Perlas gains solo PVL top spot

BanKo-Perlas wore down PetroGazz in a duel of teams that played back-to-back games, hacking out a 25-22, 25-17, 22-25, 25-17 decision to wrest the solo lead in the Premier Volleyball League Season 2 Open Conference at Imus Sports Complex in Cavite late Sunday.

The Perlas Spikers yielded the third set but battled back from 0-7 deficit in the fourth behind Dzi Gervacio, Amy Ahomiro, Amanda Villanueva, Nicole Tiamzon and Joy Dacoron to secure their second straight win over the weekend.

BanKo-Perlas thumped Iriga-Navy, 25-14, 19-25, 25-17, 25-9, in Saturday’s opener of the season-ending conference organized by Sports Vision.

The Angels, who trounced the Tacloban Fighting Warays, 25-22, 25-14, 26-24, also on Saturday, slipped to 1-1.

The Spikers piled up eight straight points to erase a 0-7 deficit in the fourth behind Gervacio, Ahomiro, Villanueva and Tiamzon.

Two straight BanKo-Perlas miscues, however, put PetroGazz back in the lead but Tiamzon, Ahomiro and Villanueva struck anew.