PLDT’s Kianna Dy and Mika Reyes share an emotional second after the Excessive Velocity Hitters clinched the PVL on Tour championship.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines — Kianna Dy lastly gained her first-ever PVL title that got here after a grueling restoration from a proper knee damage she sustained nearly two years in the past.
From being on the sidelines since signing with PLDT final 12 months to creating her return prior to now season, Dy acquired a style of success within the execs after the Excessive Velocity Hitters survived the Chery Tiggo Crossovers in a dramatic PVL on Tour last, 25-17, 25-17, 19-25, 24-26, 15-8, on Sunday in entrance of 11,055 followers at Mall of Asia Area.
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Kianna Dy on profitable the title and making coach Ramil De Jesus and different La Salle teammates proud. #PVLonTour #PVL2025 @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/XgqqujpDgA
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) August 17, 2025
The resurgent reverse spiker even delivered the title-sealing blow when she blocked Cess Robles to ship PLDT’s maiden PVL crown.
“I’ve been ready for this for greater than a 12 months now and I’m comfortable that I stayed affected person. It wasn’t very easy, and actually blood, sweat, and tears, and at last that is our championship second,” stated Dy, who scored 13 factors within the last.
The 30-year-old Dy took her act to PLDT with Majoy Baron and Kim Fajardo final 12 months regardless of getting injured within the 2023 PVL Invitational Convention when she was main the defunct F2 Logistics.
Successful a title once more together with her former La Salle and F2 teammates was a full-circle second for Dy.
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“Coming to PLDT was straightforward as a result of I used to be with them (Majoy, Kim, and Mika Reyes). And in addition and never simply due to them however the entire PLDT staff was very welcoming and really affected person with us coming into their staff,” she stated. “Being with Majoy and Ate Kim made it simpler as a result of I’ve been teammates with them ever since school so such an amazing feeling to win a championship with them once more.”
Incomes her first PVL title gained’t cease Dy and the Excessive Velocity Hitters as they attempt to assert their mastery of the Crossovers in Thursday’s Invitationals opener, the place they will even face Japanese groups, Kurashiki Ablaze and Kobe Shinwa College.
“It’s a brand new convention and two new groups so we’re simply gonna work onerous in coaching and convey what we acquired right here, deliver the arrogance to the Invitationals,” she stated.
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