EIGHT out of 14 Alas Pilipinas players placed among the top 10 statistical leaders in various skill areas in 2025 AVC Women’s Volleyball Nations Cup pool play.
Angel Canino ranked sixth overall in scoring with 61 points (12.2 per game) despite sitting out their penultimate Pool B win against New Zealand.
The tournament's reigning best opposite hitter produced a total of 51 attacks, five blocks, and five aces, with her 36.96 percent attacking efficiency seventh-best in the tournament so far.
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Canino also placed joint-fifth in serving (five aces; 1.00 per game) and joint-tenth in blocking (five blocks; 1.00 per game), alongside co-winger Eya Laure, who was sixth in serving (four aces; 0.80 per game).
Kapitana Jia de Guzman emerged as the third best setter after pool play with 24 excellent sets (4.80 per game).
A familiar foe and oncoming semifinals rival in Chinese Taipei setter and former Premiere Volleyball League best setter Liao Yi-Jen ranked second with 25 excellent sets (6.25 per game), one ahead of the tournament’s reigning best setter.
Defender Dell Palomata soared to fourth in the blocking department with 11 blocks (2.20 per game).
National U’s champion combo in Bella Belen and Alyssa Solomon also shared ninth-place in blocking with six apiece (1.2 per game).
Similarly, Philippine team mainstay Vanie Gandler was tied in fourth place in serving with six aces (1.2 per game).
While no Alas player reached the top 10 in digging, Belen and Jen Nierva were ninth and 10th, respectively, in receiving.
Belen had 28 excellent receptions in five pool play matches (35.90 percent success rate), two ahead of Nierva with 26 (34.21 percent success rate).
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