MANILA, Philippines–Chery Tiggo dealt PLDT its first loss within the PVL All-Filipino Convention, 25-12, 25-23, 20-25, 25-22, on Tuesday at Sensible Araneta Coliseum.
Jen Nierva led the protection of the Crossovers, who drove to back-to-back wins, with 17 glorious digs and 16 glorious receptions whereas on the offense Cess Robles, Ara Galang, Shaya Adorador and Pauline Gaston contributed on offense with twin digits every.
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Robles hammered in 17 factors from 14 assaults and three aces, Galang punched in 13 factors, a pair off blocks, Adorador contributed 11 assault factors and Gaston had 10 factors due to Alina Bicar’s 15 glorious units.
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“Masaya po kami kasi lahat ng pinagtrabahuhan namin nung previous couple of days, nagawa namin lahat ng plan namin, lahat ng sinabi ng coaches, and kung ano ‘yung pag-adjust namin sa kalaban,” Robles mentioned.
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“I truly went by their rotations. Yung tendencies ni [Savi] Davison … although ang dami kong na-miss pa din kasi she’s very aggressive,” Nierva mentioned because the Filipino-Canadian hitter nonetheless manufactured 27 factors.
“Hindi mo talaga din mababasa … And dahil alam ko na siya, ang dali kong i-lead yung mga teammates ko … Alam ko na kung saan yung proportion na pupunta yung serves nila. So nire-ready ko na agad kung sino yung katabi ko, kung kanina pupunta yung serve. So I believe, mas napagaan, mas napadali yung trabaho ng bawat isa,” she added.
The Crossovers had management all recreation lengthy that it doesn’t matter what the Excessive Pace Hitters threw, they’d the correct counterpunch prepared save for the third-set hiccup.
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Erika Santos had 13 factors within the shedding stand as PLDT dropped to an identical 3-1 slate as Chery Tiggo.
PLDT’s web was guarded by Dell Palomata, who had 5 of the 12 complete blocks of the Excessive Pace Hitters.
Kath Arado shone for PLDT with 16 glorious digs and 18 glorious receptions, Fiola Ceballos had 12 glorious digs whereas Davison caught 12 glorious receptions.
Chery Tiggo could make it three straight wins towards Akari subsequent Tuesday at PhilSports Enviornment after PLDT’s one other tough process of dealing with Petro Gazz.