Choco Mucho gets back at PacficTown, Creamline secures top spot | Inquirer Sports

Choco Mucho gets back at PacficTown, Creamline secures top spot

/ 07:03 PM September 29, 2019

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MANILA, Philippines—Creamline stretched its winning streak even as Choco Mucho exacted revenge against PacificTown-Army Sunday night in the Premier Volleyball League Open Conference at Fil0il Flying V Center.

The Cool Smashers secured the No. 1 spot in the semifinals after stopping the Air Force Jet Spikers, 25-15, 25-16, 25-18, for their 11th victory in as many matches.

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Creamline also brought Air Force back to the ground after it previously won five straight victories for a 5-6 record.

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Back-up open spiker Jema Galanza unloaded 22 points as she was given the starring role, allowing star player Alyssa Valdez to take a breather following an ankle injury.

Earlier, the Flying Titans used the same measure with which to get back at the Lady Troopers, 25-20, 17-25, 21-25, 25-11, 15-8, and stay in contention for the next round.

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But at 5-6, Choco Mucho’s hopes of making the Final Four rests heavily on other teams at the moment.

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Still Oliver Almadro, the expressive Choco Mucho mentor, welcomed the win which he said showed the character of the neophyte team.

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In the first round, the Flying Titans dropped a similar five-set match to the Lady Troopers in a match that lasted for three hours.

Kat Tolentino topscored with 24 points, while the come backing Maddie Madayag added 14 for Choco Mucho.

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Like Madayag, Jovelyn Gonzaga also checked back from the national team build up, scoring 15 points for PacificTown-Army.

Honey Royse Tubino led the Lady Troopers with 16 points but she committed four of her teams’ eight attack errors in the fifth set which did them in for good.

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TAGS: Air Force, Alyssa Valdez, Choco Mucho, Jema Galanza, Kat Tolentino, Open Conference, PacificTown-Army, PVL, Volleyball

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