Creamline’s Ced Domingo (No. 13) towers over PLDT’s Mika Reyes for the kill. —PVL PHOTO
Moments after displaying no mercy to a formidable foe, Creamline, via prolific two-way participant Ced Domingo, casually mentioned one thing that ought to make the remainder of the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Convention area shake of their boots.
“We’re grateful that we bought to [semis] once more,” Domingo mentioned in Filipino after a 25-20, 25-21, 25-17 creaming of PLDT that gave the Cool Smashers the primary semifinal berth at PhilSports Enviornment on Tuesday.
After which got here this: “We’re pleased as a result of our coaching is paying off, however I consider we’re nearly to peak. Come the semifinals, we’ll do higher.”
Creamline rose to 6-1, whereas PLDT dropped right into a second place tied at press time at 4-2 with F2 Logistics and Petro Gazz, with the Cargo Movers nonetheless taking part in crowd-darling Choco Mucho.
The Cool Smashers made certain that making it to the following spherical wouldn’t be left to likelihood this time after a bitter expertise in dropping out within the tiebreaker final season.
Quotient heartache
“We don’t wish to depend on quotients, simply wins,” mentioned Creamline coach Sherwin Meneses in Filipino. “We’ll work arduous within the semis so we don’t really feel what we felt earlier than.”
That’s dangerous information for his or her rivals since Creamline, whose solely loss got here in a painful five-setter in opposition to F2, hasn’t dropped a set in its wins up to now.
Three gamers scored in double-digits to propel Creamline, with Tots Carlos ending with a game-high 18 factors constructed on 15 kills and Domingo rattling off 17. Jema Galanza was a silent contributor with 11 factors.
Creamline had a complete of 48 assault factors, 17 greater than the Excessive Velocity Hitters.
Michelle Morente led PLDT with 12 factors and Mika Reyes wound up with 11. Dell Palomata and Jovie Prado every fired seven factors, however Meanne Mendrez, who averaged 13.7 factors of their victories over Akari, Petro Gazz, Military and Chery Tiggo, struggled with simply three factors.
“Will probably be a special story for us within the semis,” Meneses went on. “We have to carry on enhancing as a result of it will likely be a clear slate for each crew there—again to zero.”
Sizzling begin
Shut to eight,000 followers confirmed as much as witness two sizzling groups tangle, with the Excessive Velocity Hitters coming into the tussle in search of to increase a four-game profitable streak.
However Creamline was in its components early and the Cool Smashers put the Excessive Velocity Hitters out of their distress in simply one-hour and 29 minutes.
Within the second set, Creamline led, 23-19. Morente and Mendrez scored back-to-back factors for PLDT just for Galanza to complete off the rally with back-to-back factors, 25-21.
The Cool Smashers opened the third body in the identical scorching method they did the primary two, with an 11-5 lead proving too large for the deflated Excessive Velocity Hitters to beat. INQ
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