I CAN'T GIVE UP ON SPRING VOLLEYBALL'... SAMSUNG FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE DEFEATS OK AND LEAPS TO 4th PLACE
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance escapes 13 consecutive losses at OK Financial Group's home stadium, Sangnoksu Gymnasium
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance in men's volleyball, which took the lead at the beginning of the season but fell to 5th place, ended its losing streak and put out the fire in a hurry.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won 3-1 (25-19 27-25 16-25 25-20) over OK Financial Group in the Dodram 2023-2024 V-League men's visiting game held at Sangnoksu Gymnasium in Ansan on the 3rd.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which escaped two consecutive losses, rose to 4th place with 18 wins, 15 losses, and 48 points, pushing Korea Electric Power Corporation (16 wins, 17 losses, 47 points) to 5th place. 슬롯사이트 순위
In addition, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance succeeded in breaking Sangnoksu Gymnasium's losing streak at '13', which had continued since the game on November 13, 2019.
In order for the V-League semi-playoffs (quasi-PO), in which the regular season 3rd and 4th place teams will face each other, the point difference between the two teams must be maintained within 3.
With three games remaining in the regular season, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance narrowed the gap with third-place OK Financial Group (18 wins, 15 losses, 52 points) to 4 points.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which holds the record for the most championships in the V-League by winning a total of eight championships, last won the 2013-2014 season.
Also, the dark period for Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance was so long that the 2017-2018 season was the last time it advanced to the postseason.
This season, after reorganizing the team, they rose to first place at one point in the beginning, and at the end of the third round, the turning point of the season, they maintained second place and seemed to be declaring 'rebuilding a famous family.'
However, in both the 4th and 5th rounds, the team performed poorly with 2 wins and 4 losses, going downhill rapidly.
Ahead of the game, Manager Kim Sang-woo strengthened his fighting spirit by saying, 'Let's not give up until the end'. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance met OK Financial Group, a competing team in the rankings, and took the victory with a strong serve.
On this day, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance had 12 sub-aces, overwhelming OK Financial Group, which had only 5.
Yosvani Hernández (registered name Yosvani) played an active role with 21 points, including 6 serve points, and Jargalchukt Engherden (registered name Eddie) dominated the court with 25 points, including 3 serve aces.
25 points is Eddie's new record for most points scored in one game.
Here, Kim Jeong-ho contributed with 11 points and 2 blocking and 2 serving points, and Kim Jun-woo also scored 11 points with 4 blocking alone.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which easily won the first set, was dragged to a set point of 23-24 in the second set, but made a deuce due to an opponent's mistake.
At 25-25, they took the second set thanks to OK Financial Group's Song Hee-chae's serve failure and Leonardo Leyva Martinez (registered name: Leo)'s consecutive failures.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which was lopsided in the 3rd set, scored 5 consecutive points at 20-20 in the 4th set to dominate the 3 points.
Starting with Kim Jeong-ho's quick open attack, followed by opponent Beomsil and Shin Jang-ho's serve aces, the score increased to 23-20.
Soon after, when Kim Jeong-ho's blocking created a match point, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance coach Kim Sang-woo clenched his fists, anticipating victory, and cheered when Song Hee-chae's quick open went off the line.
OK Financial Group, which could have crossed the 9th division for spring volleyball advancement by adding 3 points on this day, suffered a fatal blow when Leo (25 points) strained his back in a close match at the end of the 4th set.