victory with Yelena Mrazenovich (registered name Yelena), Kim Yeon-kyung, and Kim Mi-yeon’s triangular formation jointly scoring 51 points. In particular, Yelena recorded 19 points (5 points for back attack, 2 points for sub, 2 points for blocking), a record comparable to the Triple Crown. Kim Yeon-kyung scored 14 points and Kim Mi-yeon supported Yelena with 17 points.
Korea Expressway Corporation’s new foreign player Catherine Bell (registered name Catbell) played an active role with 21 points, the highest score for both teams that day. With 13 points, Park Jung-ah became the 5th female player ever to record 5,000 points (5007 points). However, due to the power of the Heungkuk Life Insurance triangle, the team failed to prevent defeat. 토토사이트
Heungkuk Life took the atmosphere with Kim Mi-yeon’s performance from the first set. With the score tied at 19-19, Kim Mi-yeon scored twice in a row with a timed attack and a sub ace. Then, Kim Yeon-kyung made 24-23 with a time difference attack, and Kim Mi-yeon, who received a toss from Da-sol Kim at the set point, succeeded in attacking, and Heungkuk Life Insurance took the first set.
In the second set, Yelena, who was sluggish in the first set, played an active role. Heungkuk Life Insurance led 24-21 with ease, but allowed a deuce with Catbell’s two consecutive goals and Yelena’s offense. However, Heungkuk Life Insurance once again chose Yelena. Setter Kim Da-sol again put the ball up to Yelena, and this time she succeeded in scoring. Yelena then succeeded in ending the second set by properly blocking Catbell’s attack.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which brought the atmosphere completely, easily took the 3rd set. Yelena scored twice in a row, and Lee Won-jung succeeded in blocking twice in a row and ran away 20-12, consolidating the winning spirit of the match.