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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Women's Team finished its campaign at the Philippine Superliga (PSL) Invitational Conference on a high note since it dominated Smart- Army in two sets Thursday at FilOil Flying. Center V in San Juan.
Despite playing with a small team, the Nationals still had more than enough for a 25-16, 25-17, 25-17 triumph over the Giga Hitlers.
With the result, the National Team completed a three-game sweep at the invitational conference without losing a single set.
Less than half of the 20 players in the pool showed up at the national championships in their previous games, but they managed to shoot. Compelling victories over Cocolife, Cignal and Smart-Army
"We are satisfied with the team's performance," said coach Shaq delos Santos. "We have not trained yet, and we are still incomplete during the matches."
"We are not very prepared for the Invitationals, but we are very proud because all the players who have played have done their best"
"Fortunately, this is the beginning of the good relationship of l & # 39; team ".
After easily taking the first two sets, the Nationals missed an 8-4 start in the third set allowing the Giga Hitters to nail 11 of the following 13 points for a gap of 15-10 and kept at a cushion of 17 -14
But the Nationals refused to panic as they replied with 11 consecutive points to end the match in 71 minutes.
Jaja Santiago led the way for the national team with 15 points out of 12 kills in addition to seven excellent receptions.
Mylene Paat, MJ Phillips and Maika Ortiz collected seven points each for the Nationals, which also drew impressive numbers from Dindin Santiago-Manabat and CJ Rosario
Rebecca Rivera, playmaker, was elected player Match. In 1965, Libero Denden Lazaro also played an important role, with 12 recoveries and seven excellent receptions.
Delos Santos added that even though they are still far from their best form for the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia in August, they have still gained much experience from the PSL
" We have learned to accept everything we have in every game and whatever happens, the players have learned to adapt even if we are not complete. "
No one has scored double-digit for Smart-Army with Nene Bautista and Luthgarda Malaluan leading with respectively eight and seven points. sports coverage, visit the ABS-CBN Sports website.
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