August 28, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Identical to all success tales, PLDT Highspeed Hitters wrote one starting from nothing and ending up profitable all the pieces.
In spite of everything, Rome wasn’t inbuilt a day.
“It didn’t occur in a single day,” stated PLDT staff supervisor Bajjie del Rosario in the course of the PVL on Tour champions’ followers and media occasion Tuesday on the firm’s most important workplace in Makati Metropolis.
It began as a dream when the Manny V. Pangilinan-owned franchise joined the league 4 years in the past.
From there, the squad took two teaching modifications – from Roger Gorayeb to George Pascua and its current one in Rald Ricafort – and an enormous overhaul that noticed PLDT plucking Mika Reyes and Jovielyn Pado from Sta. Lucia, Kianna Dy, Majoy Baron and Kim Fajardo from the defunct F2 Logistics and libero and present captain Kath Arado from Petro Gazz.
However what’s simply the most important piece that received the Excessive Pace Hitters over the hump was their coronary heart and soul in Fil-Canadian Savi Davison.
“She’s a relative of mine and we needed to persuade her to play for us first for a couple of years and save up for medical faculty. We’re blissful that she did,” stated Jude Turcuato, PLDT and Good head of sports activities and MVP Sports activities Basis government director referring to the high-scoring Davison.
Davison, who arrived two years in the past, was blissful she made the best resolution.
“I’m going the place my coronary heart is. And it’s right here,” she stated.
PLDT senior vice chairman and head of client enterprise John Palanca, for his half, stated they’re jubilant with the breakthrough PVL championship, and no matter massive comes subsequent will simply be an icing on the cake.
“Profitable the championship within the Invitational and future conferences will simply be a bonus,” he stated.
PLDT, already assured of a finals ticket with a 4-0 file within the PVL Invitational, will attempt to protect its unbeaten run because it clashes with ZUS Espresso (0-3) at 6:30 p.m. in the present day on the Good Araneta Coliseum.
Japanese visitor staff Kobe Shinwa College (2-1) goals to remain within the finals hunt because it tangles with Cignal (1-3) at 4 p.m.
