Heungkuk Life, a women's professional volleyball team, kept its sole lead by whistling for five consecutive wins. In every match, both offense and defense showed off their fearsome concentration and showed off the dignity of the "absolute first round." He even quenched his "blocking thirst," which was one of the coach's biggest concerns.

Heungkuk Life defeated GS Caltex in the second round of the Dodram 2023-2024 V League at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 17th with a set score of 3-0 (25-23 25-22 25-18).

Heungkuk Life recorded 8 wins and 1 loss and 23 points for the season with the victory, widening the gap between GS Caltex (6 wins, 3 losses, 17 points) and Hyundai Engineering & Construction (5 wins, 4 losses, 17 points) in the third place to 6 points. It is also a harvest to beat GS Caltex with a shutdown in the second round following the first round.

In Heungkuk Life, Yelena scored the most 18 points in the team and Kim Yeon-kyung scored 14 points, and the two scored 32 points. He was able to win by leading GS Caltex in the firepower fight.

The most satisfactory thing for Marcello Avondan was the number of blocks. Heungkuk Life took the lead after overcoming the crisis several times, with middle blocker Lee Ju-ah recording five, Kim Yeon-kyung, Kim Mi-yeon, Lee Won-jung and Kim Su-ji recording two blocks side by side.

"I don't think our team will be last in blocking now," coach Avondanja said in an official interview shortly after the victory, adding, "I feel good that the ranking will go up at least one place from the bottom."

Heungkuk Life took the lead right after the opening, but blocking was a homework. Until the GS Caltex match, the number of blocks was 52, the lowest among the seven women's clubs. Kim Yeon-kyung and Yelena's twin guns were among the best in the V League, but it was difficult to see a scene in which blocking blocks cut off the opponent's attack flow when defending.

He didn't neglect to prepare either. Coach Avondanja has been taking a high proportion of blocking in the training process not only in the offseason but also after the opening of the V League regular season. As the players' performance did not come out as much as it did during practice, they had great regrets about blocking.

Although he is not 100% satisfied yet, the 13 blocks he caught against GS Caltex on the day are significant. Heungkuk Life players will also be able to relieve some of the pressure and pressure on blocking.

Manager Avondanja said, "Today's game went well as we planned with blocking and defense. Not only blocking but also effective blocking was made smoothly, he said. "In fact, I am paying attention to blocking every day in training." Last season, we knew our team lacked blocking and created a separate training system. I'm happy to have achieved such a result," he said. 안전놀이터

Winning mentality, which reverses inferiority and brings victory, is both a pride and concern for coach Avondan. Heungkuk Life was on the verge of losing with a set score of 1-2 in the match against Hyundai Construction on the 12th, but won four or five sets and won a thrilling come-from-behind victory.

On this day, the GS Caltex match showed Heungkuk Life's tenacity amid a bloody battle in every set. In the second half of the first set, trailing 21-23, the opponent's error and Kim Yeon-kyung's success in the opening, and Lee Joo-ah's blocking quickly reversed the game to 24-23, and Kim Mi-yeon's blocking made it 25-23 to take the lead.

Heungkuk Life Insurance, which gained momentum, took a step closer to victory by leading the set score 2-0 with Kim Yeon-kyung's successful quick-open, blocking, and Lee Won-jung's consecutive blocking in the second set of 19-19. While trailing 10-12 in the third set, the main players such as Kim Yeon-kyung, Yelena, and Raina quickly turned the tide as their offense set off fire.

Coach Avondanja said, "The players' ability to show when they are losing is so good," but added, "In fact, it would be better if the players' abilities were displayed from the beginning of the set than when they were losing." "I hope you will have a good performance from the beginning so that you don't worry about losing at the last minute," he added.