'Breaking the Yanggang Dynasty' Women's Volleyball: 3rd-ranked IBK wins 4th straight
'Breaking the Yanggang Dynasty' Women's Volleyball: 3rd-ranked IBK wins 4th straight
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IBK has won four straight matches to close the gap on second-place Hyundai E&C.
IBK swept Pepper Savings Bank 3-0 (25-21 25-21 27-25) in straight sets in a home match of the Dodram 2024-2025 V-League Women's Professional Volleyball on Sunday at Hwaseong Gymnasium.
With the three additional points, third-ranked IBK improved to 16 points (6-2) and closed the gap on second-ranked Hyundai E&C (20-7-1) to four points.
This season, IBK has lost only to No. 1 Heungkuk Life (20-7 W-L) and No. 2 Hyundai E&C, while winning all four of its head-to-head games against the other teams.
IBK also enjoyed a four-game winning streak for the first time in two years and nine months, following a five-game winning streak from January 21, 2022 against KGC Ginseng Corporation to February 10 against GS Caltex.
Pepper Savings Bank, on the other hand, won its first “first game of the season” for the first time since its inception by defeating Korea Expressway Corporation on February 22, but lost its next seven games.
Top scorer in the women's game, Victoria Danchak (real name Victoria), led the IBK offense with a team-high 30 points, while Yuk Seo-young (13 points) and Hwang Min-kyung (8 points) supported her from the side.
IBK middle blocker Choi Jung-min effectively shut down Pepper Savings Bank's offense with six blocks.
Pepper Savings Bank foreign attacker Taylor Fricano (real name Taylor), who played the second set with a mask due to a cold, finished with 14 points, but Park Jung-ah (8 points) struggled with a 25.81% attack success rate.
Trailing 17-18 in the first set, IBK tied the set at 17-17 after Choi Jung-min blocked a quick opener from Park Jung-ah, and Hwang Min-kyung answered with a service ace.
In the ensuing rally, Victoria's open attack was successful and Park's open attack went out of bounds, giving IBK a 21-18 lead.
At 21-20, an attack error by Park Jung-ah, an open attack by Victoria, 토토사이트 and a block by Yuk Seo-young gave IBK the lead for good at 24-20.
In the second set, IBK scored three consecutive points at 18-18 with a quick open by Hwang Min-kyung, a quick open by Yuk Seo-young, and an open attack by Yuk Seo-young to pull away from Pepper Savings Bank.
IBK pulled the match to deuce at 23-24 in the third set with a late attack from Victoria.
At 25-25, Victoria's back-attack set up match point, but IBK defended Lee Han-bi's quick open and Victoria's open attack ended the match.
On the men's side, KB Insurance also picked up their second win of the season against KEPCO (6-2).
KB Insurance defeated the visiting KEPCO in straight sets 3-1 (21-25 25-23 25-23 25-19) at Suwon Gymnasium.
After opening the season with a five-match losing streak, KB Insurance earned its first win of the season against KEPCO on Nov. 9, and then defeated the team again eight days later.
KB's leading scorer in the men's league this season, Andres Biyena (real name Biyena), continued his strong play with 24 points, while Max Staples (real name Staples), who made his first start of the season after joining the team late due to a sore thigh, added 13 points.
All three KB Insurance wing players scored in double figures, including Na Kyung-bok (12 points).
Veteran middle blocker Park Sang-ha (9 points) and Cha Young-seok (11 points), who joined the team in September of this year, dominated the height battle with four blocked shots apiece.
KB Insurance outscored KE 15-10 in blocked shots.
KEPCO, which lost Luis Elian Estrada (real name Elian) to knee surgery, has lost three straight games.
After starting the season on a high note with a franchise-record five-game winning streak to open the season, KEPCO has lost all three matches without Elian.
Setter Yamato Nakano suffered a sore finger during the match, while outside hitter Seo Jae-deok received treatment on his ankle.
KEPCO middle blocker Shin Young-seok became the first player in the V-League Men's Division to surpass 1,250 blocked shots (1,252), but he couldn't smile as his team lost.