Heungkuk Life Insurance defeats Cheong Kwan-Jang and successfully advances to the championship

 “Let’s go to Suwon”

   

Heungkuk Life Insurance, a women’s professional volleyball team, succeeded in advancing to the championship game for the second year in a row.

Heungkuk Life Insurance defeated Jeong Kwan-Jang 3-0 (25-18 25) in the 3rd game (2 wins out of 3) of the 2023-2024 V-League Women's Playoffs (PO) held at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 26th, led by the great performance of 'Volleyball Queen' Kim Yeon-kyung. -19 25-00) and won a ticket to the championship with a series record of 2 wins and 1 loss

Heungkuk Life Insurance, which became the victim of an unprecedented reverse sweep by losing 3 times after winning 2 wins in the championship match against Korea Expressway Corporation last season, will challenge for 'V5' through the championship match against Hyundai Engineering & Construction. The first round of the championship match between regular league leaders Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Heungkuk Life Insurance will be held at Suwon Gymnasium on the 28th.

 

When the team lost with a set score of 1-3 due to the poor performance of all players except Kim Yeon-kyung in the second PO match on the 24th, Heungkuk Life Insurance coach Marcello Abondanza left a harsh comment, saying, “It was the worst defeat to the point where there is nothing to talk about in volleyball.” Nevertheless, in this day's game, there was no change in the starting members. Coach Abondanza seemed to believe in his players, saying, “There are no other options.”

Heungkuk Life Insurance players responded to the head coach's firm belief with a 180-degree change in just two days. Setter Lee Won-jung's game management was clean with a more stable receiving. Kim Yeon-kyung led the attack by scoring 21 points, the most among both teams, with an attack success rate of 54.55%, and Raina and Willow, who both performed poorly in the second game, also showed solid firepower support by scoring 15 and 14 points, respectively.

On the other hand, Jeong Kwan-Jang, who went on a spring volleyball outing for the first time in seven seasons since the 2016-2017 season, was disappointed by the absence of key players Lee So-young and Jeong Ho-young due to injury. Jia (USA) was hit hard by Heungkuk Life Insurance's targeted serving, and her receiving was greatly shaken, so unlike the second game, she was not able to use her strength once and ended the spring volleyball season after three games.

After the game, Coach Abondanza said, “I salute Cheong Kwan-jang for working hard until the end,” and added, “We were unlucky with injuries to key players at critical moments. “I know it well because I was in that situation last season,” he said, expressing his gratitude to the Cheong Kwan-Jang players. “It’s great to be able to advance to the championship. “I showed good results in attitude and mental strength,” he said.

 

Regarding the plans for the championship match against Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Coach Abondanza said, “We played three games in two days, so I think recovering energy will be important. “I think the situation will be favorable to Hyundai Engineering & Construction, but I will rest and prepare well,” he said sparingly.

Team leader Ko Hee-jin also first sent his congratulations to Heungkuk Life Insurance. Coach Go said, “Our players did their best in today’s game, but the Heungkuk Life Insurance players’ performance was much better.” He added, “A lot of our Cheong Kwan-Jang fans came and showed their warm support. “I would like to express my gratitude to the fans and take on the challenge of filling up the show even more next season,” he said.

   

It would have seemed like he would have been very disappointed about the injuries to key players such as Lee So-young and Jeong Ho-young, but Coach Go shook his head. He said, “I don’t want to use injury as an excuse. I don’t want people to say that we lost because we didn’t have anyone. There is no reason or excuse. Heungkuk Life Insurance overpowered us and lost,” he said.

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