
After snapping a 12-game losing streak, men’s professional volleyball team KB Insurance rode the momentum to its first back-to-back wins of the season .KB Insurance defeated Korean Air 3-1 in straight sets (23-25 31-29 25-22 25-22) on Tuesday at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea, in the men’s Dodram 2023-2024 V League. KB Insurance, which had previously snapped a 12-game losing streak with a win over OK Financial Group, continued its upward trend by catching second-place Korean Air .KB Insurance moved to 13 points (3-12), level on points with sixth-place Hyundai Capital (13-3-11), but the team was outclassed in terms of set points, which held them back. Korean Air, on the other hand, dropped its first three-game losing streak of the season after falling to leaders Woori Card in its last two matches and then being swept by last-place KB Insurance. The match came down to an apogee spiker battle between Andres Biyena (registered name Biyena-KB Insurance) and Lim Dong-hyuk (Korean Air).
Villena exploded for a season-high 43 points (68.33% attack percentage), including 20 from behind the arc, to lead his team to victory. Lim Dong-hyuk fought back with a career-high 42 points (66.10% attack success rate), but came up short in the team’s loss. After dropping the first set, KB Insurance evened the set score with a hard-fought 31-29 win in the second set. From 16-16 in the second set, it was a seesaw game with Korean Air taking a one-point lead and KB Insurance following suit. After entering the deuce, the teams traded points with neither team scoring consecutive points .It was KB Insurance that broke the tide first .Hwang Seung-bin blocked Kwak Seung-seok’s attack at 27-27 to give his team the lead.
Then, at 29-29, Korean Air’s Jeong Jung-yong’s quick open was pushed away and KB’s Hong Sang-hyuk slammed it home. Korean Air held the lead until midway through the third set, when a flurry of unforced errors gave them the lead. Down a point at 19-16 on a Han service error, Korean Air tied the set after a Bijena opener and an attack error by Jeong Jung-yong. Then, at 21-22, Han lost a fastball toss and Lim Dong-hyuk wasted a set point when he touched the net on the landing after an attack .KB Insurance took a 25-point lead with a back-attack from Bijena. Tirelessly, Bijena contributed 13 points (85.71% attack success rate) in the fourth set to keep her team on a winning streak. KB Insurance broke the tie at 22-22 in the fourth set with a late attack from Bijena and a quick opener from opponent Jung Ji-seok that hit the net for match point.At 24-22, 스포츠토토존 the Korean blocked a quick opener from Jung Jeong-seok to end the match.
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