Representative stars of the Women’s Professional Basketball Association (LPBA), including Kim Ga-young (Hana Card), Throng Piavi (Woori Financial Capital) and Cha Yu-ram (Huons), advanced to the round of 32 at the High1 Resort PBA-LPBA Championship 2024.
Kim Ga-young advanced to the round of 32 by beating Cho Ye-eun (SK Rent-a-Car) 25-6 in 15 innings in the round of 64 of the competition held at the High1 Grand Hotel Convention Tower in Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do on the 2nd.
Kim Ga-young, who met Cho Ye-eun in the round of 64 on four consecutive tours, widened the gap to 18-2 early by scoring 2-7-2-7 in four consecutive innings from the second inning.
Kim Ga-young then added two runs in eight innings, one in 12 innings, and two in 13 innings to lead 23-6, and added two remaining points in 15 innings to end the game.
Kim Ga-young also topped the NH Nonghyup Card PBA-LPBA Championship held last month, and achieved her first four-time LPBA title and 11 career championships (the most in professional baseball). Through this tour, she will aim for her fifth consecutive championship and 12th championship, respectively.
Then, they beat Lee Hwa-yeon 25-13 to advance to the round of 32. Cha Yu-ram also beat Jang Ga-yeon 25-14 and Lim Jeong-sook beat Choi Bo-bi 25-7 to advance to the round of 32.
Kim Jin-ah (Hana Card), who previously played an active role in the PBA team league, won against Kim Hye-kyung and joined the round of 32. 스포츠토토
Kim Jin-ah, who was trailing 1-11, countered from the ninth inning and turned the game around with a 10-run long hit in the 11th inning. Eventually, Kim won 25-16, securing a ticket to the round of 32.
Han Ji-eun (SY) also beat Hwang Da-yeon 20-10, and Lee Mi-rae (Hiwon Resort) also beat Park Da-som 24-10. Baek Min-ju (Crown Haitai) defeated Ryoko Kobayashi 25-14.
In addition, Choi Yeon-ju, Lee Shin-young (Huons), Choi Hye-mi (Welcome Savings Bank), Kang Ji-eun (SK Rent-a-Car), Jung Soo-bin (NH Nonghyup Card), Seo Han-sol (Woori Financial Capital) and Kwon Bal-hae (SY) also joined the round of 32.
On the other hand, Kim Min-young (Woori Financial Capital), who advanced to the finals in the previous tour, was eliminated early as she was caught up by Choi Hye-jeong. Defending champion Ayako Sakai (Japan, Hana Card) also finished the tournament early as she lost 18-19 to Choi Ji-sun. Kim Min-ah (NH Nonghyup Card), Yong Hyun-ji (High1 Resort) and Kim Se-yeon (Huons) also failed to make it to the round of 64.
In the round of 32, Kim Ga-young will clash with Hwang Min-ji, while Han Ji-eun and Cha Yu-ram, Throng and Jeong Su-bin will also face off. The winner of the group Kim Ga-young and Hwang Min-ji will meet Han Ji-eun and Cha Yu-ram in the round of 16.
The competition will start in earnest starting with the opening ceremony of the competition at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. The PBA 128th round match will be held from 1 p.m., and the LPBA 32nd round will be held from 6 p.m.
