BanKo Perlas sinks PayMaya; Petro Gazz triumphs with new import

The doubled efforts of Tess Rountree and Grethcel Soltones failed to pay off for PayMaya. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ

BanKo Perlas needed five full sets to push itself out of the basement and pull PayMaya down from the top spot Saturday night.

Down two sets to none, the Perlas Spikers painstakingly chipped away at the High Flyers’ advantage and confidence to score an 18-25, 18-25, 25-19, 25-22, 15-11 victory in the Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference at Filoil Flying V Centre.

Lakia Bright scored five of her 25 points in the fifth set as the Perlas Spikers broke a four-game losing streak and moved out of the bottom rung of the standings with a 2-4 card.

“It was my teammates actually; I started out slow but my teammates motivated me and never gave up on me,” Bright said.

It was a sorry defeat for the High Flyers, who appeared on their way to easy win, leading two sets and 11-8 in the third.

Earlier, Petro Gazz scored its second straight win after a 25-22, 30-28, 25-13 triumph over Iriga-Navy.

Ukrainian Olena Lymareva-Flink, who arrived in the country just two days ago, hit the ground running, scoring 16 points to lift the Angels, who lost Kadi Kullerkann due to an injured ACL.