‘To the left hand attack’ Kim Yeon-kyung 29 points… Heungkuk Life Insurance wins the first round of PO

Kim Yeon-kyung, 500 personal attacks scored in the 3rd postseason history

Roaring Kim Yeon-kyung
Roaring Kim Yeon-kyung

(Incheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Sang-yeon = The first game of the women’s professional volleyball playoff held at Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium on the 20th. The match between Pink Spiders of Heungkuk Life Insurance, Incheon and Altos of Hwaseong IBK Industrial Bank. 1st set Heungkuk Life Insurance Kim Yeon-kyung is happy after scoring. 2021.3.20 [email protected]

(Incheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Nam-jik Han =’Volleyball Empress’ Kim Yeon-gyeong (Heungkuk Life) blocked the rear attack of Anna Lazareva (IBK Industrial Bank) in the 3rd set, then put her right index finger on her lips and pointed to the sky.

It was an action that was convinced of the victory of Heungkuk Life.

Heungkuk Life Insurance set score 3-1 (25-20 23-25 ​​25-) in the 1st leg of the pro volleyball Dodram 2020-2021 V-League Women’s Playoff (2 wins in 3 matches) held at Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium on the 20th. 18 25-21).

Heungkuk Life Insurance, who finished second in the regular league, got a guarantee check for a direct ticket to the championship match.

In the PO held 15 times from the 2005 season to the 2018-2019 season, all the teams that won the first leg advanced to the championship. In the 2019-2020 season, the season ended early due to the aftermath of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), and the postseason was not held.

Attacking Kim Yeon-kyung
Attacking Kim Yeon-kyung

(Incheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Sang-yeon = The first game of the women’s professional volleyball playoff held at Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium on the 20th. The match between Pink Spiders of Heungkuk Life Insurance, Incheon and Altos of Hwaseong IBK Industrial Bank. Set 1 Heungkuk Life Insurance Kim Yeon-kyung is attacking. 2021.3.20 [email protected]

The protagonist of victory was Kim Yeon-kyung.

Kim Yeon-gyeong scored 29 points, the most combined with both teams, showing not only the battered strokes that stabbed in the empty space, the struck strokes using the height, but also Jin Ki Myung-gi, who pushed the long-flying ball with his left hand.

Kim Yeon-kyung scored 27 offensive points that day, and was the third in the history of the V-League women’s division after Betty Deracruz and Park Jung-ah, filling 500 points (515 points) in their personal career in the postseason.

Kim Yeon-kyung had a high attack success rate of 60% while doing a lot of high-flying double attacks.

Heungkuk Life’s foreign player Bruna Morais (registered name Bruna, 19 points) was sluggish, including 13 crimes, and Kim Mi-yeon (9 points) also struggled with the sub-bomb and the high blocking wall of IBK.

However, Kim Yeon-kyung did not shake.

On the other hand, IBK, the third place in the regular league, struggled with the main player Lazareva scoring 27 points, but the native players could not help Lazarev. Lazarevah wasn’t in perfect shape, as he often touched his waist.

Pyo Seung-ju (5 points), who received the sub-bombing of Heungkuk Life Insurance, was greatly shaken in airborne, and Kim Joo-hyang (3 points)’s attack power was below expectations.

In blocking, IBK was greatly pushed to Heungkuk Life Insurance by 3-14, giving the first game.

Lazareva'Gap Attack'
Lazareva’Gap Attack’

(Incheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Sang-yeon = The first game of the women’s professional volleyball playoff held at Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium on the 20th. The match between Pink Spiders of Heungkuk Life Insurance, Incheon and Altos of Hwaseong IBK Industrial Bank. 1st set IBK Lazareva is spiked. 2021.3.20 [email protected]

There were three sets of matchmaking points.

Heungkuk Life threw a sharp serve to Pyo Seung-ju, and Bruna blocked Lazareva’s rear attack three times to win the first set.

However, in the 2nd set, after going 8-13, Kim Mi-yeon’s sub-receive was shaken, and Bruna played in a row and allowed a reversal.

The third set was tight.

And at a tense moment,’Volleyball Empress’ Kim Yeon-kyung flew.

In 15-15, Kim Yeon-kyung scored with a battered attack that slightly crossed the blocker’s hand.

In 16-16, he scored a touch-out using his best friend Kim Soo-ji’s hand.

The balance began to collapse due to Kim Yeon-kyung’s successive attacks.

Heungkuk Life Center Lee Joo-ah blocked the open attack of IBK Pyo Seung-ju.

When Heungkuk Life’s Kim Chae-yeon’s dropping serve hits Pyo Seung-ju’s hand and crossed the net, Kim Yeon-kyung succeeded in a direct kill. The same scene was repeated once more.

Heungkuk Life Insurance then flees to 22-16 after blocking Lee Joo-ah’s open attack on Pyo Seung-ju and Kim Su-ji’s quick attack.

Kim Yeon-kyung roared from 22-16 after blocking Lazarev’s rear attack.

Heungkuk Life Insurance, who caught the mood, ended the game in the 4th set.

In the 4th set 8-6, Kim Yeon-gyeong created a novel scene where setter Idasol’s toss flew so long that it could not be hit with his right hand, and scored by controlling the ball with his left hand.

At 11-8, he even scored a sharp serve.

Even afterwards, Kim Yeon-kyung defeated the opponent’s will to pursue by attacking with height.

Bruna Spikes
Bruna Spikes

(Incheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Sang-yeon = The first game of the women’s professional volleyball playoff held at Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium on the 20th. The match between Pink Spiders of Heungkuk Life Insurance, Incheon and Altos of Hwaseong IBK Industrial Bank. Set 1 Heungkuk Life Insurance Bruna is spiked. 2021.3.20 [email protected]

Fans who have not been able to visit the volleyball court since November 25 last year visited the stadium on a limited basis. 222 people, 10% of the Gyeyang Gymnasium’s capacity, enjoyed the joy of watching volleyball in the spring.

Kim Yeon-kyung brought more joy to home fans with his brilliant performance. The joy was greater because it was a victory in the situation where the twin sisters Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young were missing due to allegations of school violence.

The two teams, which opened volleyball in the spring of this season, will play the second game at Hwaseong Gymnasium on the 22nd.

Heungkuk Life Insurance, who caught the first game, is determined to advance to the championship game, and IBK aims to counterattack.

KEPCO players cheering
KEPCO players cheering

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In the men’s competition held at the Suwon Gymnasium, KEPCO defeated OK Financial Group with a set score of 3-2 (21-25 25-23 22-25 25-19 15-11) and drove the last race of the postseason into chaos.

KEPCO jumped to fourth place by accumulating 17-16 and 53 points in the season, and OK Financial Group went down to 5th place with only 52 points (18-15).

The gap between the 3rd place KB Insurance (54 points, 18 wins and 15 losses) is small, so the spring volleyball fight between the three teams is expected to continue until the end.

KEPCO’s foreign main gun Kyle Russell became the first contributor of victory by scoring 40 points with 33 consecutive serve points.

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