Professional volleyball women’s Heungkuk Life Insurance succeeded in revenge against KGC Ginseng Corporation with Kim Yeon-kyung, who showed his instinct to win.
Heungkuk Life Insurance won a complete victory 3-0 (25-23 29-27 25-22) in the Dodram 2022-2023 V-League Women’s Ginseng Construction match held at Chungmu Gymnasium in Daejeon on the 3rd.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, second in the league, chased Hyundai Engineering & Construction in first place with a 3-point lead with 19 wins and 6 losses and 57 points. In addition, Heungkuk Life Insurance took revenge on Ginseng Corporation for defeating it in the last home game of the 4th round on the 25th of last month.
4th place Ginseng Corporation, which suffered two consecutive defeats, failed to widen the gap with 5th place GS Caltex 안전놀이터 (33 points), remaining at 11 wins, 15 losses and 35 points.
Heungkuk Life Insurance Kim Yeon-kyung scored 25 points, including two blockings. Yelena added strength with 16 points, including 3 back attacks. Lee Joo-ah and Kim Mi-yeon also scored 9 points each.
Ginseng Corporation Elisabeth scored 20 points including 6 back attacks, but could not prevent defeat. Jung Ho-young added 13 points.
The first set was taken by Heungkuk Life Insurance, an away team. Starting with the serve ace of Kim Mi-yeon, the No. 1 in the sub league, Heungkuk Life Insurance took the lead. Setter Lee Won-jeong helped the offense with proper ball distribution. Kim Yeon-kyung broke the opponent’s spirit with a high-altitude strike on the blocking wall.
Ginseng Corporation pursued up to one point with middle blockers Park Eun-jin and Han Song-i’s successive interceptions, and made a 23-23 tie when Kim Yeon-kyung’s quick open touchnet was broken. Then, as if to make up for her mistake, Kim Yeon-kyung hit the blocking wall and scored. After that, Elisabeth’s back attack from Hoesim went out and the first set ended.
Jung Ho-young, who played a big role in the previous confrontation in the second set, gave strength. Ginseng Corporation took the lead as Jeong Ho-young scored consecutively with fast attacks and blocking. In response, Heungkuk Life Insurance attempted to pursue with Kim Yeon-kyung at the fore. Kim Mi-yeon added strength by playing a sub ace again following the first set. Kim Na-hee, who recovered from her injury and returned, also made a quick hit.
At the end of the seesaw game, Ginseng Corporation reached the set point first with Han Song-i and Jung Ho-young scoring. Then, Heungkuk Life Insurance made a deuce with Kim Yeon-kyung and Kim Mi-yeon’s consecutive scores. In 27-27, Kim Yeon-kyung successfully knocked out Elisabeth. Kim Yeon-kyung blocked Elisabeth’s quick open attack and ended the second set.
In the 3rd set, Heungkuk Life Insurance took the lead with Kim Yeon-kyung’s high-purity attack. Despite the difference in height, Ginseng Corporation setter Yeom Hye-seon continued to block Yelena’s attacks and pursued her by one point. However, steam leaked as Elisabeth’s rearguard attack went outside. Heungkuk Life Insurance even took the 3rd set as the last serve of Ginseng Corporation Go Eui-jeong went out.