Alas Pilipinas drops SEA VLeague Leg 2 opener to Thailand

Alas Pilipinas in the SEA VLeague. –SAVA PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—Alas Pilipinas failed to open its SEA VLeague Thailand leg on a winning note as the home bets subdued the Philippines, 25-18, 25-23, 25-16, at Nakhon, Ratchasima in Thailand on Friday night.

The Filipino spikers, who are coming off a bronze finish in the Vietnam leg with a 1-2 record,  also lost to Thailand a few days ago, 25-12, 25-18, 25-10.

Thailand went on a resounding 10-5 start in the third set, mirroring its domination in the first two sets that made Alas look down the barrel of a 0-2 disadvantage.

The Thais kept it steady until the end even building a  20-12 advantage against the Filipinos.

Thailand made easy work of the Philippines despite committing more errors than Alas, 23-14.

Alas Pilipinas’ scheduled in the SEA VLeague 2nd leg in Thailand.

Faith Nisperos and Eya Laure paced Alas in the loss with six points each. No Philippine team player scored in double digits.

Moksri Chatchu-on spearheaded the Thais with 19 points while Kokram Pimpichaya helped the cause with 12 to her name.

Up next for Alas is Vietnam on Saturday, 4 pm. Thauland, meanwhile, faces off with Indonesia to try and keep its record unblemished in the Thailand leg.