ATENEO-Motolite copped its third straight win in the Premier Volleyball League Open Conference, dealing Tacloban its third consecutive loss, 25-18, 19-25, 11-25, 25-17, 15-11, on Wednesday at The Arena in San Juan.
Kat Tolentino saved the day anew for Ateneo-Motolite with back-to-back blocks to seal the win.
“We have to avoid this kind of scenarios, siguro this is a learning experience pa rin for us,” said coach Oliver Almadro as the Lady Eagles survived a slow start.
ATENEO-Motolite copped its third straight win in the Premier Volleyball League Open Conference, dealing Tacloban its third consecutive loss, 25-18, 19-25, 11-25, 25-17, 15-11, on Wednesday at The Arena in San Juan.
Kat Tolentino scored 16, including the match’s last two points, skipper Bea de Leon added 15 and Maddie Madayag had 12 for the Lady Eagles, who improved to 5-1.
“We have to avoid this kind of scenarios siguro this is a learning day pa rin for us,” said coach Oliver Almadro as the Lady Eagles survived a slow start.
“Kailangan namin ma-manage namin ang expectations pa rin sa isa’t-isa,” he added. “Sometimes I have to tell them na we really have to take a risk for something, for me high risk high rewards.”
The Fighting Warays went on a 6-4 run to make it 11-13, before Tolentino saved the day anew for Ateneo with back-to-back blocks to seal the win.
Dimdim Pacres led the way for Tacloban with 18 points, Heather Guino-o added 15, Mary Anne Esguerra chipped in 14 and team captain Jovielyn Prado had 10 points.
The Fighting Warays slid to 2-4.
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