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GS Caltex players share joy by high-five after completing the first leg of the championship match [연합뉴스]
GS Caltex, a female professional volleyball player, has taken a powerful first step toward the first three crowns (Treble) in a season.
GS Caltex defeated Heungkuk Life Insurance with a set score of 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-17) in the 1st leg of the 2020-2021 V-League Women’s Championship held at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 26th and succeeded in overtaking the baseline. .
GS Caltex, which aims for the third victory in his career following the 2007-2008 and 2013-14 seasons, gained an advantage by winning 1 first in the 5th 3-best championship game. The probability that the team that won the first leg will win the 15 championship matches is 53.3% (8 times). However, narrowing the range after the 2010-2011 season is overwhelming at 88.9% (8 out of 9).
GS Caltex is also one step closer to the first treble in the history of women’s professional volleyball, which this season’s goal is to win the Korea Volleyball Federation Cup, regular league, and Champ match. The 2nd game of the two teams will be held at the same place at 4 pm on the 28th.
The GS Caltex players who went directly to the champ as the number one in the regular league completely defeated Heungkuk Life with a light body that took 9 days off. He won 1st and 2nd sets without ever losing the lead.
He played a seesaw game for a while at the beginning of the 3rd set, but the foreign player Meretta Lutz succeeded in attacking four times in a row, neutralizing Heungkuk Life’s counterattack. GS Caltex confirmed the victory by shutting out in 1 hour and 25 minutes.
![Kim Yeon-kyung, the signboard of Heungkuk Life Insurance, who leaves the stadium after losing the first leg of the championship match. [뉴스1]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202103/26/5ba440fe-d498-426a-98dc-928f69c47c26.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
Kim Yeon-kyung, the signboard of Heungkuk Life Insurance, who leaves the stadium after losing the first leg of the championship match. [뉴스1]
GS Caltex’s Lutz-Lee So-Young-Kang So-Hwi tripod has always made great strides. Lutz scored 24 points, Lee So-young 14 points, and Kang So-hui 11 points for a total of 49 points. Setter Ahn Hye-jin supported them with stable game operation.
On the other hand, Heungkuk Life, who came up after playing three games with IBK Industrial Bank in the playoffs, could not overcome the physical limitation. Leading star Kim Yeon-kyung overcame the thumb injury of his right hand and played with 13 points (59.09% of attack success rate), but it was not enough to stop the top team in the regular league by himself.
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