MEN’S VOLLEYBALL KEPCO WINS 4 IN A ROW TO CLIMB OUT OF BOTTOM HALF, KB SONBO LOSES 10TH STRAIGHT

Men’s professional volleyball’s KEPCO has won four straight games to climb out of the bottom half of the table. KEPCO swept KB Insurance 3-0 in straight sets (25-21 29-27 25-23) in the men’s visiting match of the 2023-2024 Dodram V League on Thursday at Uijeongbu Gymnasium in Gyeonggi Province. With the three points, KEPCO (15-5 W-6 L) moved within striking distance of fourth-place OK Financial Group (15-6 W-4 L).KEPCO finished the first round in seventh place (1-5), the lowest-ranked team, but reeled off four straight wins after a loss in the second round .KB Insurance (7-1 W-10 L), on the other hand, has lost 10 straight matches since winning its opening match of the season .KEPCO easily took the first set .At 13-13, they capitalized on back attacks by Tyson Dulhos (real name Tys) and Im Sung-jin, a kill by Shin Young-seok, and two unforced errors to take the lead .The match went to a second set.

KB Insurance gave up a point at 12-16 after back-to-back blocked points by Liu Hong-min and Hong Sang-hyuk, then tied the set at 17-17 with an opener by Andres Biyena and back-to-back service aces by the Korean .At 22-22, it looked like the Koreans were going to level the set with the first set point. However, KEPCO’s Lim Sung-jin blocked Bijena’s attack, and Bijena’s timed attack went off the court to tie the set .At 27-27 in the fourth deuce, KEPCO’s Tice’s quick opener and KB Insurance’s Shin Seung-hoon’s unforced error gave KEPCO the second set, which they took with ease thanks to Seo Jae-duk, who came alive with five points in the third set .At 21-24, KB Insurance showed its backbone with Kwon Tae-wook’s quick opener and Bijena’s back attack, but Bijena’s last serve hit the net in vain .KEPCO’s scoring was evenly distributed between the wings and the center, with Tice (17 points), Lim Sung-jin (13 points), Shin Young-seok (11 points), and Seo Jae-duk (9 points) leading the way.

KB Insurance, on the other hand, relied too heavily on Bijena (30 points) as Hwang Kyung-min was out with an injury. Liu Hong-min and Hong Sang-hyuk combined for just eight points .In the women’s match at Hwaseong Gymnasium in Gyeonggi-do, IBK Corporate Bank defeated Chung Kwan-jang in straight sets, 3-1 (25-19 28-26 23-25 25-22).IBK, which was ranked sixth before the match, has accumulated 14 points (5 wins and 6 losses) to overtake Jung Kwan-jang (13-4, 7 wins) for fourth place. Jung has lost five straight matches .Brittany Abercrombie (real name Abercrombie) scored a game-high 35 points, supported by Hwang Min-kyung (12 points), Pyo Seung-ju (11 points), and Choi Jung-min (10 points). Giovanna Milana (registered name Gia – 26 points) and Megawatti Puttiwi (registered name Mega – 20 points) played well for Jeonggwanjang, but 슬롯사이트 could not prevent their team from losing.