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?13 blocks 1 block? 1st place Heungkuk Life Insurance completely defeats 2nd place GS Caltex

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Heungkuk Life Insurance Lee Joo-ah (left) blocking.  (provided by KOVO)
Heungkuk Life Insurance Lee Joo-ah (left) blocking.

Heungkuk Life Insurance, the leader in women's professional volleyball, defeated second place GS Caltex and won its fifth straight game. Heungkuk Life Insurance, which beat second place by six points, began to establish a dominant system.

Heungkuk Life Insurance defeated GS Caltex with a set score of 3-0 (25-23 25-22 25-18) in the second round of the 2023-24 Dodram V League women's division held at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 17th.

As a result, Heungkuk Life Insurance recorded 8 wins and 1 loss (23 points), widening the distance from GS Caltex, which remained at 6 wins and 2 losses (17 points).

Heungkuk Life Insurance overwhelmed GS Caltex in the blocking battle with 13 to 1. Lee Joo-ah scored 8 points, including 5 blocks. ‘Ssangpo’ Yelena and Kim Yeon-kyung also led the attack with 18 and 14 points, respectively.
For GS Caltex, Silva struggled with 21 points, but was unable to break through Heungkuk Life Insurance's blocking. Kang So-hwi and Yoo So-yeon also remained at 10 and 7 points, respectively.

As expected from a match between 1st and 2nd places, each set was fiercely contested, but Heungkuk Life Insurance had a stronger spirit.

Heungkuk Life Insurance, which was down 16-18 in the first set, scored 4 consecutive points to win 20-18. However, GS Caltex also balanced the score at 20-20 with Silva scoring consecutive points.

Afterwards, one point was exchanged and the score was 23-23, and Heungkuk Life Insurance laughed with two blocks. Lee Joo-ah blocked Silva's time-lapse attack, and Kim Mi-yeon also blocked Yoo Seo-yeon's quick open attack to take the first set.

The second set unfolded in a similar fashion to the first set, but this time, Kim Yeon-kyung came forward to solve the problem. Kim Yeon-kyung succeeded in attacking at 19-19 and immediately blocked Silva's attack.
Heungkuk Life Insurance gained momentum as Lee Won-jeong blocked Min-ji Kwon's attack in succession, widening the score to 23-19. With a set point of 24-22, Kim Yeon-kyung finished with the Queen Open, and Heungkuk Life Insurance won the second set.

The trend has completely shifted to Heungkuk Life Insurance.

Heungkuk Life Insurance fell behind 10-12 at the beginning of the third set, but Kim Yeon-kyung, Yelena, and Reina attacked successively, scoring four consecutive points. Afterwards, in a situation where the score was 15-14, Yelena's open attack, Kim Mi-yeon's blocking, and Lee Won-jung's sub-ace led to 5 points, breaking GS Caltex's will to chase.

With a 24-18 lead, Heungkuk Life Insurance recorded a match point due to an attack error by opponent Kang So-hwi, and the players held a ceremony on the court to celebrate their fifth consecutive win. 카지노사이트존