RESULTS: 2024 PVL Reinforced final Creamline vs Akari September 4

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2024 PVL Reinforced final schedule

2024 PVL Reinforced final schedule Akari Chargers vs Creamline Cool Smashers

September 5, Monday – FINAL at Philsports Arena
1pm – Invitationals – Est Cola vs Kurashiki Ablaze
4pm- bronze medal match – PLDT High Speed Hitters vs Cignal HD Spikers
6pm- final match – Akari Chargers vs Creamline Cool Smashers

Creamline on cloud 9 after beating Akari for PVL Reinforced crown

Creamline Cool Smashers celebrate their ninth championship in the PVL after beating Akari Chargers for the Reinforced crown. They beat the Chargers in the finals on Wednesday. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines –Creamline encountered virtually no fightback in securing a ninth overall championship after sweeping first-time finalist Akari, 25-15, 25-23, 25-17, in the PVL Reinforced Conference Final on Wednesday at PhilSports Arena.

Conference and Finals MVP Bernadeth Pons posted 19 points built on 14 attacks and five aces and highlighted an all-around performance with 12 excellent digs and 13 excellent receptions to guide the Cool Smashers to a second Reinforced crown, her first of the kind with the club.

Creamline’s Bernadeth Pons named PVL Reinforced MVP

Creamline Cool Smashers’ star Bernadeth Pons in the PVL Reinforced Conference final against Akari Chargers. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIREr.net

MANILA, Philippines — In the import-laden tournament, Creamline Cool Smashers’ Bernadeth Pons won her first-ever MVP award after emerging as the top local player of the 2024 PVL Reinforced Conference.

MV-Pons — a campaign launched by Far Eastern University fans for Pons when she led the Lady Tamaraws to the UAAP Season 80 finals in 2018 but lost the award to Jaja Santiago — has been fulfilled by the pride of Talisay, Negros Occidental after making her breakthrough performance in the PVL midseason.

Stepping up in the absence of the trio of Alyssa Valdez, Tots Carlos, and Jema Galanza, Pons earned her biggest individual achievement yet in her second year in the pros that also came with the PVL Reinforced crown–the Cool Smashers’ ninth title overall–after a straight set win over Akari in the final on Wednesday.

PVL Reinforced Final: Akari Chargers vs Creamline Cool Smashers

Akari Chargers and Creamline Cool Smashers clash for all the PVL Reinforced Conference marbles in a win-or-go-home final game.

PVL: Cignal salvages Reinforced bronze after edging PLDT

MJ Perez and the Cignal HD Spikers in the battle for bronze against PLDT High Speed Hitters in the PVL Reinforced Conference. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

Cignal claimed a fifth franchise bronze after a convincing 20-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-23, victory against PLDT in the PVL Reinforced Conference on Wednesday at PhilSports Arena.

Behind MJ Perez’s 26 points built on 22 attacks, three blocks and a pair of aces, the HD Spiker managed to outmaneuver the High Speed Hitters and overcome an opening set loss.

“We’re really happy to have secured the bronze, and  I’m always proud of our team because they fought hard until the end. We’re always thankful for everything we’ve learned, especially in this conference where we experienced so much,” said coach Shaq delos Santos.

Bronze medal game: PLDT vs Cignal

FINAL: Cignal wins the bronze medal in the Reinforced Conference after beating sister team PLDT, 20-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-23.

Kurashiki fends off Est Cola to open PVL Invitationals campaign

Kurashiki Ablaze in the 2024 PVL Invitational Conference. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

Kurashiki opened its title retention bid in the PVL Invitational Conference on a high note with a 25-20, 25-18, 23-25, 25-21 win against another foreign guest team Est Cola on Wednesday at PhilSports Arena.

Low Mei Cing starred for the defending champion with 22 points from 19 attacks, a pair of aces and a block while four other players contributed twin digits for Ablaze.

“We are very happy to play here in the Philippines but in this first game there are nerves that led to a so-so performance,” coach Hideo Suzuki said through a translator.

Calmed during the storm, Akari, Creamline clash for PVL title

Akari Chargers’ Grethcel Soltones against the Creamline Cool Smashers in the PVL. MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

The storm may have given the finalists of the PVL Reinforced Conference more time to gear up after the title bout was postponed on Monday.

Who will be more calm entering the crown duel will be known on Wednesday when eight-time champion Creamline and unbeaten Akari finally clash for the first time this conference in a one-game knockout for the title at 6 p.m. at PhilSports Arena.

The Chargers may have the disposition to wait out the rescheduling, owing to a character that Oly Okaro was wary of the first time she arrived.

Akari’s character key in PVL final vs Creamline

Akari Chargers in the PVL Reinforced Conference semifinals. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

The character that the revamped Akari has is not something that import Oly Okaro expected when she first met the Chargers at the beginning of the PVL Reinforced Conference.

But that same character has been instrumental in bringing Akari to where it is right now: a 10-game winning run and on the verge of securing a first-ever title in its young history.

“Nothing’s changed. They’re still very goofy and they still like to have fun,” Okaro said after dropping 39 points against PLDT to lift her young squad to a maiden Finals appearance. “The only thing that I would say that is different, they’re a lot more focused and aggressive.”

PVL: Staying calm, having fun help bring the best out of Staunton

Creamline import Erica Staunton.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — Erica Staunton refused to end her first pro stint in the quarterfinals as she powered Creamline in dethroning two-time defending champion Petro Gazz in the PVL Reinforced Conference.

Determined to go all the way, the American import stressed that she wanted to continue playing with the Cool Smashers, pouring in 19 points built on 16 attacks and three blocks to eliminate Petro Gazz, 25-23, 25-19, 25-18, on Tuesday evening at FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City and advance to the knockout semifinal.

“I think I have a pretty specific pregame ritual, I kind of do a lot of things just to get my mind right before every game — focus on my breathing, just mindfulness, visualization, and stuff. Just because that personally really helps me with settling any nerves and then also just reminding myself that volleyball is fun, I have fun playing volleyball with my team,” said Staunton.

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