Director Jeong prepares to fight back at home
Heungkuk Life Insurance, ranked second in the regular league, and Jeong Kwan-jang, ranked third, will play the second round of the Dodram 2023-24 V-League postseason playoff (PO, 2 wins out of 3 games) at Daejeon Chungmu Gymnasium at 7 p.m. on the 24th. 토토사이트
Heungkuk Life succeeded in taking the lead with a set score of 3-1 (22-25 25-13 25-23 25-23) in the first game held at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 22nd.
The biggest contributor to her victory was Kim Yeon-koung. In the first round match, Kim Yeon-koung scored 23 points, the second most in her team after Willow Johnson (registered name: 25 points).
She did her best in offense as usual, but displayed robust defense in the first round match. In fact, Kim displayed strong fighting spirit by garnering 25 digs, the largest number in her team.
It shows how Kim Yeon-koung, who has concerns about retirement every year, is working on this postseason.
In particular, Kim Yeon-koung led a dramatic come-from-behind victory with her strong offense and defense in the third set, which had been heavily defeated 16-22. Heungkuk Life Insurance, which followed the trend, eventually won the fourth set and succeeded in gaining the upper hand at home.
Kim led her team to No. 1 in the regular season last season, but left a regret in the championship game. Heungkuk Life Insurance lost its championship title to Korea Expressway Corporation through a reverse sweep, in which it lost three consecutive games after winning two consecutive games.
Kim Yeon-koung, who was considering retirement after the season, decided to try to win the championship once again with Marcello Avon Dan-dan.
Unfortunately, Heungkuk Life Insurance has been losing ground to Hyundai Engineering & Construction in the regular season battle this season, and Kim Yeon-koung is playing in the playoffs first. In order to properly compete with Hyundai Engineering & Construction once again in the championship match, it is necessary to end the playoffs with Jeong Kwan-jang as soon as possible.
On the other hand, Jeong Kwan-jang, who succeeded in advancing to the spring volleyball tournament for the first time in seven years, left a regret as his good momentum at the end of the regular season waned.
Except for the last two regular-season games that he played after confirming the playoffs, Chung had continued his seven-game winning streak. He gained confidence by beating both Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Heungkuk Life Insurance, both No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the regular-season league, in the sixth round.
However, the absence of Korean ace Lee So-young, who was absent due to ankle injury suffered at the end of this season, was painful. Park, who replaced Lee, only posted an attack success rate of 18.18 percent and three points.
However, Jeong Kwan-jang cannot afford to sit down like this. Despite the brinkmanship, the second round is expected to be held at home, signaling a full-fledged war.
Meanwhile, all the teams that won the first round of the professional volleyball women's 17 POs were in the championship match. With the record expecting Heungkuk Life to win, attention is being paid to whether Jeonggwanjang will be able to fight back at home.