Sisi Rondina leads Choco Mucho to a series-extending win within the PVL Semifinals. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
They had been up, two units to none in Recreation 2 of their semifinal sequence within the PVL All-Filipino Convention. They had been precisely the place they wished to be at that time.
However Choco Mucho was additionally in that comfy place in Recreation 1, solely to lose.
On Saturday, Choco Mucho made certain it didn’t repeat the errors it made within the opener.
“We went [to the game] with the mindset that we’ll bounce again from our loss in Recreation 1,” coach Dante Alinsunurin mentioned in Filipino because the Flying Titans swept the Cignal HD Spikers, 25-23, 25-22, 25-22 at PhilSports Enviornment in Pasig Metropolis.
Choco Mucho prolonged its convention right into a deciding recreation on Tuesday after ensuring there was no comeback from its foes. Trailing by some extent within the third set, the Flying Titans went on a crippling run on the best way to leveling the best-of-three sequence.
Blown lead
Sisi Rondina and Kat Tolentino had been largely answerable for serving to Choco Mucho be sure that Cignal stayed down this time after blowing a two-set lead in Recreation 1 for an 18-25, 23-25, 25-14, 25-19, 15-10 defeat final Thursday.
That defeat ended the Flying Titans’ 10-game profitable streak and put them on the cusp of an early trip.
And Rondina took that loss personally, admitting that fatigue is getting the higher of the Flying Titans.
“I all the time inform myself that we have to prolong this sequence; our laborious work ought to repay as a result of we’re getting drained like from coaching [and] we need to relaxation as effectively,” Rondina mentioned after carrying the scoring load for Choco Mucho with 23 factors, 20 coming from assaults.
‘Humble ourselves’
“However we are going to proceed on so our laborious work pays off. The result of that will probably be an excellent efficiency,” Rondina went on whereas additionally including two blocks.
Tolentino produced 15 factors on 13 assaults and two blocks and mentioned that staying alive gave the workforce a possibility to go for the larger objective.
“For me, now we have to humble ourselves once more, now we have to begin from the start. We have a good time however now we have to organize once more for Tuesday (Recreation 2) due to course Cignal is gonna come out with extra hearth,” Tolentino mentioned.
“The workforce that’s complacent will all the time be at a drawback and I believe that’s what occurred final recreation and now we have to maintain that fireplace alive and simply proceed to be humble with our expertise and return to teach Dante’s system,” she added.
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The winner of Tuesday’s do-or-die duel will advance to the Finals in opposition to powerhouse Creamline, which continued to determine its dominance by ousting Chery Tiggo, 26-24, 25-21, 25-21, in Recreation 2 of their semifinal sequence.