ANTIPOLO — Red is the color of revenge as Petro Gazz outlasted Creamline, 25-23, 25-22, 21-25, 25-16, to begin the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference semifinals on Saturday at the Ynares Center.
The Angels ran riot in the fourth set just as Creamline began showing signs of life, leading by as much as nine in the homestretch to take the lead in the single-round robin semis.
This only becomes the Angels’ eighth win against the Cool Smashers in 34 all-time PVL matches over a seven-year period.
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Making their semis-opening win much sweeter was how the Angels gained a measure of revenge five months since getting swept by the defending champions at the same Antipolo venue in the second week of prelims play.
By taking an early lead in single-round robin play, Petro Gazz has one foot on the door of a sixth PVL Finals appearance
It also ended the Angels’ 735-day wait to win a playoff game over their perennial title foes.
Prior to tonight, the last time they did so was back in Game One of the 2023 1st All-Filipino Conference finals on Mar. 26 before losing the title series to Creamline in three games.
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