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MANILA, Philippines – Creamline and PayMaya, both shocked by the semi-final defeats, have pledged to bounce back in the second game of their respective series of three of the best of Premier Reinforced Conference of the Volleyball League (PVL) Wednesday at the FilOil Flying V Center in San Juan.
The Cool Smashers and High Flyers entered the semi-final with confidence after dominating the playoffs to win both berths. Final 4.
But a three-week layoff undermined the seeds of any momentum, while their opponents supported their superior form of a grueling quarantine phase.
Thus, the leading Smashers were rejected by No. 4 seeds Pocari Sweat, 25-23, 25-12, 25-23, last Sunday, while the second-place Flyers were shot down by the third header BanKo-Perlas series, 19-25, 28-26, 26-23, 25-23.
"We have become too big," admitted Creamline star Alyssa Valdez. "We also wanted to win but we took it badly in this game – we have to win the hard way by losing."
"This is not really a bad defeat for the team. As we say, we are learning more losses, hopefully this defeat will make us stronger in the next match, "she added.
Valdez had 16 points and nine digs, but was relatively inefficient and was repeatedly denied by Pocari's defense and failed to secure the necessary support from foreign reinforcements: Kuttika Kaewpin, an explosive Thai importer, was held in check with only six points, while Laura Schaudt managed to produce a lonely point
Schaudt, who was brought to replace the Serbian Nikolina Asceric
PayMaya coach, Roger Gorayeb, admitted that their long break "has had an impact" on the l & # 39; team, which failed when the Spikers Perlas o nt asserted their power in the third and fourth sets. of their own duel.
"Maybe we got rusty but it will never be an excuse," Gorayeb said. "A loss is a loss, so we just have to accept that."
Despite Sunday's results, the Cool Smashers and High Flyers are confident that they can bounce back on Wednesday.
PayMaya takes on BanKo-Perlas at 1:45 pm, while Creamline takes on Pocari Sweat at 3:45 pm
If top-ranked teams triumph, they force a pair of sudden death games scheduled for Friday. However, if Pocari and BanKo-Perlas finish the match, they will face off for the PVL Reinforced Conference, which begins Sunday at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Meanwhile, PLDT and Vice Co. are also seeking to recover Cignal and Cignal. Air Force, respectively, in the men's division.
PLDT yielded to Cignal, 22-25, 20-25, 24-26, while Vice Co's newcomer dropped 25-27, 25-17, 19-25, 21-
The vice coincides with the air force at 10 am while the PLDT and Cignal mix it up at 6 pm
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