KB Insurance escapes 9 consecutive losses thanks to Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance.
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, a women’s professional volleyball team, maintained its hopes for spring volleyball after overcoming the injury of starting setter Ponpoon Gedpard (registered name: Ponpoon).
IBK Industrial Bank achieved a come-from-behind victory against Pepper Savings Bank with a set score of 3-2 (15-25 25-14 22-25 25-23 15-7) in the Dodram 2023-2024 V-League visit game held at Gwangju Pepper Stadium on the 29th.
As a result, 5th place IBK Industrial Bank (46 points, 15 wins, 17 losses) chased 4th place GS Caltex (48 points, 17 wins, 15 losses) by 2 points. 온라인카지노
There is a 10-point gap with 3rd place CheongKwanJang (56 points, 18 wins, 14 losses).
Basically, the teams ranked 1st to 3rd in the regular league are invited to the postseason, but if the point difference between 3rd and 4th place is 3 or less, a semi-playoff match is held.
Pepper Savings Bank achieved its first win in 24 games against GS Caltex on the 23rd and was eliminated, aiming for its first two consecutive wins since its founding, but ended in vain.
Pepper Savings Bank, launched in 2021, has not had a single winning streak while achieving 3 wins (28 losses, 11 points) in the 2021-2022 season and 5 wins (31 losses, 14 points) in the 2022-2023 season.
Recently, veteran libero Oh Ji-young was suspended for one year on charges of bullying two juniors, and former coach Joe Tringe was fired.
After trading two sets each, IBK Industrial Bank’s backlash was even fiercer in the fifth set.
Lim Hye-rim blocked Yasmin Bedart’s (registered name Yasmin) attack at 9-7 and led the team to 10 points, while Pepper Savings Bank’s Lee Han-bi and Yasmin’s attacks left the court one after another.
IBK Industrial Bank accumulated match points with goals from Britney Abercrombie (registered name: Abercrombie) and Min-kyung Hwang.
Afterwards, Abercrombie ended the game by blocking opponent Park Kyung-hyun’s open score.
On this day, setter Kim Ha-kyung, who replaced Ponpoon, who was absent due to injury, started for the first time in 28 games and supported the team’s victory.
While Abercrombie scored the most points (29 points) in the team, Seoyoung Yook recorded the most points (20 points) in one game this season.
At Pepper Savings Bank, Yasmin (32 points), Park Jeong-ah (15 points), and Lee Han-bi (14 points) did their best, but it was not enough.
In the men’s match held at Chungmu Gymnasium in Daejeon, KB Insurance defeated Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance with a set score of 3-2 (19-25 25-16 25-20 25-27 15-11).
KB Insurance, the lowest ranked team that won after 10 games, broke its losing streak and earned its 5th win of the season (27 losses, 21 points).
On the other hand, 5th place Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (45 points, 17 wins, 15 losses), which is rapidly rising in the rankings, missed the opportunity to beat 4th place KEPCO (47 points, 16 wins, 16 losses).
In KB Insurance, Andres Villena (registered name Viyena) led the victory with the most points (37 points) for both teams, and Hwang Gyeong-min (19 points) provided support.
At Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Yosvani Hernández (registered name Yosvani) scored 29 points and Kim Jeong-ho scored 11 points.
