Hyundai E&C, match in 5 sets… Dramatic reversal against Heungkuk Life Insurance

-Professional volleyball’Hyundai Siblings’ won side by side. The women’s division, Hyundai E&C, became the first team to defeat the leading Heungkuk Life Insurance twice this season. Hyundai E&C won 3-2 (23-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-23, 15-10) to Heungkuk Life Insurance in the pro volleyball 2020-2021 V-League home game held at Suwon Gymnasium on the 31st. Hyundai E&C also beat Heungkuk Life Insurance 3-2 during the Anbang Gyeonggi on December 29 last year. Hyundai E&C, the lowest ranked, offered Heungkuk Life Insurance with 2 wins out of 7 wins (15 losses) this season. In addition, Hyundai E&C’s winning streak was out of ‘5’, while Heungkuk Life’s winning streak stopped at ‘5’.

The two teams continued a tight match up to 10-10 in the 5th set on this day, but Kim Yeon-kyung of Heungkuk Life Insurance committed an offense in the 11-10 situation where Hyundai E&C was 1 point ahead of 1 point and the score widened by 2 points. Afterwards, Hyundai E&C’s Yang Hyo-jin mixed the open and the time difference and scored three points in a row, ending the match.

In addition to Hyundai E&C’s foreign player Russo (30 points), Yang Hyo-jin (19 points), Ji-yoon Ji-yoon (14 points), and Hwang Min-kyung (11 points) scored double digits and performed evenly. Go Ye-rim, who recorded 52% of the serve receive market share, also added 8 points. On the other hand, in Heungkuk Life Insurance, no players scored double digits except for Lee Jae-young (31 points) and Kim Yeon-kyung (23 points). In the men’s Cheonan game, Hyundai Capital, the home team, recorded a 3-2 (19-25, 21-25, 27-25, 25-15, 16-14) win over Woori Card. Hyundai Capital coach Taewoong Choi, who succeeded in reversing the set score of 0-2 after the 4th round confrontation, said, “Daudy (23 points) was in very bad condition at the beginning of the game, so I worried a lot. He said, “I was able to win thanks to the show.” Reporter Hwang Gyu-in [email protected]Go to reporter page>