Korean Air, the leader in men’s volleyball, took KB Insurance and escaped from a long four-game losing streak.
Korean Air defeated KB Insurance 3-1 (25-23 23-25 25-20 26-24) in the professional volleyball V-League men’s game held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 14th. Korean Air was the first to reach 20 wins (8 losses) and recorded 59 points, widening the gap with second place Hyundai Capital (17 wins and 10 losses, 52 points) to 9 points.
Korean Air scored 42 points, with Lincoln Williams (registered name Lincoln) scoring 23 points and Jeong Ji-seok 19 points. Jeong Han-yong, who took the place of the injured Kwak Seung-seok, also contributed to the team’s victory with 11 points.
In the first set, Korean Air was trailing 13-15, but Jeong Han-yong tied the score at 15-15 with a serve ace following a quick open, and then scored three consecutive points with a strong serve. Korean Air, who hit the 24-21 set point, was chased by one point, but won the first set with Viyena’s serve mistake. 슬롯사이트
In the second set, KB Insurance, with Viyena, who solved 10 points alone, made up for it. After making a set point with a back attack, Villena returned the game to the starting point by solving Libero Min-soo Jung’s toss with a back attack in 24-23.
In the 3rd set, the watershed of the match, Korean Air led the atmosphere with 5 blockings at every decisive moment. At the beginning of the set, Jung Ji-seok and Kim Kyu-min’s consecutive blocking scores took a 3-0 lead, and Kim Min-jae blocked the opponent’s attack at 10-9. Jeong Ji-seok, who had been quiet, played an active part with 5 points only in the 3rd set.
At the beginning of the 4th set, Korean Air was led 5-12, worrying about the 5th set. However, after narrowing the score gap little by little, they followed it to 20-23 and gave a set point of 22-24, tying up Jeong Ji-seok’s time difference and Lincoln’s score to lead the game to deuce, and Viyena’s Beom-sil and Kim Min-jae defended Viyena’s attack. He interrupted and put an end to the match.
In the women’s match held at the Suwon Gymnasium, the leader Hyundai E&C was caught by the third place Korea Expressway Corporation and fell into a three-game losing streak. On the 10th, Hyundai E&C, which was in danger of giving up the lead for the first time this season after losing to Pepper Savings Bank, the lowest in the league, managed to keep first place thanks to IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, which ranked 6th, holding Heungkuk Life Insurance in 2nd place on the 11th.
However, on this day, the road construction also lost 1-3 (25-21 21-25 20-25 20-25). Hyundai E&C, which has 21 wins and 7 losses and 61 points, will drop from the top spot when second place Heungkuk Life Insurance (20 wins, 7 losses, 60 points) beats Pepper Savings Bank on the 15th.