SPORTSWRITING

BY : GERBER C. CRUZ
MT 1
 RC COLA-ARMY RECOVERED
FROM A SLUGGISH THIRD SET
BEFORE POURING ITALL OUT IN
THE FOURTH TO PULL OFF A
THRILLING 25-20, 27-25, 23-25, 25-20
WINOVER FOTON IN THE 2016
PHILIPPINE SUPERLIGA (PSL) ALL
FILIPINO WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
TOURNAMENT YESTERDAY AT THE
SAN JUAN ARENA.
 RACHEL ANNE DAQUIS AND
JOVELYN GONZAGA, ALREADY
ASSURED OF A SLOT IN THE TEAM
THAT WILL SEE ACTION IN THE FIVB
WOMENS’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN
MANILA THIS OCTOBER, DISPLAYED
THEIR DEADLY FORM TO TOW LADY
TROOPERS TO VICTORY IN THE
INTER CLUB TOURNEY.
 DAQUIS DELIVERED 18 KILLS,
TWO ACES AND ONE BLOCK TO
FINISH WITH 21 POINTS WHILE
GONZAGA ALSO HAD 21-POINT
PRODUCTION FOR THE ARMY TO
REMAINS UNDEFEATED IN FIVE
OUTINGS TO OCCUPY THE SOLO
LEAD.
 “WE’RE A BIT SLUGGISH, BUT
I’M SO HAPPY THAT SOMEHOW WE
PULLED IT OFF,” SAID RC COLA-
ARMY COACH FU REYES.
 “WE LOST OUR COVERAGE IN
THE THIRD SET. WE ALSO LOST
OUR POWER ON OUR SPIKES. THAT’S
WHY IN THE FOURTH, I TOLD THEM
TO ATTACK JAJA SANTIAGO AS
MUCH AS WE CAN TO MAKE IT
DIFFICULT FOR HER TO EXECUTE.”
HE ADDED.
 EJ LAURE STARRED WITH 16
KILLS TO FINISH WITH 18 POINTS
WHILE SANTIAGO CHIPPED IN 16
MARKERS FOR FOTON, WHICH
ABSORBED ITS THIRD SETBACK IN
FIVE GAMES.
 “LOSING A TERRIBLE SET IS
PART OF THE GAME, THAT LOSS
ALLOWED US TO TEST OUR SECOND
SIX SO THEY CAN EASILY ADJUST
COMING INTO THE NEXT GAME.”
SAID FOTON COACH
BARRY PASCUA.
 THE INTER CLUB TOURNEY
SPONSORED BY KLAB SCORPIONS,
MIKASA, ACCEL SHOES AND PLDT
WITH TV5 AS OFFICIAL B ROADCAST
PARTNER.