Korean Air’s Lim Dong-hyuk is happy after successfully attacking in the V-League KB Insurance match held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 7th.

In men’s professional volleyball, Korean Air beat KB Insurance and continued to chase the lead.

Korean Air won with a set score of 3-1 (31-29 23-25 ​​25-23 25-19) in the Dodram 2023-24 V League Men’s KB Insurance match held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 7th.

Korean Air, which won two games in a row, maintained second place with a season record of 16 wins, 11 losses (50 points), the same number of points as Woori Card (17 wins, 9 losses, 50 points).

On the other hand, KB Insurance, the lowest ranked team, lost 4 times in a row and has 4 wins and 22 losses (17 points).

Korean Air’s Lim Dong-hyuk played a key role in the victory, scoring 32 points, the most for both teams, and recording an attack success rate of 67.44%.

He started the game on the bench that day, but was replaced when Murad Khan performed poorly, and showed off his spirit by scoring 12 points and recording a 100% attack success rate in the first set alone. Afterwards, he took charge of the attack whenever it was important and served as the main gunner.

Korean Air players.

Korean Air was able to win thanks to Lim Dong-hyuk’s performance and superior blocking (16-4), even though foreigner Murad (2 points) and native slugger Jeong Ji-seok (6 points) both performed poorly on this day.

KB Insurance struggled with Andres Villena’s 31 points and Hong Sang-hyuk’s 16 points, but could not get over the critical point.

The first set was the biggest challenge. Korean Air, with Murad underperforming, lost the initial momentum to KB Insurance and hastily brought in Lim Dong-hyuk. As soon as Lim Dong-hyuk came in, he changed the atmosphere by achieving a 100% attack success rate and even blocking.

However, KB Insurance also counterattacked with Viyena and middle blocker Korean Min, and the game ended in a deuce. The game was hardly decided until 29-29.

Here, Korean Air took the set point with Jeong Han-yong’s back attack, and Lim Dong-hyuk produced an ace with a strong serve, putting an end to the long first set.

Korean Air, which lost the second set to KB Insurance led by Viyena, fought back in the third set. At 19-19, Jeong Han-yong’s quick open was followed by successive blocking by Han Seon-su and Kim Gyu-min. In a situation where they were down to 24-23, KB Insurance Hong Sang-hyuk’s serve went out and they took the set.

Korean Air gained momentum and finished the game in the 4th set. While Korean Air still did not lose focus, KB Insurance committed many mistakes and committed suicide. Korean Air won at 18-15 with Kim Min-jae’s blocking, and ended the game at 24-19 with Jeong Han-yong’s open attack.

IBK Industrial Bank players.

In the women’s match held in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the visiting team IBK Industrial Bank won a complete victory over Korea Expressway Corporation with a set score of 3-0 (25-20 26-24 25-18).

Industrial Bank of Korea, which broke away from its five-game losing streak, now has a season record of 12 wins and 14 losses (36 points). They continued their hopes for ‘spring volleyball’ by chasing fourth place CheongKwanJang (13 wins, 13 losses, 41 points) by 5 points.

On the other hand, the Korea Expressway Corporation finished in 6th place with 9 wins and 18 losses (28 points).

IBK’s foreign player Britney Abercrombie was the biggest contributor to the victory with 24 points, the most for both teams, and a high efficiency attack success rate of 50%.

Seung-ju Pyo (11 points) and Min-kyung Hwang (10 points) also supported the team with double-digit scores.

For the road construction, Banya Bukiric fought hard with 20 points, but it wasn’t enough. Bukiric’s attack success rate was only 38.46%, and the team’s overall success rate was only 38.53%, so it was inevitable that it would be a difficult game. 스포츠토토