Between 1st and 3rd place Shaky Heungkuk Life Insurance tries to escape losing streak against Jeong Kwan-Jang

Heungkuk Life Insurance Kim Yeon-kyung.

Heungkuk Life Insurance, which has been faltering recently, will attempt to break away from a losing streak at home on Christmas Eve. If they win, they can fight for the lead again, but if they lose, their second place spot is also in jeopardy.

Heungkuk Life Insurance is preparing for a match against Jeong Kwan-Jang in the Dodram 2023-24 V League Women's Division to be held at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 24th.

Heungkuk Life Insurance, which has a season record of 13 wins and 4 losses (36 points), is not in a good mood recently. At one point, they were leading the way with 9 straight wins, but they lost 3 of the last 4 games.

On the 9th, they lost to GS Caltex, putting the brakes on their winning streak. They later won the IBK Industrial Bank of Korea match, but lost to Korea Expressway Corporation and Hyundai Engineering & Construction in succession. Recently, Heungkuk Life Insurance's majesty at the beginning of the season has weakened, so much so that the Industrial Bank of Korea match they won was a close game with a full set.

In particular, the recent downward trend of foreign player Jelena Mrazenovic is a cause for concern. Yelena is showing great ups and downs in attack, recording an attack success rate of less than 40% in the last three games in a row. Veteran Kim Yeon-kyung is struggling, but foreign players' sluggish performance is fatal.

The only consolation is that they showed signs of survival in the most recent match, the Hyundai Engineering & Construction match on the 20th.

Heungkuk Life Insurance, which is recording its first consecutive loss of the season, will fall into a three-game losing streak if it loses today's game as well. In this case, even though they played one more game than 3rd place GS Caltex (11 wins, 6 losses, 31 points), they would not be able to widen the point gap, so they would not be able to secure second place either.

Heungkuk Life Insurance Yelena.

On the other hand, if the losing streak is broken, the fight for the lead can be rekindled. This is because Hyundai Engineering & Construction lost to IBK Industrial Bank the previous day, ending its 9-game winning streak. Hyundai Engineering & Construction currently has 13 wins and 5 losses (41 points), and if Heungkuk Life Insurance adds 3 points, they can catch up by 2 points.

However, Cheong Gwan-jang is not an easy opponent. Cheong Kwan Jang is currently in 5th place with 7 wins and 10 losses (24 points), but showed a good performance against Heungkuk Life Insurance this season.

Heungkuk Life Insurance suffered its first loss of the season in the first round after a close full set, and although they took revenge in the second round, they also fought a close full set this time.

Cheong Kwan-Jang is a powerful pair of foreign player Giovanna Milana (registered name: Zia) and Megawatti Puttiwi (registered name: Mega), a foreign player from the Asian Quarter. Although domestic players' attacks are relatively low, it is difficult to catch them on days when both are active.

In the end, Heungkuk Life Insurance can also compete on equal footing only when it faces the twins of Yelena and Kim Yeon-kyung. Yelena, who has not been in a good mood recently, desperately needs to make an effort.


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