All members of the triangular formation raised more than 20 points
Heungkuk Life Insurance, a women's professional volleyball team, gave a 52.9% chance of winning the championship match (championship, 3 wins out of 5 matches). First, he won two sets and allowed a reverse sweep. As fatigue increased, concentration in the game decreased.
Heungkuk Life Insurance recorded a set score of 2-3 (25-18, 25-14, 20-25, 20-25, 25-18, 25-14, 20-25, 20-25, They lost 14-16). Ace Kim Yeon-kyung scored 23 points, and foreign player duo Willow Johnson and Reina Tokoku scored 21 and 20 points, respectively. The triangle formation boasted even scoring ability and showed better offensive power than Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which relied on Moma Basoko. However, starting from the 4th set, defensive concentration dropped sharply.
In the 17 women's championships held in history, the probability that the team that won the first game would win was 52.9%. Although it is difficult to see it as a significant probability, Heungkuk Life Insurance's defeat on this day is likely to have an aftereffect.
Heungkuk Life Insurance continued its winning momentum in the third game of the playoffs early in the first set. At 2-2, Reina blocked Moma Basoko's attack, and in the ensuing situation, Kim Su-ji, who served as the server, served an ace. MoMA's offensive mistake came out and they immediately took a 5-2 lead.
Willow's offensive power was very outstanding. He continued to score open and back attack points by attacking empty positions on the court. Ace Kim Yeon-kyung did not score a single point until 9-6, but this is why Heungkuk Life Insurance continued its lead.
Kim Yeon-kyung scored her first score at 9-6 by hitting the ball straight over the net as the opponent's serve reception wavered. In the ensuing situation, setter Lee Won-jeong blocked the attack of the opponent's outside hitter Wipawi Sitong, widening the score gap. At 12-9, opponent Yang Hyo-jin made a double contact error, widening the score gap again, and Willow continued the momentum by adding a score with a diagonal open attack at 14-11. Willow increased its momentum at 15-12 by blocking opponent Jeong Ji-yoon's open attack.
Afterwards, Heungkuk Life Insurance continued to score without missing the gap created by Hyundai Engineering & Construction's sloppy defense. Due to MoMA's serve error, they reached the 20-point mark, and Kim Yeon-kyung, who had previously been silent with just one point, took the win with consecutive open attacks at 20-15 and 21-15. At 22-16, Kim Yeon-kyung blocked MoMA's back attack and even showed a passionate ceremony in which she raised the decibels of support in front of the away fans. Heungkuk Life Insurance scored with Kim Su-ji blocking to create a set point (24-16), and easily scored the last point.
After the third PO match with Jeong Kwan-jang ended on the 26th, Kim Yeon-kyung said, "I think I know how to make it difficult for Hyundai Engineering & Construction." In fact, Heungkuk Life Insurance seemed to have perfectly figured out Hyundai Engineering & Construction's strategy. The second set was also overwhelming. In a situation where she was down 1-3, Willow chased down with a series of attacks, and at 3-3, Kim Su-ji succeeded in a serve ace that caught the team off guard like at the beginning of the first set.
At 6-5, Lee Won-jeong attempted a long toss from the left side of the court to the right, leading Kim Yeon-kyung to clear the opposing blocker and score. Of course, it led to a goal. At 8-5, opponent Jeong Ji-yoon made a mistake, and then server Raina even served an ace. At 10-5, opponent Yang Hyo-jin made a net touch error and widened the score gap.
Willow handled the balls coming her way perfectly, just like in the first set. Raina blocked MoMA's attack at 14-8, and succeeded in a series of attacks in the following attack opportunity, leading Heungkuk Life Insurance to a 16-8 lead. Heungkuk Life Insurance approached 20 points faster than in the first set, and reached this point with an 11-point lead. Following the first set, Lee Won-jeong continued his upward trend by scoring a blocking goal in the second half of the second set, eventually winning 25-14.
