OK Financial Group quit losing streak on New Year’s Day, and Hyundai E&C escaped last (General)

Samsung Fire Insurance 3-0 completed… Hyundai E&C beats KGC Ginseng Corporation and leaps to 5th place

Happy OK Financial Group players and newbie Park Chang-seong (No. 19)
Happy OK Financial Group players and newbie Park Chang-seong (No. 19)

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(Seoul Suwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hyun-gu and Choi In-young = Men’s professional volleyball OK Financial Group opened round 4 with a pleasant victory on New Year’s Day.

OK Financial Group completely defeated Samsung Fire Insurance with a set score of 3-0 (25-20 25-17 27-25) at the Dodram 2020-2021 V-League Men’s Home Games held at the Sangnoksu Gymnasium in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do on the 1st.

OK Financial Group, who lost a straight victory in the first match of the fourth round, kept third with a record of 13-6 and 35 points. 6th place Samsung Fire & Marine received 4 consecutive losses this season and 4 consecutive defeats against OK Financial Group this season.

The three teams of KB Insurance (38 points), second place Korean Air (37 points), and OK Financial Group, who recorded 13 wins and 6 losses side by side, predicted a fierce battle for No. 1 in the second half.

OK Financial Group overwhelmed Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance without foreign players throughout the game. Matteus Crowchuck, a new foreign player at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, entered the country that day and quarantined for two weeks before joining the team training.

Myeong-geun Song, the lead of OK Financial Group
Myeong-geun Song, the lead of OK Financial Group

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On behalf of Jin Sang-heon, who injured an ankle, Park Chang-sung, a newcomer of OK Financial Group, who was selected for the first time after his debut, made it clear that the top-notch man was known.

Park Chang-sung scored a quick score in the 3rd set 9-9, and immediately flew with 8 points including 4 serve points and 3 blocking points, including two sub-aces one after another.

OK Financial Group prepared a foothold for a complete win, 10-3 in blocking and 7-2 in subscoring.

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance was completely pushed to OK Financial Group from the heights, leaving 12 penalty rooms only in the first set, and in the second set, the effective blocking (which leads to the defense after being blocked) stayed at one without blocking goals.

Happy Hyundai E&C players
Happy Hyundai E&C players

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In the women’s competition held at the Suwon Gymnasium, the home team, Hyundai E&C, defeated KGC Ginseng Corporation with a set score of 3-0 (25-15 25-22 25-23) and won two consecutive victories.

Hyundai E&C, which raised the points by 6-10 to 17, outperformed the Korea Expressway Corporation (5-10, 17 points) in the number of victorious matches, and went up to 5th place from last.

The fourth place Ginseng Corporation (6-10, 20 points), who fell in two consecutive losses, was in a position to be threatened by Hyundai E&C and Highway Corporation.

Setter Kim Da-in, who had been backing up until last season, was responsible for all 1~3 sets and distributed attacks to lead the victory.

Jung Ji-yoon, who turned into a left striker in the center, met expectations by exploding 19 points.

Helen Russo played the role of a solver with 22 points and played an all-around role in the defense.

On the other hand, Valentina Diouf, an ace of Ginseng Corporation and the best player in the third round (MVP), scored 13 points.

Ji-yoon Ji-yoon contributed to Hyundai E&C’s victory in the first game by raising 9 points only in the first set.

In the second set, Rousseau was strong.

Hyundai E&C played a game in which he was 5-4 ahead, then reversed to 5-7 by Ginseng Corporation.

The tense situation continued to 15-15. At this time, Rousseau succeeded in a back attack, followed by Diouf committing a back attack, and the flow shifted to Hyundai E&C.

Rousseau finished the second set by hitting the finishing spike himself after making the setpoint.

Even in the 3rd set, a close battle took place until 11-11, but Lee Da-hyun, a new center of Hyundai E&C, changed the atmosphere with moving attacks and blocking.

Rousseau finished the victory with a clean back attack at 24-23 match points.

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