With the coordination of Hwang Taek-eui, the main setter who returned from KB Insurance, they escaped from two consecutive losses and succeeded in getting out of last place.
KB Insurance defeated Woori Card with a set score of 3-0 (25-23 25-17 25-22) in the professional volleyball Dodram 2022-2023 V-League men’s home game held at Uijeongbu Gymnasium in Gyeonggi-do on the 6th.
KB Insurance, which added 3 victory points, pushed Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (17 points, 5 wins, 14 losses), which rose to 6th place the previous day with a total of 18 points (6 wins, 13 losses), to 7th place, and got out of the bottom. KB Insurance’s current ranking is 6th.
Setter Hwang Taek-eui, who had been away for nearly two months due to poor physical condition following knee and back injuries, delivered a “victory”.
Hwang Taek-eui, who played in 7 games since the Woori Card match on December 9 last year, made use of new foreign striker Andres Villena (25 points) and native outside hitter Hwang Gyeong-min (9 points).
Hwang Taek-eui scored two points with one blocking goal and one sub ace.
The winner was the 1st set.
KB Insurance, which was drawn 19-22, made up for one point with opponent Jung Sung-gyu’s serve, and at the end of the rally, Villena, who received a toss from Hwang Taek-eui, succeeded in a quick open and narrowed the gap.
Then, the open attack of Na Kyung-bok, the main gun of Woori Card, went out of line and tied the score 22-22.
In 23-23, the opponent foreign striker Riverman Agamez’s quick open was kicked up by defense, and Viyena succeeded in an open attack to create a set point.
Woori Card aimed for deuce with Na Gyeong-bok’s quick open on 23-24, but it became an offense and gave up the first set in vain.
In the middle of the second set, the pendulum of the game completely tilted towards KB Insurance.
KB Insurance ran away to 12-7 with Hwang Taek-eui and middle blocker Kim Hong-jung jointly attacking in 8-7, and opponent Park Jun-hyeok’s set Bum-sil and Viyena’s consecutive quick-opens.
Woori Card was dragged 4-10 in the 3rd set, and dreamed of a counterattack by making a tie at 22-22.
However, KB Insurance overcame the last crisis with Hwang Taek-eui’s stable set and Viyena’s firepower.
At 22-22, 안전놀이터 Hwang Taek-eui chose a fast attack, and Park Jin-woo scored.
In 23-22, after Villena kicked Agamez’s back attack into defense, she immediately attempted a back attack and put it into the opponent’s court.
The game ended as Woori Card’s Lee Sang-hyeon’s fast attack went out of the line without reaching the blocker’s hand.
On this day, Woori Card (29 points, 11 wins, 8 losses), which could have jumped to 3rd place by adding 1 point, stayed in 4th place due to a complete defeat.
Road Corporation won 3-1 (30-28, 26-24, 20-25, 28-26) victory over KGC Ginseng Corporation in the home court, Gimcheon Indoor Gymnasium.
With this victory, Korea Expressway Corporation, which succeeded in winning streak, continued to rank third with 10 wins, 9 losses and 29 points. Although there is still a gap in points between leading Hyundai E&C (48 points) and second place Heungkuk Life Insurance (44 points), it was a situation where the pressure for the lead was started. On the other hand, KGC Ginseng Corporation, which fell into a losing streak, maintained 5th place with 8 wins, 11 losses and 25 points. The four matches between the two teams this season were all victories for Korea Expressway Corporation.
Korea Expressway Corporation played an active role with Catbell and Bae Yuna each scoring 20 points, Jeon Sae-yan 19 points, Jeong Dae-young 10 points, and Moon Jeong-won 9 points. In the KGC Ginseng Corporation, Elisabeth scored 29 points, Ho-Young Jeong 17 points, and So-Young Lee and Eun-Jin Park each 10 points, but their concentration remained disappointing in the deuce.