Akari’s Oly Okaro within the PVL Reinforced Conference.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines–Oly Okaro and Akari pulled off one other come-from-behind win within the PVL Reinforced Conference because the Chargers notched their third consecutive victory on Saturday at PhilSports Arena.
Okaro as soon as once more carried Akari, now with a 3-0 report, on her again with 31 factors to climate Petro Gazz and provides the Angels a second consecutive loss.
Akari was coming off a reverse sweep of Choco Mucho on Tuesday and with the win over the Angels, 23-25, 21-25, 25-23, 29-27, 16-14, prolonged its finest begin.
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“Definitely, this was a really hard fought win. Petro Gazz didn’t give it to us easily. But [my] motivation is my teammates, coaches and every one who supports Akari from the very beginning until now, that’s who we play for. Nobody else,” returning libero Dani Ravena stated with a mixture of Filipino.
“Those who believed in us since Day 1, simple as that. So we just hope that we can continue and at least improve on the following games because it’s just going to be a really long season and hopefully it’s gonna be good for us,” Ravena added
But Okaro was not alone and bought a variety of assist from Grethcel Soltones who contributed 19 factors from 16 assaults and three aces, Ivy Lacsina added 18 factors and Ced Domingo 11 factors.
“Today felt a little different. I definitely feel like I relied a lot on the team, I didn’t feel like I was always up. I felt like I just needed some kind of extra pull. I don’t think I always made the best decisions even towards the end, those crucial times to keep the serve in and I missed it so I think I could’ve done better in certain moments especially when it was one of those momentum killers in a way,” Okaro stated.
Petro Gazz was not capable of bounce again from a shocking sweep handed to it by Capital1 final Tuesday and was not capable of convert a two-set lead even with the duo of Brooke van Sickle and Cuban import Wilma Salas.
Van Sickle paced the Angels with 24 factors from 20 assaults, three aces and a block other than 16 wonderful digs as Salas chipped in 22 factors constructed on 20 assaults and two blocks.
Remy Palma had essential performs on the best way to 11 factors with rookie setter Donalyn Paralejas having prolonged enjoying minutes.
“I just lessened my excitement compared to the last game where I was super excited facing a top team (Choco Mucho),” Lacsina stated. “Now, I was relaxed with ate Greta and Dani telling me to calm down and that’s probably why I had a better game.”
With every little thing on the road and neither facet giving the opposite an inch to drag away, Salas tried to get the job carried out with two consecutive scores earlier than Okaro responded with factors of her personal for the lead.
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Soltones hammered the nail within the coffin with a service ace as Akari seems to be to take care of the momentum towards ZUS Coffee, which is at the moment battling slumping Choco Mucho.
“We need to memorize coach Taka [Minowa’s] system. We are somehow getting it but we haven’t perfected it yet,” Lacsina stated. “We will just do what the coaches want us to do because we know that at the end of the day if we want to win, they also want to win as well.”