On the 15th, at the Gwangju Pepper Stadium, a unique scene called ‘a head-to-head confrontation between acting coaches’ was unfolded, which had never been seen in the history of the 19th season of the professional volleyball women’s division. The home team Pepper Savings Bank is playing the season under the system of acting manager Lee Gyeong-soo (44) after former coach Kim Hyung-sil (71) resigned voluntarily due to poor performance in November last year. At the beginning of this month, former manager Kwon Sun-chan 메이저사이트 (48) of Heungkuk Life Insurance was effectively hardened after a friction with the club over an intervention for player development, and acting manager Kim Dae-kyung (36) took over the baton. In the men’s division, there were a total of six head-to-head confrontations between acting coaches, but this is the first in the women’s division.
Heungkuk Life Insurance scored 52 points, including foreign player Yelena (26, Bosnia) 28 points and Kim Yeon-kyung (35) 24 points, 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 29-27, 25- 22) won. Heungkuk Life Insurance pursued the leader Hyundai Engineering & Construction (20 wins, 2 losses, 56 points) by 5 points with 17 wins and 5 losses (51 points). On that day, 3,000 spectators visited the stadium, and Pepper Savings Bank suffered 13 consecutive losses at home, the most ever in the women’s division. The previous record for the most consecutive losses at home was 12 consecutive losses set by GS Caltex in 2007.
The 3rd set, which was followed by a close match of deuce, was the winner. Heungkuk Life Insurance, which was trailing 16-20 in the third set, managed to tie the game 21-21, and after a deuce match, Yelena and Kim Da-eun (22) succeeded in consecutive quick-open attacks and took the set. Daeun Kim succeeded in blocking 5 times, the most of an individual on this day.
In the men’s match held at Cheonan Yugwansuncheyugwan, Hyundai Capital beat Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance 3-1 (25-16, 17-25, 25-23, 25-22). Heo Soo-bong (25) of Hyundai Capital scored 23 points, the most of both teams. Hyundai Capital is winning 4 matches against Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance this season.