MANILA, Philippines — Akari pounced on Petro Gazz’s continued struggles and hammered out a 32-30, 25-22, 25-19 victory yesterday to seal a spot within the quarterfinals of the Premier Volleyball League on Tour on the PhilSports Enviornment.
Ivy Lacsina spearheaded their decisive assault with 16 factors on 12 kills, three blocks and a service ace because the Chargers moved on to the knockout quarters the place they are going to battle the Cignal HD Spikers tomorrow on the similar Pasig venue.
“I’m tremendous blissful as a result of, one way or the other, our exhausting work is paying off and the system of coach (Tina Salak) is beginning to produce outcomes,” stated Lacsina.
“I’m tremendous proud as a result of we cried rather a lot in our three-week coaching and it was all value it and it gave justice to all of the work we put in,” she added.
It was a heartbreaking defeat for Petro Gazz which simply received its breakthrough All-Filipino Convention championship a couple of months again.
However it was actually powerful for the Angels to regulate taking part in minus Brooke Van Sickle and MJ Phillips, who’re serving nationwide crew duties.
It was compounded by the latest departure of Japanese coach Koji Tsuzurabara, who was briefly succeeded by his high assistant Brian Esquivel.
Akari was the seventh crew to make the quarters after Cignal, PLDT, Creamline, Nxled, Farm Contemporary and Chery Tiggo.