Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance overpowered Woori Card 3-2 after a full-set battle
The men's professional volleyball team Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance escaped the swamp of consecutive losses with the spirit of a rookie.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance beat Woori Card with a set score of 3-2 28-26, 20-25, 29-27, 16-25, 15-11 in the final round of the men's fourth round of Dodram 2023-2024 V League at Chungmu Gymnasium in Daejeon on the 19th.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which snapped a four-game losing streak, secured 40 points 15 wins and nine losses, beating out OK Financial Group 39 points, 14 wins and 10 losses to rise to third place. Woori Card, on the other hand, is in jeopardy as it suffered five consecutive losses.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance laughed in the back-and-forth battle
The two teams, which desperately need to get out of consecutive losses, had a close deuce match from the first set. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance made a set point with its opponent's consecutive attack errors, and laughed first with Lee Jae-hyun's second-tier attack.
In the second set, Woori Card launched a counterattack. Setter Han Tae-joon boldly utilized the fastballs of middle blockers such as Lee Sang-hyun and Park Jin-woo to disperse Samsung Fire's defense. On the other hand, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance failed in the second set alone, pouring out nine errors.
The third set was again a neck-and-neck race between deuce. Again, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won in the back-and-neck race. Shin made a set point with a direct attack from the team at 26-26, and won by blocking Woori Card's Mattei Kok registered name Mattei.
Woori Card did not give up easily, either. It blocked Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance`s attacks thoroughly by blocking. In particular, Lee Sang-hyun garnered three blocks in the fourth set alone, building an iron wall. Woori Card won the game with a comfortable margin of nine points, dragging its victory to the last five sets.
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance showed the best performance in the fifth set. Kim Jun-woo injured his ankle while blocking and kept the lead through stable attacks despite negative factors. Yosbani Hernandez registered name Yosbani staged back-to-back attacks at the end of the set, ending a tight race in the full set.
Rookie Lee Jae-hyun's boldness to lead Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance
Samsung Fire Chief Yosbani scored 44 points, the most in both teams, and achieved his seventh career "triple crown" more than three points each for rear offense, blocking, and serve with 15 points for rear offense, 3 points for blocking, and 6 points for serve.
In particular, in the fifth set, which was the match point, he was responsible for Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's attack by scoring eight points alone with an attack share of 93.33% of the time.
However, there was another star that received the most attention on the day. Before the game, setter Noh Jae-wook was absent from the game due to a knee injury. Another setter, Lee Ho-gun, also had unexpected news for the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which is recovering from an ankle injury.
Manager Kim Sang-woo of the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. challenged himself with rookie Lee Jae-hyun as a setter. Lee Jae-hyun, who started as a starting pitcher for the first time since his professional debut, outperformed expectations.
In particular, when Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance grabbed a set point in the first set, Lee Jae-hyun did not toss Yosbani's dig but immediately connected it with a left-handed spike. Lee Jae-hyun's surprise attack that caught Woori Card off guard led Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance to win the first set. 스포츠토토
Lee Jae-hyun, who mainly played as a one-point server, made a strong impression on volleyball fans by taking advantage of his first chance to select, emerging as a strong candidate for the Rookie of the Year.