Korea Expressway Corporation drove the championship match to the last 5th game.
In the match once morest Heungkuk Life Insurance in the 4th round of the ‘Dodram 2022-2023 V-League’ women’s championship match (5 matches, 3 matches) held at the Gimcheon Indoor Gymnasium on the 4th, the road construction was 3-1 (22-25, 25-21, 25 -22, 25-23) and came from behind to win.
Highway Corporation, which advanced to the playoffs in third place in the regular league, defeated Hyundai E&C and advanced to the championship match. Highway Corporation, which lost both the first and second games of the championship match held in enemy territory, created a blue by catching all the third and fourth games held in the home.
The Korea Expressway Corporation is aiming for the second championship in its career five years following the combined championship in the 2017-2018 season.
In addition, the road construction challenge the probability of ‘0%’. There has never been a team that won the championship by giving up both the first and second games in the history of the championship.
Game 5 of the championship match will be held at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon at 7:00 pm on the 6th.
Highway Corporation Catbell (30 points), Park Jung-ah (20 points), and Bae Yu-na (16 points) led the victory. Ketbell and Park Jung-ah became the number one contributors to the victory by scoring decisive points in each match.
Highway Corporation overwhelms Heungkuk Life Insurance with a consistently focused defense and attack.
Heungkuk Life Insurance suffered a reverse defeat in both the 3rd and 4th games. Yelena (26 points) and Kim Yeon-kyung (24 points) fought hard, but their decision power was somewhat lower.
Heungkuk Life Insurance played the game with Kim Yeon-kyung and Yelena in the first set, and Expressway Corporation played an equal game with Park Jung-ah and Catbell’s performance.
However, the game was decided in the second half of the set. Heungkuk Life Insurance widened the gap at 20-20 with Park Jeong-ah’s failed attack, then Kim Mi-yeon’s quick open and Yelena’s blocking made it 23-20. Afterwards, Kim Mi-yeon’s finish at 24-22 brought the first set.
The road construction started counterattacking from the middle of the second set. Catbell’s high-altitude bombardments exploded in succession in every close situation, and they ran away with 22-19. Afterwards, in 23-21, Park Jung-ah and Bae Yoo-na’s scorer exploded and turned the game to the starting point.
The road construction showed concentration once once more in the second half of the third set. The road construction broke the opponent’s spirit with Catbell’s open attack at 22-22. After that, Yelena and Kim Yeon-kyung’s attacks missed one following another, and the road construction even overpowered the third set.
Heungkuk Life’s counterattack was also fierce. With Yelena and Kim Yeon-kyung’s high-altitude bombing, they took the lead from the beginning of the set and ran away 15-11, exhausting the opponent.
However, in a situation where the road construction was dragged to 18-22 in the 4th set, Catbell and Park Jung-ah’s attacks scored 4 consecutive points. Afterwards, in 22-23, Park Jung-ah and Catbell scored three consecutive points and ended the game dramatically.
