The Alas Pilipinas Ladies stood their floor within the endgame to finish a 25-17, 25-17, 28-16 win in opposition to Indonesia and seize the bronze medal within the 2025 SEA V. League Leg 2 on Sunday in Vietnam.
The win allowed the Filipinas to grab the nation’s fourth straight third-place end because the Indonesians settled for fourth place for the fourth time in a row.
The victory, nonetheless, wasn’t and not using a scare as Alyssa Solomon needed to be stretchered off the court docket after struggling an obvious left knee harm whereas trying to avoid wasting a Megawati Pertiwi assault, with Alas main 17-11 in Set 1.
However the Filipinas powered via and closed out the opening body earlier than dominating Set 2 behind Eya Laure, Bella Belen, Angel Canino, and Shaina Nitura, who stepped in for the injured Solomon.
Alas then had a gradual begin to the third set with Devega Salsabila bringing the Indonesians to a 14-10 cushion earlier than one other kill from her made it a 16-13 lead.
Belen then led a 4-2 rampage to chop the deficit to a solitary level, 17-18, however Indonesia clinched an important 22-20 lead following a powerful open kill from Mediol Yoku.
Laure transformed three straight assaults to tie issues up at 23-all, however her service error noticed Indonesia take the set level. Belen breathed life into Alas by scoring two consecutive factors, together with a hammer from the left wing that despatched Alas to the match level at 25-24.
Indonesia would power one other impasse and even took one other set level after a service ace from Putri Agustin, 26-25.
Belen and Canino, nonetheless, delivered the following two factors earlier than Salsabila went extensive on her ultimate assault as Alas accomplished the hard-fought sweep.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information