Heungkuk Life Insurance won its first match against Japan’s Aranmare in the women’s Group B preliminary match of the 2024 Tongyeong-Dodram Cup professional volleyball tournament at Tongyeong Gymnasium on the 30th with a complete victory of 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-19).
Heungkuk Life Insurance, which newly selected foreign Apogit Tutku (1m91) as a partner of Kim Yeon-kyung (1m92) to win the championship, and filled the middle blocker gap caused by Lee Ju-ah’s transfer to FA with a tall Asian quarter Louis-Ray of 1m97, showed aggressive team colors through various attack routes.
Kim Yeon-koung and Tutku’s double guns were threatening. Not only in the avant-garde but also in the rear attack, he showed good attack.
Kim scored 17 points with 52 percent attack rate including two back-attacks, while Tutku also added six back-attacks to score 18 points. Rookie Jung Yoon-ju also added eight points. Middle blocker lines of Kim Soo-ji (4 points) and Louie-rey (5 points) also added points, transforming Heungkuk Life into a team equipped with various attack lines where all the main players play offense.
Blocking was powerful as a tall team. Tutck scored four, Kim Yeon-koung and Louis-Ray two each, and Lee Go-eun one, recording a total of nine blocks.
In the beginning of the first set, Aranmare displayed pace. “I couldn’t tell the full strength of Aranmare. I was worried about the fact that I was not familiar with the opponent team,” said Avondaji, the coach of Heungkuk Life Insurance, before the match. He lost points in succession due to various attacks including Kimura, a short outside heater with a height of 1m69, and Apojit Vissenko, a tall player with a height of 1m92.
Setter Lee Go-eun and the strikers did not seem to have a good chemistry, either. However, attacks by Kim Yeon-koung and Tutku began to erupt, leaning toward Heungkuk Life. At 13-13, Jung Yun-ju’s spike, Tutku’s back attack, and Aranmare’s failed video reading during the rally, immediately widening the gap to 16-13.
Heungkuk Life, which had a rich attack with Louis-Ray and Kim Soo-ji’s quick attacks, continued to lead and finished the first set 25-19.
In the second set, Heungkuk Life took the lead from the beginning. Heungkuk Life easily widened the gap by making a spike due to Heungkuk Life’s high wall that added Tutku and Louis-Ray Kim Yeon-koung and Kim Soo-ji (1m88). It was doubtful whether the second set could end easily as Heungkuk Life took the lead 18-11 due to Don Phon’s unforced errors.
However, Aranmare chased Don Phon’s attack with Heungkuk Life’s mistakes, approaching 17-21, four points. However, Tutck and Jung Yoon-joo scored one point each by successfully scoring a spike, Tutku blocked Kimura’s attack and reached the set point at once 24-18 and finished with Jung Yoon-joo’s spike.
Heungkuk Life was in pace in the third set as well. Aranmare had no choice but to be conscious of Heungkuk Life’s barrier and couldn’t find a solution. Heungkuk Life, which was chased down to three points by 13-10, led 18-11 at once with Kim Yeon-koung’s back attack, Kim Su-ji’s serve ace, Tutku’s spike and Louis Ray’s fastball, virtually determining the winner of the third set. 토토사이트
Aranmare worked hard with Vissenko scoring 16 points and Don Phon scoring 12 points, but Heungkuk Life was not an easy opponent.