GS Caltex, which was expected to reach the top 3 in the women’s division before the opening, suffered a slump at the beginning of this season due to injuries to key players.
National team setter Ahn Hye-jin barely played the first round due to an injury, and main striker Kang So-hui left the team due to shoulder rotator cuff pain just as the team was regarding to revive.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, who won the victory following a close match on the 20th, was in fact the first game where the main lineup, including Ahn Hye-jin, Kang So-hui, and Moma Basoko Leticia (registered name Moma), gathered as a complete team.
Kang So-hui, who returned to the court that day, flew with 22 points (attack success rate 45.45%) as if she had never been sick.
Coach Cha dramatically beat Heungkuk Life Insurance with a set score of 3-2 (27-25 25-18 14-25 18-25 15-10) at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on this day, and said, “The current condition and team management are good for this season. “It’s the first time,” he said. “If there are no injuries in the future, I look forward to better performance.”
“It was a situation where the atmosphere of the team might be influenced by how the game went today,” he said, looking back, saying, “I’m glad So-hui Kang showed a good performance and won the game.”
However, Coach Cha, who said “I’m not in the best condition yet,” analyzed that “Moma showed a heavier body than the other day, and Ahn Hye-jin also tried to make a play in her own way, but it backfired a little.”
MoMA scored 24 points, the highest score in the team, but the attack success rate (35.85%) was rather low, and Ahn Hye-jin only succeeded in 57 out of 140 sets.
Regarding the loss of the 3rd and 4th sets, he recalled, “Heungkuk Life Insurance is currently a team with skills as second place, so a situation has been created that can be caught at any time if you are vigilant.”
On the other hand, Heungkuk Life coach Kwon Soon-chan pointed out the shaken receive line as a defeat.
On this day, Heungkuk Life’s receive efficiency was 19.78%, far below GS Caltex (35.79%).
Director Kwon diagnosed, “It was difficult because I mightn’t receive in the middle, so I passed a lot of the atmosphere.”
Regarding outside heaters Kim Da-eun and Kim Mi-yeon, “They are jagged.
I hope you will endure until the end.”
Even so, coach Kwon did not forget his encouragement, saying, “I am grateful to the players who did not give up and continued until the end.”
/yunhap news
