The Alas Pilipinas Girls recovered from a Set 3 collapse to carve a 25-20, 25-20, 16-25, 25-13 win over Indonesia and seize the bronze medal on the 2025 SEA V. League Leg 1 on Sunday in Thailand.
The Filipinas, who ended the primary leg with a 1-2 win-loss card, cruised to their third-straight third-place end after seizing the identical output in each legs of the 2024 version. Indonesia, then again, capped off its run with a winless 0-3 marketing campaign.
Alas struggled to place a cease on the tandem of Ersandrina Devega and Megawati Pertiwi, who each led Indonesia’s convincing Set 3 comeback that dragged the Filipinas to a fourth.
However Alas roared again within the fourth body with Alyssa Solomon capping off a scorching 4-0 begin earlier than Fifi Sharma got here up with back-to-back rejections that despatched the Philippines to a 10-3 cushion.
Solomon continued to dazzle after the previous Nationwide College standout launched an ace and unleashed a hammer from the again to make it an enormous 12-5 benefit for Alas.
Eya Laure made her presence felt with two consecutive kills from the left wing earlier than staff captain and seasoned setter Jia De Guzman scored from the service line, sending the Philippines to an 18-6 lead.
However Indonesia refused to give up after unloading back-to-back blocks towards Laure whereas Arneta Putri Amelian served an ace to gasoline a 3-0 run, 18-9, and power Alas to name for a timeout.
Alas heeded the decision with younger weapons Solomon and Angel Canino scoring the subsequent three factors earlier than Sharma took benefit of a one-man block and transformed a fast to clinch the match level at 24-14. Canino put the punctuation after hovering from the again to seal the deal.
Event recap
- Alas Pilipinas vs. Thailand, 1-3 (25-17, 24-26, 20-25, 22-25)
- Vietnam vs. Alas Pilipinas, 3-1 (25-13, 25-21, 23-25, 25-9)
- Alas Pilipinas vs. Indonesia, 3-1 (25-20, 25-20, 16-25, 25-13)
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information
