The Korean women’s volleyball team could not break the losing streak in the second game of the 3rd week of the 2023 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Nations League (VNL) held at home.메이저놀이터
Korea, ranked 34th in the world, lost to the Dominican Republic (11th in the world) with a set score of 0-3 (18-25 18-25 16-25) at Seosuwon Chilbo Gymnasium in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do.
The national team lost all 8 games in the first and second weeks of the match against Turkiye in Brazil, and also suffered a loss in the first match of the third week in Suwon against Bulgaria.
In the last two years, they lost all 22 matches in the VNL (12 losses in 2022 and 10 losses in 2023).
On this day, the national team, which failed to report its first victory, was unable to establish a foothold in leaving the VNL in last place.
The starting players were the same as in the game against Bulgaria except for the middle blocker.
Setter Kim Da-in (Hyundai E&C) coordinated the attack, and apositive spiker Jung Ji-yoon (Hyundai E&C) and outside hitters Kang So-hui (GS Caltex) and Kim Da-eun (Heungkuk Life Insurance) served as both wings.
Instead of Jung Ho-yeong (KGC Ginseng Corporation) as the middle blocker, Lee Da-hyun (Hyundai E&C) was put in and paired with Joo-ah Lee (Heungkuk Life Insurance).
The Dominican Republic, with an average height of 186 cm, had a height advantage over Korea (180 cm) and played the game with ease.
The Dominican Republic’s two-handed blocking height (283cm) is equivalent to Korea’s spike height (284cm). On the contrary, Korea’s two-handed blocking height (269cm) does not reach the Dominican Republic’s RBI (301cm).
The Korean national team conceded two consecutive runs in the first set, 10-13, and tried to break the flow with operation time, but after that, Kim Da-eun’s attack was caught in the net and the opponent was attacked.
In 12-18, Brayelin Martinez, the ace of the Dominican Republic, was replaced due to leg pain, but Korea did not have the opportunity to turn around.
Martinez is the team’s ace, ranking 4th in scoring (167 points) and tied for 5th in blocking (23) in this year’s tournament.
In 13-23, the national team succeeded in scoring 4 consecutive points thanks to the opponent’s consecutive mistakes, Kang So-hui’s spikes and Lee Da-hyun’s blocking, but failed to reach the 20-point mark.
The winning point was in the middle of the second set.
The national team continued to fight closely, drawing out the opponent’s offense by focusing on defense.
However, with 6 consecutive points conceded at 13-15, the score gap widened to 8 points in an instant, giving the victory.
Jung Ji-yoon played an active role with 6 points in the 2nd set, but it was regrettable that
The national team, which failed to take the lead in the third set, eventually suffered a shutout loss without winning a single set.
On this day, the national team gave up the lead in all scoring indicators such as attack scoring (29-48), blocking (3-10), and serve (3-5).
Jung Ji-yoon (10 points) was the only one to score a double-digit score, and Kim Da-eun (8 points) and Kang So-hui (6 points) helped.
On the other hand, in the Dominican Republic, apogee spiker Gaila Gonzalez (17 points) and middle blocker Hineiri Martinez (14 points) combined for 31 points.
The national team faces the final two matches against China (4th place) on July 1st and Poland (8th place) on the 2nd.
In the morning match, Poland won the set score 3-2 (15-25 25-19 25-19 19-25 17-15) after a close match with Germany.
In the afternoon game, the USA won 3-0 (25-15 25-17 25-17) against Bulgaria.