Heungkuk Life Insurance won 3 points against GS Caltex and kept its sole leading position.
Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders, led by acting manager Kim Dae-gyeong, scored a set score of 3-1 (22-25, 25-18, 25-17) in an away game against GS Caltex KIXX in the 5th round of Dodram 2022-2023 V-League Women’s Division held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 19th. ,25-23). Heungkuk Life Insurance, which was barely ahead of 2nd place Hyundai E&C Hillstate by 1 point before the match, earned 3 points against GS Caltex, widening the gap with Hyundai E&C to 4 points and taking the lead alone (22 wins and 7 losses).메이저놀이터
For Heungkuk Life Insurance, foreign player Yelena Mrazenovich, ace Kim Yeon-kyung, and newcomer Kim Da-eun, who started in place of captain Kim Mi-yeon, who missed due to a hamstring injury, scored more than 20 points side by side, leading Heungkuk Life to victory. Heungkuk Life Insurance, who recorded 4 wins and 2 losses in the 4th round, rose to first place with 4 wins and 1 loss in 5 games in the 5th round. Apart from the sluggishness of Hyundai E&C, the most different part of Heungkuk Life Insurance in the 5th round is that setter Lee Won-jeong, a ‘transfer student’, is starting for 5 consecutive games.
Setter Jin of Heungkuk Life Insurance, who did not have windy days
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which did not have a clear starting setter in the team after Sa-ni Kim’s transfer, started with Cho Song-hwa as the starting setter from the 2014-2015 season when manager Mi-hee Park (KBS N Sports commentator) took over and Jae-young Lee joined. Cho Song-hwa setter played an active role as a built-in main setter for Heungkuk Life Insurance until the 2019-2020 season and played a key role in the combined championship in the 2018-2019 season. However, Heungkuk Life Insurance decided to change the Cho Song-hwa setter system after the 2019-2020 season.
Heungkuk Life Insurance recruited Lee Jae-young’s twin brother, Lee Da-young (Rapid Bucharest), a national setter, under the conditions of a three-year contract period and a total annual salary of 400 million won in the FA market in 2020. And two months later, with the addition of ‘Volleyball Empress’ Kim Yeon-kyung, Heungkuk Life Insurance was reborn as a ‘Dream Team’ with three national team players, including Kim Yeon-kyung, Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young. To the extent that many volleyball fans wondered whether Heungkuk Life Insurance could win the championship in the 2020-2021 season, not whether it was possible to win.
However, in February 2021, when Heungkuk Life Insurance was leading the way, the ‘twin sister school violence incident’ turned the volleyball world upside down. And Heungkuk Life Insurance Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young setter, who were the parties to the incident, were simultaneously suspended indefinitely. In the end, Heungkuk Life Insurance lost the top spot in the regular league to GS Caltex despite the struggles of Kim Yeon-kyung, who was left alone, and failed to win a single game in the championship match, and the 5th championship in his career was frustrated.
After the 2020-2021 season, Heungkuk Life Insurance’s five main players left the team at the same time due to Kim Yeon-kyung’s return to the Chinese league, Kim Se-young’s retirement, twin sisters’ entry into the Greek league, and foreign player Bruna Morais’ contract renewal not being possible. Kim Hae-ran Libero, who had a ‘sabbatical’ in the 2020-2021 season due to childbirth, returned, but weakening power was unavoidable. In particular, the departure of setter Lee Da-young, who had been recruited for 400 million won, had no choice but to return as a fatal blow to the team’s strength.
In the end, Heungkuk Life Insurance experienced a major fall after one season, staying in 6th place out of 7 clubs in the 2021-2022 season with 5 key players missing. Foreign player Catherine Bell (Korea Expressway Corporation High Pass) ranked 3rd in scoring (773 points), middle blocker Joo-ah Lee ranked 3rd in blocking (0.72 per set), and Mi-yeon Kim ranked 4th in sub (0.24 per set) and performed well. I couldn’t stop the steep drop in rankings. However, it was a comfort for Heungkuk Life Insurance that setter Kim Da-sol and setter Park Hye-jin gained experience while playing a season.
After Lee Won-jung started as a starting player, he ranked 1st in the regular league
Heungkuk Life Insurance, where Kim Yeon-kyung returned after one season, planned to compete with setters Kim Da-sol and Park Hye-jin, who had gained experience through last season, while reorganizing the team. However, Heungkuk Life’s plan was turned upside down before the season even started. Setter Park Hye-jin, who was called up to the national team, was out for the season as she suffered a torn knee cartilage injury. In the end, Heungkuk Life Insurance started the 2022-2023 season with setter Kim Da-sol having the burden of digesting all games as a full-time starter.
Da-Sol Kim setter led Heungkuk Life Insurance’s leading competition well until the middle of the season, but as the season progressed, Da-Sol Kim realized the need for a setter who would ease Da-Sol Kim’s burden and make him nervous. In the end, Heungkuk Life Insurance gave GS Caltex the right to pick the first round of the 2023-2024 season rookie draft on December 27 last year and recruited setter Lee Won-jung. The transfer to Heungkuk Life Insurance was a good opportunity for setter Lee Won-jeong, who had not been able to get many opportunities to play at GS Caltex due to setters Ahn Hye-jin and Kim Ji-won.
Of course, setter Lee Won-jung did not perform well as soon as he transferred. Setter Lee Won-jung, who had not been able to play consistently at GS Caltex this season, had no choice but to lose his game sense, and acting coach Kim Dae-kyung also focused on improving his game sense by putting Lee Won-jung in as a substitute until January. However, when Heungkuk Life Insurance lost 1-3 in the last game of the 4th round against KGC Ginseng Corporation on January 25th, acting coach Kim Dae-gyeong took out Lee Won-jung’s card in earnest from the 5th round.
Lee Won-jeong started in 5 consecutive games from the first match of the 5th round against Ginseng Corporation on the 3rd to the match against GS Caltex on the 19th, and during the same period, Heungkuk Life Insurance beat Hyundai E&C with 4 wins and 1 loss and rose to the sole lead. In the match against Hyundai E&C on the 7th, which was won by a set score of 3-0, he caught 4 blocks despite his meager height of 176cm. Lee Won-jung also played full-time against GS Caltex on the 19th without replacement, leading Heungkuk Life Insurance’s victory with 12.75 set success and 13 digs per set.
Lee Won-jeong, who joined the Korea Expressway Corporation in 2017 as the second overall winner, became a member of the Expressway Corporation’s integrated championship in his rookie season and experienced another integrated championship in the 2020-2021 season when he moved to GS Caltex through a trade. And Heungkuk Life Insurance, Lee Won-jung’s third club, also rose to the top of the regular league after Lee Won-jung joined. However, if there is a distinct difference from the previous two times, it is that I took the opportunity to win the team as the main setter of Heungkuk Life Insurance, not because I was lucky to become a winning member thanks to my sisters.