Creamline rallied from a set down on Sunday night to secure a 20-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11 victory over Choco Mucho, clinching the PVL All-Filipino Conference title series. They dominated and extended the game. Smartly rule that dynasty in the marquee event before a virtual sea of humanity in his Araneta Coliseum.
Gemma Garanza defeated the relentless Creamline as she pulled the Cool Smashers out of the fire and won their eighth title with the cheers of over 23,000 spectators who remained during the marathon match. I was at the end of the attack.
When asked what he thought about Creamline adding new titles to its ever-growing collection, Galanza told the crowd, „Extend.“ „We're going to win our ninth, 10th and 11th (title).'' This likely comes as Creamline lost key players in overseas leagues and was battling injuries. It's probably the toughest title.
„When I looked into my teammates' eyes, I could tell they really wanted it this bad,“ Galanza said. „There are a lot of (negative) things that happened to us this season. „And now we have a chance to win (another title), so we just grabbed it.'' -of 3 series.
Rondina scored 31 points on 28 attacks.
Cherry Tigo needed time to fire on all cylinders sooner before snapping a long spell and clipping Petro Gaz (16-25, 11-25, 25-13, 25-22, 18 -16). While the starters didn't understand the Angels, coach Kung Fu Reyes made a great personnel shuffle and inspired Cherry Tigo. Despite winning four games in a row, he settled in fourth place after the tiebreak. Applied.
“We needed to take a chance to give playing time to the second unit,” Reyes said in Filipino. „The good thing is they worked really well. I'm grateful that at least they worked well and our main guns were able to rely on them.“
The Crossovers' only chance to win a bronze medal was if they played and won Game 3, but Creamline missed that chance by winning the nightcap.
Petro Guts' point ratio was 1.126, while Crossover's was 0.888.
The bronze medal race proved to be just as exciting as the championship battle, with both matches going to five sets, as Eya Rolle and setter Jasmin Nabors swapped roles on a key play to rescue Cherry Tigo. . Rolle finished with 26 points to lead Cherry Tigo. INQ