August 19, 2025 | 12:00am
PLDT Excessive Pace Hitters championship finally
MANILA, Philippines — From breaking a Premier Volleyball League championship dry spell to extending a wonderful run.
That’s the objective for the PLDT Excessive Pace Hitters as they shoot for the PVL Invitational Convention crown in a fast transition from their PVL on Tour title conquest.
There can be no relaxation for the weary because the newly topped champs plunge again into motion at first of the six-team Invitationals Thursday, clashing with a well-recognized foe within the Chery Tiggo Crossovers on the PhilSports Area.
The 6:30 p.m. showdown shall be a rematch between the 2 squads that fought within the PVL on Tour finale Sunday with the Excessive Pace Hitters edging the Crossovers, 25-17, 25-17, 19-25, 24-26, 15-8.
“That’s a part of the job. We rejoice immediately (Sunday), relaxation a bit and we’ll see one another on Thursday,” stated a triumphant PLDT coach Rald Ricafort, who ended his group’s title drought because it joined the league 4 years in the past.
The opposite groups seeing motion within the convention are PVL on Tour third-placer Creamline, Cignal and Japanese squads Kobe Shinwa College and the Kurashiki Ablaze.
On profitable their first crown, Ricafort harassed it was about resilience.
“The group acquired stronger in any case our previous experiences. We acquired braver and extra resilient,” he stated.
PLDT additionally confirmed it had firepower exterior the prolific Savi Davison with key gamers like Mika Reyes, Majoy Baron and Kianna Dy stepping up within the match that mattered most.
“I’ve been saying this all this time, that in observe and in video games we’ve acquired some greatest athletes. They make me higher each sport,” stated Davison.
For group captain and libero Kath Arado, all of the arduous work and sacrifices of the group paid off.
“We actually began from scratch in our journey as a result of we had quite a lot of sacrifices and accidents that regarded prefer it was by no means going to finish. We’re simply blessed to lastly see all of it paid off,” stated Arado.
