Heungkuk Life, who played a match ‘without replacement’ with 5 confirmed COVID-19, beats IBK
Heungkuk Life Insurance, a women’s professional volleyball team led by Kim Yeon-kyung, who returned, defeated IBK Industrial Bank and won the opening match of the cup competition.
Heungkuk Life Insurance’s set score 3-1 (25-16 25-23 24-26 28-26) in the first round of the women’s Group A group stage match of the 2022 Suncheon Dodram Cup Professional Volleyball Tournament held at Palma Gymnasium in Suncheon, Jeollanam-do on the 13th. ) was won.
Heungkuk Life played a game with only 8 players as 5 players were confirmed with the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) ahead of the opening day.
Except for the middle blocker and Libero who rotated ‘rotation’, the outside heater, the apothecary spiker, and the setter had to keep the court without replacement.
Heungkuk Life, however, consistently pushed the IBK Industrial Bank of Korea despite its physical inferiority.
Kim Yeon-kyung led the attack by scoring 18 points, including two blocking and one sub-ace, and Kim Da-eun (22 points) and Kim Mi-yeon (16 points) jointly supported 38 points.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, joined by Kim Yeon-kyung, shook the defense of IBK Industrial Bank with a strong serve from the first set.
The receiving efficiency of Heungkuk Life Insurance in the first set was 30.77%, while that of IBK IBK was only 18.75%.
Heungkuk Life, who took the lead from the beginning of the set, finished the set easily by stepping on the 20-point mark first with Da-eun Kim’s quick open attack and then dropping 5 more points.
After reaching 20 points, Kim Mi-yeon’s third consecutive attack score widened the score to 23-16.
After that, he made a set point with Kim Yeon-kyung’s sub-ace, and brought one set with Kim Da-eun’s blocking.
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea was also caught in the second set by defensive anxiety.
The two-set receive efficiency was only 4.55%.
Heungkuk Life lost until the middle of the set, then tied the score 18-18 and then turned the game around with Kim Na-hee’s sub-ace.
Heungkuk Life, who reached 20 points in the second set first with Kim Mi-yeon’s bold straight-line attack, drove IBK Industrial Bank into a corner with strong concentration in the second half of the set.
After widening the score difference with Beomsil of the opponent’s attack and Daeun Kim’s induction of touch-out, Kim Yeon-kyung made a set point with a direct attack.
Afterwards, IBK Industrial Bank recovered three points, but Heungkuk Life finished the set with Park Soo-yeon blocking Yuk Seo-young’s open attack.
Heungkuk Life, who gave up the 3rd set 24-26 at the end of the deuce, played a close battle in the 4th set.
Heungkuk Life’s players, whose stamina dropped sharply in the second half of the set, lost their concentration and fell behind IBK Industrial Bank by 19-22.
However, Kim Na-hee’s blocking and opponent Kim Hee-jin’s penalty room made the score 22-22.
In 23-24, Da-eun Kim succeeded in an open attack and led the game to a deuce.
It was Park Hye-jin, a ‘setter with height’ who took the punctuation mark.
Park Hye-jin blocked Min-ji Park’s attacks in a row at 26-26 and ended the game.
The ‘Kim Yeon-kyung Effect’ radiated heat both inside and outside the court.
In the front row, Kim Yeon-kyung threatened IBK with high RBI attacks and blocking, and in the rear, the ‘Libero level’ sub-receive and digro made it difficult for the opponent.
On that day, the Suncheon Palma Gymnasium was filled with 3,795 full spectators.
The match between world-famous outside heater Kim Yeon-kyung and Kim Hee-jin, who has emerged as the top star of the V-League, was a sure hit card.
Director Kwon Soon-chan of Heungkuk Life Insurance decorated the ‘Women’s Team Command Tower Debut’ as a victory.
/yunhap news
