Kim Woo-jin 20 points

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance advanced to the semifinals as the top of the group by beating KEPCO.

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance won the men’s Group B match of the 2024 Tongyeong-Dodram Professional Volleyball Championship at Tongyeong Gymnasium on the 26th with a set score of 3-2 28-26 19-25 17-25 25-23 15-10 against KEPCO.

Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance, which posted 3-0 wins and 0 losses, advanced to the semifinals as No. 1 in the group and will have a showdown with Hyundai Capital, which ranks second in Group A, at noon on Tuesday. Korea Electric Power Corp. ended the tournament with three losses without a win.

Sangmu, who confirmed his advance to the semifinals in the previous game, will meet with Korean Air, the No. 1 player in Group A, at 3:30 p.m. on the 27th as the second place in the group is confirmed.

The match was very fierce from the first set. Both teams had a close game, in which they exchanged one point each, and KEPCO came on a first-come, first-served basis. KEPCO set the tone in the second half of the set by hitting a back attack following Elian’s good serve at 21-20. Then, Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance kept the balance by scoring parsley’s offensive and serve consecutive points, and the game ended up going to the deuce. The team that laughed at the deuce was Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance. Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance finished the first set 27-26 with parsley playing the role of troubleshooter.

KEPCO’s counterattack began in the second set. KEPCO took the lead by successfully blocking Jung Sung-hwan while the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance team was shaken to a fault in the 17-17 tense atmosphere, and Koo Kyo-hyuk’s attack to win the second set 24-18.

The third set was also KEPCO’s flow. KEPCO widened the gap by two points with Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance’s unforced errors and Jung Sung-hwan’s blocked points in the third set at 9-9. In the 15-13 match, 안전놀이터 Kim Joo-young then blocked Fasley’s attempt to attack twice in a row to take a four-point lead. KEPCO continued to gain momentum and won the third set with Koo Kyo-hyuk’s time difference attack at 24-17.

On the defensive, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance boosted its concentration. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance scored 10 points first with Lee Yoon-soo’s serve and Kim Woo-jin’s open attack in the fourth set. However, with Lim Sung-jin and Koo Kyo-hyuk performing well at KEPCO, the two teams engaged in a fierce battle to take the lead and take it away. The match was decided by Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which went ahead 18-17 with Kim Woo-jin’s bold finish and Yang Soo-hyun’s fastball score. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance led the game to the fifth set with Lee Yun-soo’s neat attack at 24-23.

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance opened the long-awaited fifth set. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance scored two points first thanks to Son Tae-hoon’s fastball and Lee Hyun-jin’s block. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance made a crack with Lee Yun-soo’s quick open in a 7-6 tight situation, and Kim Jung-ho, a one-point server, scored a serve to score 10 points on a first-come, first-served basis. KEPCO tried to close the gap, but was blocked by Kim Woo-jin and Yang Soo-hyun, widening the gap to five points. Eventually, Kim Dong-young’s serve failure came out at 14-10, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance advanced to the semifinals with three consecutive wins.

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