On January 18, Beijing time, the 2024-2025 National Women's Volleyball League ushered in the 20th round of competition, and the Tianjin women's volleyball team adjusted the lineup in the case of advancing to the semifinals in advance, and finally they defeated the Shandong women's volleyball team 25-20, 25-22, 25-19.
Due to the Tianjin women's volleyball coach revealed before the game that the main attacker Wang Yizhu was injured, Li Yingying replaced Wang Yizhu in the previous round in this game. Tianjin women's volleyball team Wang Yizhu, Yao Di and Wang Yuanyuan took turns resting. At the beginning, the two teams competed fiercely, and with Li Yingying's forward attack and backward attack, Tianjin led the score 6-3. Then the Shandong women's volleyball team began to counterattack, the score gradually approached, and the coach of the Tianjin women's volleyball team called a timeout. After the pause, Li Yingying began to attack, and the Tianjin women's volleyball team saw this and expanded the score to 21-15 Shandong women's volleyball team, thinking that there was no suspense in the first game, but the Shandong women's volleyball team scored 5 points in a row at the end of the game, and the score was gradually forced to approach, and Li Yingying's offense was focused on defense. At the critical moment, Wang Wenhan of the Shandong women's volleyball team served and went to the net, and the Tianjin women's volleyball team took the lead 25-20.
In the second game, the Shandong women's volleyball team adapted to the first game, and the bureau was more adapted to the blocking and defense of the Tianjin women's volleyball team, and only 2 points behind at the beginning of 8-10. Then Li Yingying was in the front row, and she and Fetisova blocked the net very high, and the block score helped Tianjin extend its lead. However, the subsequent serve of the Shandong women's volleyball team greatly increased the pressure on the Tianjin women's volleyball team, and the score came to 12-11 The Tianjin women's volleyball team was only one point ahead, and then the coaching staff applied for a timeout. The subsequent pass of the two teams was not very stable, especially the first pass of the Tianjin women's volleyball team fluctuated greatly, and the Shandong women's volleyball team seized the opportunity to chase the score to 18 draws. The two sides fought until the end of the game, and Li Yingying's strong attack and Liu Meijun's strong attack helped Tianjin seal the victory at the end of the game, with a score of 25-22.
In the third game, the Shandong women's volleyball team still took a 5-3 lead at the beginning, but when Li Yingying arrived in the front row, the Tianjin women's volleyball team began to chase points, and the score was quickly overtaken to 5-6. Liu Meijun's straight-line offense scored one after another, creating a lot of threats to the Shandong women's volleyball team, and the Shandong women's volleyball team called a timeout when they saw this. After the pause, the Tianjin women's volleyball team still maintained a stable scoring ability under the leadership of Li Yingying, and led by 5 points with a direct score of 17-12 with the serve. At the critical moment, Yang Hanyu smashed the ball out of bounds, Che Wenhan smashed the ball into the net, and the coach of the Shandong women's volleyball team fell behind 12-19 and had no choice but to call a timeout. The Tianjin women's volleyball team's substitute main attack Liu Meijun's hitter went out of bounds, causing a lot of trouble for the Shandong women's volleyball team, and finally the Tianjin women's volleyball team locked the victory 25-19.