Women’s volleyball Heungkuk Life succeeded in advancing to the club’s 10th championship game.
Heungkuk Life won set score 3-0 25-18 25-19 25-19 at home in the third round of the women’s playoff P0 for the 2023-2024 V-League held at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 26th. Heungkuk Life Insurance, ranking second in the regular league, won the first and third games of the three-game winning PO, and secured a ticket to the championship with two wins and one loss.
Heungkuk Life has made it to the championship stage for the second consecutive season and the 10th time in its career. Heungkuk Life is aiming for its fifth career championship in five years since the 2018-2019 season. The women’s championship match will start with the first match at Hyundai Engineering & Construction’s home Suwon Gymnasium on Friday, and will be held in a three-out of five matches.
Korean troubleshooter Kim Yeon-koung scored 21 points, while Willow Johnson 14 points and Raina Dokoku 15 points also supported each other in terms of firepower. In the second game, Heungkuk Life outperformed Giabana Milana 16 points and Megawatti Puttywi 12 points, both of which scored 55 points. Heungkuk Life’s attack success rate was 45 percent, 12 percentage points higher than that of 33 percent.
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which secured a comfortable first set, continued its seesaw game until 8-8 in the second set. Heungkuk Life Insurance widened its lead to 19-12 through attacks by Kim Yeon-koung and Willow.
Heungkuk Life Insurance secured the victory by securing the second set. It also sealed the victory by blocking offensives by Jeong Kwan-jang, who aimed to reverse the situation in the third set. Heungkuk Life Insurance scored a match point with Kim Yeon-koung’s open attack at the 23-19 match, and ended the PO with Mega’s attack error.
Jeong Kwan-jang, who entered the postseason for the first time in seven years with last-minute strength in the regular league, failed to overcome the bad news of the injury of outside heater Lee So-young and middle blocker Jung Ho-young. 스포츠토토