'Just a year and seven months ago, are you sure you're the opponent for the reverse sweep of the champ?' 3-1 Heungkuk Life Insurance has won 5 consecutive games, and Korea Expressway Corporation has won 5 consecutive games
Nov 07, 2024
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Heungkuk Life took the top spot with five consecutive wins.
Heungkuk Life Insurance won the set score 3-1 (25-20, 25-15, 23-25, 25-12) in an away match against the Korea Expressway Corporation in the Dodram 2024  ̄ 2025 V-League at Gimcheon Indoor Gymnasium on the 7th. Since the opening, he has given up only three sets in five games, winning five consecutive games, winning all three points, and leading the way alone with 15 points. It is four points behind second-place Hyundai Engineering & Construction (4-1, 11 points). The Korea Expressway Corporation lost all five games and came in last with one point.
In Heungkuk Life Insurance, foreign player Tutku scored 31 points, the most in both teams, Kim Yeon-kyung scored 17 points and Asian quarter pitch scored 10.
Nicolova scored 21 points and Kang So-hwi scored 18 points, and Jeon Sae-an scored 9 points, but there was a difference in the overall attack success rate. Heungkuk Life Insurance accounted for 44.6 percent, and Korea Expressway Corporation accounted for 28 percent.
After kicking out Batista in the Asian quarter, he is looking for an Asian quarter player toward the outside heater. This season, with all teams playing their part in the Asian quarter, it is a big hole that only the Korea Expressway Corporation is playing without Asian quarter players.
The match was decided in the first set. The Korea Expressway Corporation players used their fighting spirit and hung on Heungkuk Life to the end, but Heungkuk Life won and took the victory.
At the 2-2 tie, Tutku and Jung Yoon-ju and Kim Yeon-koung succeeded one after another, followed by Kim Soo-ji's serve ace, leading 7-2 at once to catch the early flow.
The Korea Expressway Corporation was chasing 5-8 by Nicolova alone, but after Jeon Sae-an's serve ace, Kang So-hwi's first score made it a close game by 7-9 two points.
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In the second set, Heungkuk Life Insurance hit fast from the beginning. At 4-4, Kim Yeon-kyung's spike burst due to the pitch's moving attack, and Tutku and Kim Soo-ji blocked Kang So-hwi's attack in succession, making it 9-5 at once. Then, Kim Yeon-kyung's spike continued in Jung Yoon-joo's back attack, and the atmosphere tilted to Heungkuk Life as it became 11-5, 6 points apart. The Korea Expressway Corporation changed the setter from Kim Dae-eun to Ha Hyo-rim as they did not work well, but the flow did not change. 25-15 to finish the second set quickly.
Kang So-hwi led the first team in the third set He succeeded in attacking successively and even created a serve ace, scoring six points alone, and later led 16-10 with Nicolova's attack added. However, Heungkuk Life followed Kim Da-sol's serve ace and others in the attack of Kim Dae-eun and Peach, and succeeded in tying the game at 23-23, with consecutive spikes of Kim Yeon-kyung and Tutku. However, Korea Expressway Corporation made a set point when Jeon Sae-an's spike was stuck at the end of Heungkuk Life's court and Kim Yeon-koung's consecutive hits were caught in the net, taking the third set 25-23.
However, Heungkuk Life Insurance burst from the beginning in the fourth set and decided the game. Tutku and Kim Yeon-koung and Kim Dae-eun took the lead, and the lead widened after the middle to end the game 25-12.
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