PVL: Faith Nisperos, Akari lament lapses in loss to PLDT
Akari Chargers’ Faith Nisperos in the PVL All-Filipino Conference.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Faith Nisperos admitted she and the Akari Chargers failed to show up as they got swept by the PLDT High Speed Hitters at the resumption of the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference.
Akari, the finalists of last year’s Reinforced Conference, couldn’t assert its mastery of PLDT, suffering a lopsided 22-25, 16-25, 15-25 loss on Saturday at Philsports Arena.
Nisperos was the lone bright spot with 11 points as the Chargers missed the presence of Grethcel Soltones.
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“We just really didn’t show what we worked hard for in the last three weeks of training. Kinapos, hindi lang namin napakita yung inensayo namin, doon kami nagkulang,” Nisperos said.
Nisperos was playing for Alas Pilipinas with Fifi Sharma in the Reinforced Conference when the Chargers earned their breakthrough finals appearance with a five-set comeback over PLDT marred by a controversial unsuccessful video challenge for a net fault in August last year.
But the former Ateneo star said that their last match with PLDT had nothing to do with the resumption of their All-Filipino campaign as they already put that behind them.
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“I guess everyone has moved on and accepted things as they are. I don’t think it played a role in our game today. I think we were all on the same page that we’ve moved on. We already set our own target for today’s game. Hindi lang namin na-achieve that’s why we didn’t get the result we wanted,” she said.
With a 3-4 record, Nisperos said they just have to go back to the drawing board to get their act together ahead of their next game against winless sister team Nxled (0-6) on Thursday.
“I think we just need to go back to go back to our goal. We’re just struggling right now to achieve that goal. We just need to go back to training, work harder, and work smarter, and most importantly work together as a team,” Nisperos said.
