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Professional volleyball Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance defeated OK Financial Group and regained second place in two days.

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance defeated OK Financial Group with a set score of 3-0 (25-22 25-22 25-21) in the home game against OK Financial Group in the 3rd round of the 2023-24 Dodram V League men's division held at Chungmu Gymnasium in Daejeon on the 15th.

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which had slipped to third place on the 13th behind Korean Air (9 wins, 6 losses, 28 points), recorded 28 points (11 wins, 5 losses) and regained second place with a win that day. The two teams have the same points, but Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance took the lead in most wins and ranked higher.

On the other hand, 5th place OK Financial Group (8 wins, 8 losses, 22 points) fell into a slump with 4 consecutive losses.

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's foreign player Yosvani Hernández (registered name Yosvani) scored 28 points, the most among both teams. Yosvani's attack success rate was very high at 60.98%. In addition, Shin Jang-ho (11 points) and Kim Jeong-ho (10 points) also scored double-digit scores to support the attack.

OK Financial Group had the upper hand in the battle in terms of blocking (10 to 5) and errors (11 to 22), but there was no clear solution.

Leonardo Leiva Martinez (registered name Leo) scored 15 points and had an attack success rate of only 45.33%. Other players also lacked firepower, scoring only single digits.

It was a fierce battle until the middle of each set, but Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance was fierce every time.

With a narrow lead of 23-22 in the first set, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance created a set point by winning one point with a quick attack by Jargalchukt Enkherden (registered name Eddie). And immediately took the first set with Yosvani's serve ace.

In the second set, OK Financial Group lost concentration. With Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance leading 23-22, opposing attackers Leo and Song Hee-chae were lucky enough to make consecutive offensive errors.

In the final third set, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance showed strength again. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which had led 20-14 but allowed the score to be tied 21-21, changed the flow by blocking Leo's back attack with Shin Jang-ho.

Subsequently, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance reached the match point thanks to OK Financial Group's offensive mistake and Noh Jae-wook's blocking. Afterwards, Yosbani sealed the game with a serve ace.

In the women's match held at Gwangju Pepper Stadium, GS Caltex defeated Pepper Savings Bank, the lowest ranked team, with a set score of 3-0 (25-23 25-23 25-15).

3rd place GS Caltex recorded 10 wins and 6 losses (28 points), narrowing the gap with 1st place Heungkuk Life Insurance and 2nd place Hyundai Engineering & Construction (35 points) to 7 points.

Pepper Savings Bank (2 wins, 14 losses, 6 points) suffered 9 consecutive losses.