“I want to keep the good vibes going.”
Bassu, real name Bayarsaihan, donned the OK Financial Group jersey for the first time this season in the inaugural Asian Quarterfinals and has been the team’s starting middle blocker in the Dodram 2023-2024 V-League. In her first year in the V-League, she has played in 23 games and 79 sets, scoring 144 points and grabbing 0.582 blocks per set. She ranks fifth on the team in blocking.
The team is also on the rise. Riding a five-match winning streak, OK Financial Group is in fourth place with 13 wins, 10 losses and 36 points. They are just two points behind third-place 바카라사이트 Samsung Fire (14 W, 8 L, 38 P).
The team is playing much differently than it did in the third round. “At the beginning of the fourth round, everyone on the team was dying to win,” Bayarsaihan recalled, “and our determination to get out of the losing streak paid off, and we kept the momentum going, and I think we’re getting good results so far.
However, they are not satisfied with their record. “I want to go higher,” he said, “and my personal record is still not good enough. I was the top blocker in the second round, but my performance dropped in the third round. Now that I’m playing well and in a good mood, I think I can do better.”
She still remembers her debut match vividly after a seven-year wait. Bayarsayhan started the first game of the season against Korea Electric Power in the first round and recorded seven blocks. It was the most blocked shots in a single game by an individual.
“It was a game of a lifetime,” he says of his debut, adding, “I told the players a week ago, ‘I’ve been waiting for this day for seven years,’ because I’ve been waiting for it for over seven years. It was the game of my life because I had seven blocks in a game I had waited seven years for.”
In an interview while still a student at Inha University, Bayarsaihan said he watches videos of Korean Airlines’ Kim Kyu-min, KEPCO’s Shin Young-seok, and Hyundai Capital‘s Choi Min-ho to find out how to step into the middle blocker. He now faces these players at the net.
”I get nervous when the seniors are in front of me,” Bayarsaihan confessed, “I get very nervous because the seniors I’ve been watching are on the other side of the net. But I try to challenge myself and play with the confidence that I can win. It’s a mix of nerves and confidence, but I think I’m doing well.”
In his first year in the V-League, he is also participating in the All-Star Game. Bayarsaihan earned 18,971 votes to become a member of the K-Stars. “It’s an honor to be selected as an All-Star from the first year, and I didn’t expect so many people to vote for me, so I’m preparing to go out there and give a good game and a good performance,” he said with gratitude and determination. When we asked him to tell us about his upcoming gimmick, he hinted at a cheer.
For OK Financial Group’s Bayarsayhan, 2023 has been an unforgettable year. “I achieved a long-awaited goal, came to a new place, and had a lot of hardships but also a lot of happiness,” he said.
Meanwhile, OK Financial Group will play the final game of the fourth round against Hyundai Capital on April 17. It is the last game before the All-Star break. With a win, OK Financial Group will finish the fourth round with an undefeated record. Will Bayarsayhan be able to give his team three wins?