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| A match between Korean Air and KB Insurance held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 14th. KB Insurance Villena is cheering after scoring. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.2.14/ |
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| A match between Korean Air and KB Insurance held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 14th. KB Insurance Villena is cheering with her teammates after scoring. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.2.14/ |
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| A match between Korean Air and KB Insurance held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 14th. KB Insurance Yakub is attacking. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.2.14/ |
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We're two points apart now. As Hyundai Capital's confirmation of the No. 1 ranking approaches, the second-place fight draws attention, and third-place KB Insurance followed by two points by shutting down second-place Korean Air.
KB Insurance won a complete victory of 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-21) in the fifth round away match against Korean Air in the Dodram 2024 ￣ 2025 V-League at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 14th.
KB Insurance, which blocked Hyundai Capital from winning 17 consecutive games, won six consecutive games and reached the 50 point mark with 18 wins and 10 losses. The second-place Korean Air has lost two consecutive games, maintaining 17 wins and 11 losses and 52 points. Now the gap between the two teams is only two points.
KB Insurance's triangular formation of Villena, Na Kyung-bok, and Jakub was outstanding. Villena scored the most 16 points on both teams, Na Kyung-bok scored 13 points and Jakub scored 10. In particular, he recorded eight serve aces, destroying Korea's strong defense with strong serve. Korean Air had zero serve aces.
Korean Air's main players played an even role, but foreign Yosvani's poor performance was painful. Jung Ji-seok scored 12 points, Lim Jae-young and Jeong Han-yong scored 7 points each, and Kim Min-jae scored 6 points, but Yosvani remained at 2 points. I only played in the first set and cheered for my teammates in the warm-up zone from the second set.
The first set is a close game. The situation continued to unfold with Korean Air leading and KB Insurance following. But KB Insurance's serve was so good. He disabled Korean Air's receiving line by recording as many as seven sub-aces. And KB Insurance turned the tables in an instant and won the first set. KB Insurance, which Na Kyung-bok blocked Yosvani's back attack at 19-21, followed by one point, continued to score points with Na Kyung-bok's strong serve and made it 24-21. Yosvani's spike goes off, coming from behind 25-22.
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| A match between Korean Air and KB Insurance held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 14th. Korean Air players are disappointed after giving up the second set following the first set. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.2.14/ |
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| A match between Korean Air and KB Insurance held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 14th. Korean Air's Yosvani is watching the game in the warm-up zone in the second set. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.2.14/ |
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| A match between Korean Air and KB Insurance held at Gyeyang Gymnasium in Incheon on the 14th. Korean Air's Jeong Han-yong is attacking. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.2.14/ |
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Korean Air's Yosvani was sluggish. The attack success rate was only 28.6%, staying at two points. Yosvani couldn't solve it, but rather, he was attacked by KB Insurance and couldn't run away. In the end, in the second set, instead of Yosvani, Kim Joon-ho came out as an apogee spiker.
The second set was also close at the beginning, but the game was focused on KB Insurance after the middle. Korean Air's consecutive mistakes and Villena's spike spread to 21-13 before the game was decided. KB Insurance did not let its guard down and pushed ahead and quickly finished the second set 25-16.
In the third set, KB Insurance's momentum overwhelmed Korean Air. KB Insurance, which led 9-6 with Park Sang-ha's blocking to Na Kyung-bok and Villena's attacks at 4-4, added Cho Jae-young's net-touch error, 10-6, and Park Sang-ha blocked Jung Ji-seok's attack, widening the gap to 11-6, 5 points at once.
Korean Air chased to 10-12 with Jung Ji-seok in the lead, but KB Insurance led by 16-12 and 4 points due to Park Sang-ha's quick attack and Villena's back attack. Korean Air pursued Korean Air hard, but it was not enough. In the end, Na Kyung-bok's spike ended the game in three sets, 25-21.
Now the fight for second place has gone into the fog.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
