Yang Hyo-jin, who showed her fighting spirit after injury and achieved a come-from-behind victory
Yang Hyo-jin (35, Hyundai Engineering & Construction) laughed in her first championship match against her best friend Kim Yeon-kyung (36, Heungkuk Life Insurance). Her fighting spirit in overcoming the pain of her neck injury shone.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction beat Heungkuk Life Insurance with a set score of 3-2 (18-25, 14-25, 25-20, 25- won 20, 16-14). With the victory in the first game, Hyundai Engineering & Construction occupied an advantageous position.
Yang Hyo-jin, the mainstay of Hyundai Engineering & Construction, scored 16 points, including 5 blocks, and led the attack along with MoMA (37 points). Yang Hyo-jin, who suffered from a neck injury at the end of the season, said after the game, "I didn't do any weight training or ball exercises for about a week (after the end of the regular season). I'm getting better little by little after resting." Yang Hyo-jin, who performed somewhat poorly in the 1st and 2nd sets, said, "I don't want to make excuses... I wanted to say, 'I wish my body would have been more active and faster' (I couldn't do that). I think I need to do well in the future."
Hyundai Engineering & Construction lost two sets first and lost. But they held on until the end and eventually won. Yang Hyo-jin said, "I thought it couldn't go this far. After the second set, I lost my strength. I gave up my desire to win and said, 'Let's keep trying. It doesn't end in the first game, so there's still a game left, so let's try to match it. Let's go a little further.' Then, I lost my serve." “I went in well, and the opponent marked well. I improved little by little in many ways,” he said. “I think my opponent had a hard time physically.”
This championship match attracted attention due to the meeting between Yang Hyo-jin and Kim Yeon-kyung. Although the two have never played on the same team, they are best friends and have been roommates for 10 years on the national team. This was the first time we competed in a championship match. Yang Hyo-jin said, "It's not a battle between me and my sister. Not only me but all the players on our team have done well. We're going as a team. There's no need for me to put too much pressure on myself. I think we all did well and won."
Kim Yeon-kyung told the story of the phone call she had with Yang Hyo-jin that day after winning the third round of the playoffs against Jeong Kwan-jang. At the time, Kim Yeon-kyung said, "She said, 'I personally support her sister as a fan,' but when it came to the team, she seemed to support Jeong Kwan-jang."
Yang Hyo-jin said, "I didn't have time to worry about who the opponent was," and "Heungkuk Life Insurance is strong because it has an older sister. It's difficult to block, and (Kim) Suzy is skilled and has a good overall structure. I don't think it's good for Heungkuk Life Insurance to come up. “I did. However, my support for (my sister) was sincere. I saw her working hard,” he said. Regarding the game that day, she said, "We focus on each other during the game, and we keep in touch after it's over. She thought her sister would have a hard time physically, but she did well as expected. She's a great player."
It has been eight years since Yang Hyo-jin appeared on the championship stage in the 2015-16 season. It's been a while for Yang Hyo-jin, so it's good to come to the championship game and win the regular season. He said, “It’s great to have the possibility of winning the championship,” adding, “I used to win when I was younger, but I kept failing and wasn’t able to do it at the right time (which was disappointing). "He was trying to enjoy it for once, regardless of winning or losing, but I think he's going to have to do a little better to do that," he said.
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