Hyundai Engineering & Construction, a women's professional volleyball team, has revealed a critical weakness in the championship game that is to be seen in advance. The outlook for the postseason is bleak.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction was completely defeated by a set score of 0-3 in the sixth round home game against Heungkuk Life in the women's division of the 2023-24 Dodram V-League at Suwon Indoor Gymnasium on the 12th. Foreign player Moma Vasoko fought hard with 27 points, but failed to stop Heungkuk Life's firepower, which was combined by Kim Yeon-kyung, Willow Johnson and Raina Tokoku's "triangle formation" with 51 points.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction, which had maintained its No. 1 ranking with 77 points before the match, allowed Heungkuk Life Insurance (76 points) to chase to the bottom.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction can win on its own. Even if Heungkuk Life Insurance adds three points in the final match against GS Caltex on the 15th, Hyundai Engineering & Construction can add three points in the match against Pepper Savings Bank on the 16th.

However, even considering this, the loss to Heungkuk Life Insurance is painful. Heungkuk Life Insurance, which has a chance to meet in the PS, suffered two consecutive losses, and lost to the regular league record (2 wins and 4 losses).

Above all, his weaknesses were revealed. Compared to the right attack played by Apogit Spiker Moma, Hyundai Engineering & Construction has a significantly lower left attack strength than that played by outside heaters. In the match against Heungkuk Life, three players, Jeong Ji-yoon, Ko Ye-rim and Wi Pa-wi Si-tong, only scored 12 points. No player recorded an attack success rate of more than 40 percent.

Outside heaters participate in sub-receives. Because of the burden of defense, it is common for scoring contributions to be lower than Apogit Spiker. Even considering this point, Hyundai Engineering & Construction's left offensive power is relatively weak. As a result, opponent blockers focus only on each other in the match.

Even if Hyundai Engineering & Construction goes directly to the championship game by confirming its No. 1 ranking in the regular league, if its left wing is bent, it will inevitably play a difficult game. Currently, Chung Ho-young and Park Eun-jin, the middle blocker duo of Korea's national team, are running for the third place. As for Heungkuk Life Insurance, Kim Soo-ji, who led the national team along with Kim Yeon-koung, and Lee Ju-ah, who is ranked fourth in the blocking category (0.608 per set) as of Tuesday, are standing in front of the net. If there are fewer options for offense against each other, they can display their blocking ability to their fullest.

"If the team with Wi-Fi or Jeong Ji-yoon does not succeed, it will be easier to block the opponent," Hyundai Engineering and Construction manager Kang Sung-hyung said after the team lost the match against Heungkuk Life Insurance on Sunday. "As there are only a few options, (setter) Kim Da-in also feels frustrated when he throws the game." "If the team does not have strong decision-making power in the left-hand attack, it will likely play a difficult game in the PS as well as in the remaining regular league games. We will have to consider other options and save the left-hand side," he said.  스포츠토토

In the match against Heungkuk Life Insurance on Sunday, Hyundai Engineering & Construction failed to perform properly due to neck pain as team leader and key middle blocker Yang Hyo-jin. He scored eight points and had an attack success rate of 33.33 percent.

The biggest reason Hyundai Engineering & Construction has been able to maintain its No. 1 position so far is that its main middle blockers Yang Hyo-jin and Lee Da-hyun have the highest scoring ability among the seven clubs, complementing their weak left-handed offense.

If even Yang Hyo-jin is shaken, the attack route of Hyundai Engineering & Construction will be simpler. Hyundai Engineering & Construction lost to both Jeonggwanjang and Heungkuk Life Insurance in the sixth round. They will play spring volleyball with great burden.