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The men's professional volleyball team Woori Card defeated KB Insurance to open the season with three straight wins. Shin Young-cheol became the first head coach in the V-League to win three consecutive games.
Woori Card defeated KB Sonbo 3-0 (25-20 25-23 25-23) in straight sets in the men's Dodram V League 2023-24 season opener at Uijeongbu Indoor Gymnasium on Sunday.
Woori Card, who were considered underdogs due to a number of roster changes ahead of the season, have rattled off three straight wins to move to the top of the standings with nine points. KB Sonbo remains at 1-1 with 3 points.
On the day, Shin Young-cheol earned his 276th career win (214), tying former Samsung Fire coach Shin Chi-yong for the most wins by a V-League head coach with 276 (74). With one more win, he will become the V-League coach with the most wins. Woori Card will face Korean Air on the 25th.
Woori Card was led by Matey Kok (real name Matey) with 17 points and Han Sung-jung with 10 points. In particular, Han Sung-jung, who played for KB Sonbo last season, had four blocked shots for the Chinjung team.
Woori Card led KB Sonbo 9-5 in blocked shots.
KB Sonbo came from behind despite 21 points from Andres Biyena and nine from Hwang Kyung-min.
Woori Card's late-game focus shone through in a tight game. At 11-13, Issei Otake's fast break and Park Jin-woo's block tied the score.
At 14-14, a block by Park Jin-woo and a service ace by Han Tae-joon gave Woori Card the lead, and they roared back at 18-16 when Han Sung-jung blocked a spike by Bijena. Woori Card clinched the first set at 24-20 on a Park Jin-woo kill.
In the second set, Woori Card continued to struggle and pushed past the 20-point mark. At 18-20, Issei's kill followed by Han Sung-jung's two consecutive blocks of Bijena's attack turned the game around.
Woori Card went up 23-22 on Issei's service ace and took the second set on Matei's kill at 24-23.
KB Sonbo fought back in the third set by bringing in Kim Hong-jung and Hong Sang-hyuk.
The third set was similar to the previous one. Woori Card, who had been dragging, managed to break through at 21-22 with a quick open and back attack from Matei. An unforced error gave URICAD a 24-22 lead, but Matej's spike on match point sealed the match. 카지노사이트존