Heungkuk Life Insurance took 2 wins and 1 loss and 6 points in the last 3 games despite various bad factors such as the absence of a command tower and a sick ace.
Heungkuk Life Insurance scored a set score of 2-3 (28-30, 20-25, 25-16, 25-21, 11-15) to Hyundai E&C in the 4th round of the Dodram 2022-2023 V-League Women’s Division held at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 11th. ) was defeated.
It was a match worthy of a face-to-face confrontation between the 1st and 2nd placed teams. Heungkuk Life Insurance shook the defense of Hyundai E&C with a powerful serve, and when the two strikers, Yelena and Kim Yeon-kyung, went to the forefront together, they bombarded the opponent’s court. On this day, Yelena scored 31 points and Kim Yeon-kyung scored 24 points, ranking 1st and 2nd among both teams, with 40 points scored in the front ranks.
Accordingly, Hyundai E&C endured with height and defense. The blocking score was 17 to 8, more than twice as high as Heungkuk Life Insurance, and it was Go Ye-rim’s defense, which was put into the 5th set, that eventually decided the game. The burden due to the absence of foreign players was shared by domestic players with 21 points for Yang Hyo-jin, 15 points for Hwang Min-gyeong, 14 points for Jeong Ji-yoon, 12 points for Hwang Yeon-joo, 10 points for Lee Da-hyun, and 8 points for Go Ye-rim. 안전놀이터
For Heungkuk Life Insurance, the moment-to-moment judgment was regrettable. In the 5th set, when Kim Da-in (Hyundai E&C)’s serve failed and Heungkuk Life Insurance put Park Soo-yeon as a one-point server, Hyundai E&C manager Kang Seong-hyung called the operation time and cut off the flow.
However, the site could not be held accountable. Heungkuk Life Insurance is experiencing a leadership vacuum for 3 games and 8 days until this day. It was the start of the club’s decision to sack coach Kwon Soon-chan on the 2nd. Head coach Lee Young-soo resigned right after the victory over GS Caltex on the 5th, and Kim Ki-joong, the head coach of Sunseon Girls’ High School, who was appointed on the 6th, finally declined the coaching job on the 10th. Acting head coach Kim Dae-gyeong, who is currently leading the team, is keeping his position with one responsibility.
In an interview before the match, acting coach Kim Dae-gyeong said, “If I go out, there are no coaching staff left to play volleyball. I want to remain for the players.” I’m doing, and I’m trying not to harm the team while I’m there.”
So that’s a bigger result. Heungkuk Life Insurance had 2 wins and 1 loss while facing difficult opponents such as IBK Industrial Bank and Hyundai E&C in turn from the game against GS Caltex on the 5th. In the game against GS Caltex, which was the first game after the manager’s hardship, they won a victory, and in the game against IBK Industrial Bank, they got 3 points even though ace Kim Yeon-kyung, who had not been in good shape recently, was missing. On that day, against Hyundai E&C, the first place team, they were behind by a set score of 0-2, and led them to the 5th set and gained 1 point. Thanks to this, with 16 wins and 5 losses (48 points), the gap with first place Hyundai E&C (19 wins, 2 losses, 53 points) did not widen significantly, keeping the hope of winning the come-from-behind victory alive.
Although it was covered in fighting spirit, the wounds of the athletes have not yet healed. Currently, there are only three on-site staff and there is a coaching vacancy, but it seems that there will be no external recruitment for the time being. Acting head coach Kim Dae-kyung said, “The company said that it could help with reinforcing the coaching staff. However, given the current situation in the team, it would be difficult even if outside personnel were recruited right away.” He said he would tell me after discussing it.”
