Petron notches 2nd Liga GP win

ALAINA Bergsma (No. 2) of Petron scores past Mane ‘N Tail’s Rosanne Fajardo. Bergsma finished with 25 points to lead her team.

ERICA Adachi helped set in motion Petron’s free-flowing offense as it rolled over Mane ’N Tail, 21-25, 25-16, 25-21, 29-27, last night to register its second win in the Philippine Superliga Grand Prix presented by Asics at Sto. Domingo Coliseum in Ilocos Sur.

Adachi provided 53 excellent sets while also scoring eight points for the Blaze Spikers, who managed to recover from a sluggish opening set and move up to 2-0 in a tie with idle Cignal HD.

Adachi’s brilliant ball distribution allowed Alaina Bergsma, Carmina Aganon and Dindin Santiago to dominate scoring for Petron. Bergsma unloaded 25 points, Aganon chipped in 15, while Santiago, the top rookie bet, added 11.

The Lady Stallions, despite the explosive game of import Kristy Jaeckel, suffered their second straight defeat. Jaeckel accounted for 37 points to tie the league record output by Petron’s Santiago last conference.

“We went to Dindin down the stretch,” said Petron coach George Pascua of his ward who also had three blocks. Santiago scored twice to break a 26-all standoff and derail Mane ’N Tail’s last-ditch stand in the fourth.

Jaeckel, who is easily one of the crowd favorites, unloaded a barrage of points for the Lady Stallions. Pascua said they actually allowed Jaeckel to score heavily and at the same time trained all their serves on her in an attempt to tire her out.