"An important game for the direction of this season." Acting IBK coach Yeo Oh-hyun ahead of Heungkuk Life Insurance match [the scene of Incheon]

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"I think it's the most important game to determine the direction of this season," said Yeo Oh-hyun, acting head coach of IBK Industrial Bank, ahead of the women's professional volleyball match.

Acting head coach Yeo Oh-hyun met with reporters ahead of the 2025-2026 professional volleyball V-League women's away match against Heungkuk Life Insurance at Samsan World Gymnasium in Incheon on the 10th and said, "The players know well that it is that important game."

IBK Industrial Bank, which is in fifth place with 50 points (16 wins and 17 losses), can continue its hope of spring volleyball only if it catches the match against Heungkuk Life Insurance on the same day. The gap with fourth-place GS Caltex is one point, and the gap with third-place Heungkuk Life Insurance is five points.

Acting Yeo Oh-hyun said, "I think the players will be good with determination even if I don't tell them. The players will work hard inside the court, he said. "Hwang Min-kyung will play apogit to stabilize the receiving like the Jeonggwanjang match in today's game." As a veteran, he was good, and as the oldest sister, he is leading the younger players well."

Acting head coach Yeo Oh-hyung then said, "Victoria has a difference in mistakes when playing for Outside Hitter and playing for Apogit. What I want from Victoria is to give her a point each when it's crucial, he said. "Kinkela has gone into rehabilitation, but I don't think he's that good. I think we need to look at the situation," he added.

Against this, Heungkuk Life coach Tomoko Yoshihara said, "Since the training, we have asked not to compromise but to fill up the things to be filled." Heungkuk Life Insurance, ranked third, also needs to continue to accumulate points in order not to play a semi-playoff beyond spring volleyball.

Yoshihara said, "The players will have tension or pressure, but the results will follow later." He said, "Let's do our best by showing what we can do," and added, "There is no guarantee that we will win unconditionally, but it would be ideal not to play semi-playoffs."

As for setter Lee Na-yeon, who has been frequently replaced recently, he said, "It's not because of his good or bad performance," adding, "Setter is a position where you have to keep thinking." It gives you time to think in the warm-up zone and time to vent. He added, "He has good communication with strikers and good combinations with middle blockers."

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