![[서울신문] The first team in the fog… Kim Yeon-kyung’s Heungkuk Life Insurance vs. Lee So-young’s GS Caltex](https://img.seoul.co.kr/img/upload/2021/01/14/SSI_20210114155207.jpg "[서울신문] The first team in the fog… Kim Yeon-kyung’s Heungkuk Life Insurance vs. Lee So-young’s GS Caltex")
▲ Kim Yeon-kyung (Heungkuk Life Insurance) runs the court and performs a ceremony after blocking the opponent’s attack with blocking in a 5-set deuce situation with the Korea Expressway Corporation on the 13th. KOVO provided
Which team will go directly to the women’s professional volleyball championship? As of the 8th, with one or two games left for each team at the end of the league, the first place in the regular league is in fog.
At the top of the league, 1st place Heungkuk Life Insurance (56 points, 19 wins 9 losses) has an advantage over 2nd place GS Caltex (55 points, 19 wins 9 losses) by 1 point. Heungkuk Life Insurance can get a direct ticket to the championship by himself if he earns 3 points in each of the remaining two games. On the other hand, GS Caltex can have hopes of recapture when Heungkuk Life gets a game in which he wins or loses two points. Both teams are scheduled to play against KGC Ginseng Corporation (33 points, 11 wins and 17 losses), which is confirmed to be eliminated from volleyball in the spring.
The atmosphere of Heungkuk Life’s stagnation after Sisters Jae-young Lee and Da-young were suspended indefinitely with poets and poets has been reviving recently. Kim Yeon-kyung is working hard, and the foreign player Bruna is also adapting quickly as it melts into the team. Heungkuk Life’s first normal Suseong gateway is the match against Hyundai E&C on the 9th. This season’s opponents are ahead with 3 wins and 2 losses, but Hyundai E&C is good. Heungkuk Life Insurance beat Hyundai E&C with a 3-0 set score and 2-3 when losing. If Heungkuk Life Insurance wins a big win in Hyundai E&C, the atmosphere of the rest of the game will also improve. The last match against Ginseng Corporation on the 13th will be ready for the post-season (PS).
▲ GS Caltex Lee So-young. KOVO provided
On the other hand, GS Caltex took the first place by winning the confrontation with Heungkuk Life Insurance on the 28th of last month. However, Heungkuk Life won the Korea Expressway Corporation on the 6th with a set score of 3-1, giving the lead position in a week. Center Han Su-ji and Kwon Min-ji escaped due to injuries, and Kim Yu-ri is also difficult to demonstrate normal skills due to a finger injury. With Lee So-young as the center, Lutz and Kang So-hui are continuing their dream of winning.
GS Caltex will meet with IBK Industrial Bank (42 points, 14 wins and 15 losses), whose entry into PS is confirmed on the 12th. GS Caltex recorded 3-2 against IBK this season. IBK cannot help but do its best in the game against GS Caltex, even considering the scam of spring volleyball. Accordingly, the match against Ginseng Corporation on the 16th is the final match in the women’s regular league this season. The last match may mask the direction of the regular league winner.
Ki-cheol Lee, Senior Reporter [email protected]