Heungkuk Life Insurance, the No. 1 women’s team in the V League, recruited Moon Ji-yoon (24), the national team’s apo-jit spiker, in a trade to prevent overload due to a tight game schedule.
Heungkuk Life Insurance officially announced on the 12th, “We decided to trade Heungkuk Life’s outside heater Kim Mi-yeon (31) and GS Caltex’s Apogit Spiker Moon Ji-yoon.”
It was a trade in which the interests of GS Caltex, which needed stable attack power due to the line injuries of outside heater position players, and Heungkuk Life, which needed backup of the Apogit Spiker, matched.
Moon Ji-yoon made her professional debut by joining IBK Industrial Bank as the fifth-ranked player in the first round of the 2018-2019 V-League Women’s Rookie Draft. She moved to GS Caltex in 2020 and played in 286 sets in 124 games, scoring 387 points, 39.65% of attack success rate, and 52 points of blocking.
Kim Mi-yeon, on the other hand, had been losing ground due to the growth of Kim Dae-eun (23) and Jung Yoon-joo (21) since last season. She played only four sets in three games this season as well.
With Moon Ji-yoon joining in, Kim’s bid to win the championship is expected to gain momentum. Heungkuk Life Insurance is reigning as the strongest team this season, with Kim Yeon-koung (36), who has reversed her retirement and is seeking to win the championship again. With 13 consecutive wins (37 points) in the opening game, the team is still six points apart from second-ranked Hyundai Engineering & Construction (10 wins, four losses, 31 points). 카지노사이트
His strength is his well-balanced attack ability, which he never knows when or where to shoot. He only ranked third in scoring after Hyundai E&C and Jeong Kwan-jang, but he is also ranking second in overall attack (success rate of 41.44%), second in the Open (36.12%), first in the Quick Open (47.65 percent), second in serve (1.367 per set), and first in blocking (2.714 per set). Strikers also have diverse strengths. Kim Yeon-koung, the main character, is leading the team’s offense by ranking first in overall attack (48.95 percent), first in the Open (42.47 percent), first in the Quick Open (56.54%), and second in attack (43.1 percent).
In addition to his existing roles such as scoring (7th), overall offense (7th), Open (10th), Quick Open (8th), time difference (2nd), and rear attack (2nd), Apogit Spiker Tutku Bourge (registered) is also showing a strong presence near the net as blocking second (0.83 per set). This is why Heungkuk Life Insurance is ranked first in blocking this year, unlike last season (3rd), along with another foreign player Anilis Fitch.
However, tight schedule was a variable. Recently, a flurry of foreign players have been injured, and league schedules that take place every two days at the shortest or four days at the longest are on the cutting board. Even Kim Yeon-koung emphasized the importance of managing physical stamina, making physical fitness arrangements for key players a top priority in Heungkuk Life’s bid to win the title.
The most worrisome position was the position of the Apogit Spiker with Tutku. Tutku has already been excluded from the starting lineup due to a knee issue once, so the need for management has emerged.
In that sense, Moon Ji-yoon, who is strong in heavy attacks, is considered an appropriate alternative. He also has the experience of playing a middle blocker, which can help Kim Soo-ji (37)’s physical strength. “Moon Ji-yoon is evaluated as a player with various attack options by playing the position of an apogit and middle blocker based on his powerful attack power,” Heungkuk Life Insurance said in a press release.
Heungkuk Life coach Marcello Avonza also expressed high expectations, saying, “Moon Ji-yoon is an energetic player and the team’s offense will be further strengthened.”