The potential of Hyundai Engineering & Construction, ranked first in the regular league, was also significant. Heungkuk Life Insurance fell behind by 4 points in the early third set. At 5-5, Yang Hyo-jin gave up a fast attack and Jeong Ji-yoon served ace, and Willow's back attack was blocked by Wipawi. Even the revived dam's attack could not be prevented.
Heungkuk Life Insurance trailed by one point at 10-14 with Willow's quick open score, Kim Yeon-kyung's serve score, and Raina's touchout score. When the score widened to 3 points again, Raina blocked MoMA's attack, succeeded in the quick open, and chased down, narrowing the gap to 2 points due to an opponent's mistake. However, they could not break the momentum of Hyundai Engineering & Construction, where Yang Hyo-jin and Wipawi showed off their skills. In the end, the third set was tied at 20-25.
A situation where a counterattack was allowed. Ace Kim Yeon-kyung took the lead again in the fourth set. He increased his offensive share and led the scoring battle. However, Hyundai Engineering & Construction also took the lead with MoMA, which had a keen sense of the economy. Suji Kim and Raina continued to block MoMA's open attacks, but his momentum did not break down.
Heungkuk Life Insurance was losing by 2 points, 14-16, when Lee Joo-ah blocked Go Ye-rim's open attack and chased by 1 point. Afterwards, they continued to chase without giving up the 3-point lead. And at 18-19, Kim Yeon-kyung and Kim Su-ji, a close friend duo, blocked MoMA's attack and finally tied the score. However, after making a mistake, the team was shaken, and eventually failed to score after reaching 20 points, allowing a 5-set win.
Last set. Heungkuk Life Insurance took a 4-2 lead with Kim Yeon-kyung and Willow scoring early open attacks, and Kim Yeon-kyung turned the tide by blocking Go Ye-rim's open attack. At 5-3, Raina succeeded in an open attack, and Willow regained the right to attack due to an opponent's connection error, taking the lead by 4 points.
Afterwards, Heungkuk Life Insurance allowed the chase as the reception wavered, and at 8-6, Kim Yeon-kyung easily received Go Min-ji's spike serve, contributing to Raina's score. In the ensuing defense, Joo-ah Lee blocked MoMA's back attack and reached the 10-point mark first. . In the ensuing battle in front of the net, Kim Yeon-kyung made a touchout and took the lead by 4 points, 11-7.
But I couldn't get over the last hurdle. MoMA was allowed to score a chase, Kim Yeon-kyung's open attack went off the sideline, and Han Mir was allowed a serve ace, leading to a reversal. In this situation, Kim Yeon-kyung showed off her clutch ability and tied the score at 13-13, and her opponent Go Ye-rim made a mistake and took the first match point. In this situation, a quick open score was allowed to MoMA, and Kim Yeon-kyung was unable to receive MoMA's spike serve at 14-14, giving up a comeback. In the ensuing defense, the connection was not smooth, and in a situation where they were unable to attack, Willow's hit, which clumsily passed the ball over his head, missed the end line, and the game was decided as a loss.
After the match, coach Marcello Abondanza said, "There are games left, but I think there were some problems with important choices. The start was good, but the serve pressure suddenly became loose and the finish became dull. In the 5th set, if you leave it as is, the opponent will step out of the line. “I did not hesitate to receive a few attacks,” he said.
Hyundai E&C manager Kang Seong-hyung, who is a 'winner', said, "It seemed like Hyundai E&C showed (a decline in stamina) after the fourth set. Even after losing two sets, they only won one set today (the first game), and even if they follow that strategy in the second game, they won only one set." "I was planning on winning just one game, dragging out the series for a long time, and competing in a battle of stamina."
Willow's mistake, which gave up the 16th point to Hyundai Engineering & Construction in the 5th set, is unlikely to be seen as a problem of individual ability. The difference with Hyundai E&C after a good rest was revealed.
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