Rankings are just numbers. It was a thrilling upset victory.
KB Insurance won their Dodram 2023-2024 V-League Men’s fourth round match against Korean Air by a three-set score of 25-14, 29-27, 14-25, 25-22 at Uijeongbu Gymnasium on Monday. Bottom-ranked KB Insurance snapped a six-game losing streak and earned its fourth win of the season (17 points from 18). Third-place Korean Air fell to 14-7 on the season (38 points) and failed to overtake second-place Samsung Fire (12-10, 38 points) in the standings.
KB Insurance had a lot to smile about with Bijena’s bombing. Bjorna had a perfect game with 30 points and a 63.64% offensive success rate. 온라인카지노 Hong Sang-hyuk followed suit with 13 points and a 50% attack percentage.
Korean Air was led by Lim Dong-hyuk with 29 points and a 60.47% attack percentage, while Jeong Jung-yong (18 points, 50% attack percentage) and Jeong Ji-seok (10 points, 46.67% attack percentage) had solid performances.
KB Insurance eased to a 25-14 first set victory and battled to a deuce in the second set. Korean Air was caught in an error. At 27-27, a forehit by Jeong Ji-seok gave KB Insurance a chance to close out the second set with an open attack by Bijena.
Korean Air took the third set. KB Insurance made an early error and the momentum shifted to Korean Air. Jeong Jung-yong saved the point with an attack and block, and Korean Air eventually won 25-14.
At 14-13, Hwang Kyung-min scored back-to-back points with an open attack and a block, and Bijena kept the momentum going with a service ace. At 24-22, Lim Dong-hyuk’s back-attack went out of bounds to secure the win for KB Insurance.
In the women’s competition, Korea Expressway Corporation earned its first win of the season against IBK. They defeated IBK 3-1 (24-26, 25-17, 25-14, 25-17) at the Hwaseong Gyeonggi Town Indoor Gymnasium.
The Roadrunners, who hadn’t won a match against KEB Hana Bank until the third round this season, dominated the match, led by Vukiric’s 35-point performance. After dropping the first set in a deuce tiebreaker, Lee rattled off 10 consecutive serves in the second set to shake off her opponent and secure a 25-17 victory.
With the momentum from the second set victory, the road construction company closed out the match in both the third and fourth sets before KEB Hana Bank reached the 20-point mark.