Alas Pilipinas clawed their strategy to a gritty third-set win however ran out of steam within the fourth, falling to Vietnam with a 13-25, 21-25, 25-23, 9-25 loss to stay winless within the 2025 SEA V.League Leg 1 on Saturday in Thailand.
The Filipinas fell to a 0-2 win-loss file following their related four-set defeat by the hands of powerhouse and host Thailand on Friday whereas Vietnam improved to 2-0.
Nationwide crew mainstays Vanie Gandler and Dell Palomata connived within the third set with the latter successful a joust that broke a 22-all impasse and despatched the Philippines to a one-point cushion.
Eya Laure then shattered a two-woman block earlier than a service error from Thi Kieu Trinh Hoang went extensive on her function Alas Pilipinas prolonged its life to a fourth set.
However Vietnam made certain to begin off scorching within the fourth with Thi Bich Tuyen punishing the Filipinas on all areas, serving up an ace that despatched her squad to an 11-3 cushion earlier than she unleashed a kill from the again row to make it a 19-7 separation.
Tuyen then went off-speed on her reverse kill earlier than Thi Uyen put collectively the ending kick, unloading three of Vietnam’s final 4 factors together with a strong hammer from the left wing to seal the victory.
The loss positioned the Philippines getting ready to a podium-less outing because the Filipinas will slug it out towards Indonesia on Sunday. Indonesia, for its half, will tangle with unbeaten Thailand later as we speak in bid to safe its breakthrough win.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information
